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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Region
Crab Permits
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Doug Duncan, National
Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK, 99802–1668; 907–
586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is requesting extension of a
currently approved information
collection for the Crab Rationalization
Program (CR Program). The information
being collected is necessary for NMFS to
manage the CR Program.
NMFS manages the king and Tanner
crab fisheries in the exclusive economic
zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands under the Fishery Management
Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). The
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council prepared the FMP under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as
amended in 2006. Regulations
implementing the FMP and the CR
Program appear at 50 CFR part 680.
Information on the CR Program is
posted on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/
sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-bsai-crabrationalization-program.
NMFS established the CR Program as
a catch share program for nine crab
fisheries in the BSAI and assigned quota
share (QS) to persons and processor
quota share (PQS) to processors based
on their historic participation in one or
more of these nine crab fisheries during
a qualifying period. Under the CR
Program, share allocations to harvesters
and processors and incentives to
participate in fishery cooperatives
increase efficiencies, provide economic
stability, and facilitate compensated
reduction of excess capacities in the
harvesting and processing sectors.
Community interests are protected by
Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ) allocations,
regional landing and processing
requirements, and other measures.
CR Program components include QS
allocation, PQS allocation, individual
fishing quota (IFQ) issuance, individual
processing quota (IPQ) issuance, quota
transfers, use caps, crab harvesting
cooperatives, protections for Gulf of
Alaska groundfish fisheries, QS/PQS
matching, an arbitration system,
monitoring, economic data collection,
and cost recovery fee collection.
This information collection contains
the forms used by participants in the CR
Program to apply for or renew permits;
transfer or lease IFQ, IPQ, QS, or PQS;
and apply for exemption from regional
delivery requirements. This information
collection also contains the following
reports for which no collection forms
are used:
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• The North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report is submitted by IFQ
holders who signed a preseason
application. This report provides NMFS
with the means to assess how the
industry is exercising the exemption
opportunity and whether implementing
regulations are sufficient to meet the
Council’s Statement of Intent for
Amendment 41 to the FMP.
• The Community Impact Report or
IPQ Holder Report is submitted by a
community entity or IPQ holder,
respectively, and provides
documentation needed by NMFS to
evaluate the efficacy of privately
administered contracts.
• The CDQ Group Notification of
Community Representative is submitted
by the CDQ groups representing Saint
Paul and Saint George to designate to
NMFS a single entity as the regional
representative for these two
communities.
• The Eligible Crab Community
Organization (ECCO) Annual Report is
submitted by the ECCO. It details the
use of the crab QS and IFQ and is
intended to ensure that the ECCO
maintains the QS and IFQ to benefit
residents of eligible communities.
II. Method of Collection
Information is collected primarily via
mail, fax, or email. The following may
be submitted online through eFISH on
the NMFS Alaska Region website: The
Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab
IPQ, the Application for Transfer of IFQ
between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives,
and renewals of registered crab receiver
permits and Federal crab vessel permits.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
575.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
hours each for Application for
Exemption from CR Crab North or South
Region Delivery Requirements, and
North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report; 15 hours for
Application for Annual Crab Harvesting
Cooperative Individual Fishing Quota
Permit; 5 hours for CDQ Group
Notification of Community
Representative; 4 hours each for ECCO
Annual Report and to file an appeal; 2.5
hrs each for Application for Annual
Crab IFQ Permit, and Application to
Become an ECCO; 2 hours each for
Application for Annual Crab IPQ
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Permit, Application for Transfer of Crab
QS, Application for Transfer of Crab
PQS, Application for Transfer (Lease) of
Crab IFQ, Application for CR Program
Eligibility to Receive QS/PQS or IFQ/
IPQ by Transfer, Application for Annual
Exemption from Western Aleutian
Islands Golden King Crab West Region
Delivery Requirements, Community
Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report,
and Application for Transfer of Crab
QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO; 1 hour for
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master
(Skipper) Permit; 30 minutes each for
Application for Registered Crab
Receiver Permit, Application for
Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ, and
BSAI Crab Rationalization Program QS
Beneficiary Designation Form; 21
minutes for Application for Federal
Crab Vessel Permit; 1 hour for electronic
response and 2 hours for non-electronic
response for Application for Transfer
(Lease) of Crab IPQ; and 5 minutes for
electronic response and 10 minutes for
non-electronic response for Application
for Transfer of IFQ between Crab
Harvesting Cooperatives.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,007.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,330 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
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Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XX038]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Bluefish Fishery; Scoping
Process
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public scoping meetings;
requests for comments.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council announces its
intent to prepare, in cooperation with
the National Marine Fisheries Service
and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, an amendment to the
Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management
Plan. An Environmental Impact
Statement may be necessary for the
amendment under the National
Environmental Policy Act to analyze the
impacts of any proposed management
measures. The Council has initiated this
amendment in order to perform a review
of the sector-based allocations,
commercial allocations to the states,
goals and objectives of the management
plan, transfer processes, and develop a
rebuilding plan. This notice announces
the Council’s supplemental public
process for determining the scope of
issues to be addressed, and for
identifying the significant issues related
to the bluefish fishery in the Greater
Atlantic region. This notice is to alert
the interested public of the Council’s
scoping process, the potential
development of a draft Environmental
Impact Statement, and to provide for
public participation in that process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 11:59 p.m., EST,
on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Eleven
supplemental public scoping meetings
will be held during this comment
period. See Supplementary Information
for dates, times, and locations.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by any of the following methods:
• Email to the following address:
nmfs.garbluefishamend@noaa.gov.
Include ‘‘Bluefish Scoping Comments’’
in the subject line;
• Mail or hand deliver to Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware
19901. Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Bluefish Scoping Comments’’; or
• Fax to (302) 674–5399.
SUMMARY:
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The scoping document may be
obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by
request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674–2331, or via the internet at
https://www.mafmc.org.
Comments may also be provided
verbally at any of the eleven
supplemental public scoping meetings.
See Supplementary Information for
dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901,
(telephone 302–674–2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
More details on the topics addressed
in this supplementary information
section may be found in the Bluefish
Amendment Scoping Document (see
ADDRESSES) and on the bluefish
allocation amendment page of the
Council’s website at https://
www.mafmc.org/actions/bluefishallocation-amendment.
The Council, in cooperation with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, has initiated this action in
order to (1) update the Bluefish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) goals and
objectives for bluefish management; (2)
perform a comprehensive review of the
bluefish sector allocations, commercial
allocations to the states, and transfer
processes within the Bluefish FMP; and
3) initiate a bluefish rebuilding plan.
Some questions for consideration in this
amendment: (1) Are the existing goals
and objectives appropriate for managing
the bluefish fishery; (2) is the existing
allocation between the commercial and
recreational sectors based on the annual
catch limit appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (3) are the existing
commercial state allocations appropriate
for managing the bluefish fishery; (4) are
the existing transfer processes
appropriate for managing the bluefish
fishery; and (5) what is the appropriate
approach to take for rebuilding?
The scoping period is an important
opportunity for members of the public
to raise concerns related to the issues
that will be considered in the
amendment. The Council needs your
input to identify management issues,
develop effective alternatives, and
identify possible impacts to be
considered. Public comments early in
the amendment development process
will help the Council address issues of
public concern in a thorough and
appropriate manner. Comments can be
made in writing or during the scoping
hearings as described above (see
ADDRESSES).
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[FR Doc No: 2020-02379]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region
Crab Permits
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written or on-line comments must be
submitted on or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the
internet at [email protected]). All comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Doug Duncan, National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK, 99802-1668; 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is requesting
extension of a currently approved information collection for the Crab
Rationalization Program (CR Program). The information being collected
is necessary for NMFS to manage the CR Program.
NMFS manages the king and Tanner crab fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands under the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner
Crabs (FMP). The North Pacific Fishery Management Council prepared the
FMP under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
as amended in 2006. Regulations implementing the FMP and the CR Program
appear at 50 CFR part 680. Information on the CR Program is posted on
the NMFS Alaska Region website at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-bsai-crab-rationalization-program.
NMFS established the CR Program as a catch share program for nine
crab fisheries in the BSAI and assigned quota share (QS) to persons and
processor quota share (PQS) to processors based on their historic
participation in one or more of these nine crab fisheries during a
qualifying period. Under the CR Program, share allocations to
harvesters and processors and incentives to participate in fishery
cooperatives increase efficiencies, provide economic stability, and
facilitate compensated reduction of excess capacities in the harvesting
and processing sectors. Community interests are protected by Western
Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) allocations, regional landing
and processing requirements, and other measures.
CR Program components include QS allocation, PQS allocation,
individual fishing quota (IFQ) issuance, individual processing quota
(IPQ) issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab harvesting
cooperatives, protections for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, QS/
PQS matching, an arbitration system, monitoring, economic data
collection, and cost recovery fee collection.
This information collection contains the forms used by participants
in the CR Program to apply for or renew permits; transfer or lease IFQ,
IPQ, QS, or PQS; and apply for exemption from regional delivery
requirements. This information collection also contains the following
reports for which no collection forms are used:
The North or South Region Delivery Exemption Report is
submitted by IFQ holders who signed a preseason application. This
report provides NMFS with the means to assess how the industry is
exercising the exemption opportunity and whether implementing
regulations are sufficient to meet the Council's Statement of Intent
for Amendment 41 to the FMP.
The Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report is
submitted by a community entity or IPQ holder, respectively, and
provides documentation needed by NMFS to evaluate the efficacy of
privately administered contracts.
The CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative is
submitted by the CDQ groups representing Saint Paul and Saint George to
designate to NMFS a single entity as the regional representative for
these two communities.
The Eligible Crab Community Organization (ECCO) Annual
Report is submitted by the ECCO. It details the use of the crab QS and
IFQ and is intended to ensure that the ECCO maintains the QS and IFQ to
benefit residents of eligible communities.
II. Method of Collection
Information is collected primarily via mail, fax, or email. The
following may be submitted online through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska
Region website: The Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ, the
Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives,
and renewals of registered crab receiver permits and Federal crab
vessel permits.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Extension of a current information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 575.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 hours each for Application for
Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region Delivery Requirements, and
North or South Region Delivery Exemption Report; 15 hours for
Application for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative Individual Fishing
Quota Permit; 5 hours for CDQ Group Notification of Community
Representative; 4 hours each for ECCO Annual Report and to file an
appeal; 2.5 hrs each for Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit, and
Application to Become an ECCO; 2 hours each for Application for Annual
Crab IPQ
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Permit, Application for Transfer of Crab QS, Application for Transfer
of Crab PQS, Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IFQ, Application
for CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer,
Application for Annual Exemption from Western Aleutian Islands Golden
King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements, Community Impact Report or
IPQ Holder Report, and Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or
from an ECCO; 1 hour for Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master
(Skipper) Permit; 30 minutes each for Application for Registered Crab
Receiver Permit, Application for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ, and BSAI
Crab Rationalization Program QS Beneficiary Designation Form; 21
minutes for Application for Federal Crab Vessel Permit; 1 hour for
electronic response and 2 hours for non-electronic response for
Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ; and 5 minutes for
electronic response and 10 minutes for non-electronic response for
Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,007.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $3,330 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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