Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 1804-1805 [2020-00297]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 1804 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 2020 / Notices Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Title: Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. OMB Control Number: 0648–0269. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular (extension of an approved collection). Number of Respondents: 6. Average Hours per Response: CDQ Vessel Registration System, 10 minutes; Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and PSQ Transfer Request, 30 minutes; Application for Approval of Use of NonCDQ Harvest Regulations, 5 hours; Appeals, 4 hours. Burden Hours: 46. Needs and Uses: The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program is an economic development program associated with federally managed fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). The purpose of the program is to provide eligible western Alaska communities with the opportunity to participate and invest in fisheries in the BSAI, to support economic development in western Alaska, to alleviate poverty and provide economic and social benefits to residents of western Alaska, and to achieve sustainable local economies in western Alaska. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act allocates a portion of the annual catch limit for each directed fishery of the BSAI management area among six non-profit entities (CDQ groups) that represent 65 western Alaska communities. The CDQ groups administer the CDQ allocations, investments, and economic development projects. The CDQ groups use the revenue derived from the harvest of their fisheries allocations to fund economic development activities and provide employment opportunities. This information collection is comprised of four components. • The CDQ Vessel Registration System is an online system used by the CDQ groups to add small hook-and-line catcher vessels to the CDQ vessel registration list. Registered vessels are exempt from the requirements to obtain and carry a License Limitation Program license under regulations at 50 part 679. This system is also used to remove vessels from the CDQ vessel registration list. • The Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and Prohibited Species Quota (PSQ) Transfer Request form is used to transfer annual amounts of groundfish and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:32 Jan 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 halibut CDQ and halibut PSQ between two CDQ groups. This form is completed by the transferring and receiving CDQ groups. • The Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations is used by a CDQ group, an association representing CDQ groups, or a voluntary fishing cooperative to request approval to use non CDQ harvest regulations when the CDQ regulations are more restrictive than the regulations otherwise required for participants in non-CDQ groundfish fisheries. • An appeals process is provided for an applicant who receives an adverse initial administrative determination (IAD) related to its Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations. No such adverse IADs have been issued to date. In general, the cooperative managers present the cooperative reports during the April. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations. Frequency: Periodically. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory; Voluntary. This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2020–00275 Filed 1–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits. OMB Control Number: 0648–0393. Form Number(s): None. PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved information collection). Number of Respondents: 27. Average Hours per Response: 1 hour each for AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel Application and Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations; 2 hours for Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit; 4 hours for AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification; 8 hours for Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation. Burden Hours: 251 hours. Needs and Uses: The American Fisheries Act (AFA) was signed into law in October 1998. The purpose of the AFA was to tighten U.S. ownership standards that had been exploited under the Anti-reflagging Act, and to provide the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct their fishery in a more rational manner while protecting non-AFA participants in the other fisheries. The AFA established sector allocations in the BSAI pollock fishery, determined eligible vessels and processors, allowed the formation of cooperatives, set limits on the participation of AFA vessels in other fisheries, and imposed special catch weighing and monitoring requirements on AFA vessels. This information collection contains five AFA permitting and reporting requirements. • The AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel Application is submitted by an owner of an AFA vessel to notify NMFS the vessel has been rebuilt; to request an AFA permit for a replacement catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership; or to request removal of an AFA catcher vessel that is a member of an inshore cooperative and assign its catch history to another vessel or vessels in the same cooperative. • The Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is submitted annually by each AFA inshore catcher vessel cooperative to obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit and identify the vessels and processors that will be participating in the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the start of each fishing year. • The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification is submitted by an AFA inshore cooperative that intends to contract with a non-member vessel to harvest a portion of the cooperative’s annual pollock allocation to notify NMFS of vessels that might be reporting with an alternative cooperative ID. E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 1805 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 2020 / Notices • The Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation is submitted by an entity representing the catcher/ processor sector or the mothership sector to request approval to receive transferable Chinook salmon PSC allocations on behalf of members of the sector. This application is also used to update contact and other information related to the entity and its members. • The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations is submitted by an authorized representative of the catcher/ processor sector, the mothership sector, an inshore cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer Chinook salmon PSC allocations to another entity’s account. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; Individuals or households, Not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: On occasion, Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits. This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2020–00297 Filed 1–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [0648–XA008] Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: ACTION: Notice; public meeting. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) will hold a meeting. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on January 31, 2020, beginning at 9 a.m. and conclude by 1 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: This will be a webinar meeting. Details for the webinar will be posted on MAFMC NTAP web page https://www.mafmc.org/ntap. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their website at www.mafmc.org. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: www.mafmc.org. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. The purpose of the meeting is for the NTAP to (1) Review remaining analyses of data from 2019 Karen Elizabeth wingspread experiment, (2) Evaluate/review implications of analytic results of wingspread experiment for 2020 field experiment plans. (3) Discuss other relevant business. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. RIN Applicant 22677 ....... 0648–XR039 .................. 23023 ....... 0648–XR046 .................. 23169 ....... 0648–XR047 .................. 23467 ....... 0648–XR064 .................. NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818 (Responsible Party: Charles Littnan). Robert Wayne, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Red Rock Films, 625 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Responsible Party: Brian Armstrong). Sarah Conner, Wild Space Productions, St. Stephens House, Colston Avenue, Bristol, BS1 4ST, United Kingdom. 16:32 Jan 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Marine Mammals and Endangered Species National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits. Notice is hereby given that permits or permit amendments have been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as applicable. SUMMARY: The permits and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: (301) 427–8401; fax: (301) 713–0376. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shasta McClenahan (Permit Nos. 23023, 23169, and 23467) and Sara Young (Permit No. 22677); at (301) 427–8401. Notices were published in the Federal Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit amendment had been submitted by the below-named applicants. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the application and a complete description of the research, go to www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided in the table below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Previous Federal Register notice Permit No. VerDate Sep<11>2014 [FR Doc. 2020–00276 Filed 1–10–20; 8:45 am] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ADDRESSES: Special Accommodations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dated: January 7, 2020. Karyl K. Brewster-Geisz, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Sfmt 4703 Permit or amendment issuance date 84 FR 57016; October 24, 2019. December 18, 2019. 84 FR 61025; November 12, 2019. December 13, 2019. 84 FR 57403; October 25, 2019. 84 FR 61025; November 12, 2019. December 9, 2019. E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 December 19, 2019.

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1804-1805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0393.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour each for AFA Permit: Rebuilt, 
Replacement, or Removed Vessel Application and Application for Transfer 
of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations; 2 hours for Application 
for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit; 4 hours for AFA 
Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification; 8 hours for Application 
for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC 
Allocation.
    Burden Hours: 251 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The American Fisheries Act (AFA) was signed into 
law in October 1998. The purpose of the AFA was to tighten U.S. 
ownership standards that had been exploited under the Anti-reflagging 
Act, and to provide the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock 
fleet the opportunity to conduct their fishery in a more rational 
manner while protecting non-AFA participants in the other fisheries. 
The AFA established sector allocations in the BSAI pollock fishery, 
determined eligible vessels and processors, allowed the formation of 
cooperatives, set limits on the participation of AFA vessels in other 
fisheries, and imposed special catch weighing and monitoring 
requirements on AFA vessels.
    This information collection contains five AFA permitting and 
reporting requirements.
     The AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel 
Application is submitted by an owner of an AFA vessel to notify NMFS 
the vessel has been rebuilt; to request an AFA permit for a replacement 
catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership; or to request removal 
of an AFA catcher vessel that is a member of an inshore cooperative and 
assign its catch history to another vessel or vessels in the same 
cooperative.
     The Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative 
Permit is submitted annually by each AFA inshore catcher vessel 
cooperative to obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit 
and identify the vessels and processors that will be participating in 
the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the start of each fishing year.
     The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification is 
submitted by an AFA inshore cooperative that intends to contract with a 
non-member vessel to harvest a portion of the cooperative's annual 
pollock allocation to notify NMFS of vessels that might be reporting 
with an alternative cooperative ID.

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     The Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive 
Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation is submitted by an entity 
representing the catcher/processor sector or the mothership sector to 
request approval to receive transferable Chinook salmon PSC allocations 
on behalf of members of the sector. This application is also used to 
update contact and other information related to the entity and its 
members.
     The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon 
PSC Allocations is submitted by an authorized representative of the 
catcher/processor sector, the mothership sector, an inshore 
cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer Chinook salmon PSC allocations 
to another entity's account.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; 
Individuals or households, Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-00297 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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