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accompanied by statistical documents
and catch documents. Since there are
statistical document programs in place
under other international conventions
(e.g., the Indian Ocean Tuna
Commission), a statistical document or
catch document from another program
may be used to satisfy the statistical
document requirement for imports into
the United States.
Dealers who internationally trade
Southern bluefin tuna are required to
participate in a trade tracking program
to ensure that imported Atlantic and
Pacific bluefin tuna will not be
intentionally mislabeled as ‘‘southern
bluefin’’ to circumvent reporting
requirements. This action is authorized
under ATCA, which provides for the
promulgation of regulations as may be
necessary and appropriate to carry out
ICCAT recommendations.
In addition to statistical document,
catch document, and re-export
certificate requirements, this collection
includes biweekly reports to
complement trade tracking statistical
documents by summarizing statistical
document data and collecting additional
economic information.
II. Method of Collection
Methods of submission include
electronic, mail, fax, and tagging of fish.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0040.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
[request for revision of a currently
approved information collection].
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organization.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,391.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes each for catch document,
statistical document, and re-export
certificate; 15 minutes for catch
document/statistical document/reexport certificate validation by
government official; 120 minutes for
authorization of non-governmental
catch document/statistical document/reexport certificate validation; 2 minutes
for daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing
reports; 3 minutes for daily Atlantic
bluefin tuna landing reports from
pelagic longline and purse seine vessels;
1 minute for Atlantic bluefin tuna
tagging; 15 minutes for biweekly
electronic Atlantic bluefin tuna dealer
landing reports; 15 minutes for HMS
international trade biweekly electronic
reports; 15 minutes for weekly
electronic HMS dealer landing reports
(e-dealer); 5 minutes for negative weekly
electronic HMS dealer landing reports
(e-dealer); 15 minutes for voluntary
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fishing vessel and catch forms; 2
minutes for provision of HMS dealer
email address.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,285.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $1,634.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Legal authority for
these data collections are authorized
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the Atlantic
Tunas Convention Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C.
971 et seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Observer Programs’
Information That Can Be Gathered
Only Through Questions
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection request must be
received on or before September 29,
2020.
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0593 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Lee
Benaka, Acting National Observer
Program Lead, NOAA, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
(301–427–8554), and lee.benaka@
noaa.gov.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) deploys fishery observers on
United States (U.S.) commercial fishing
vessels and to fish processing plants in
order to collect biological and economic
data. NMFS has at least one observer
program in each of its five Regions.
These observer programs provide the
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most reliable and effective method for
obtaining information that is critical for
the conservation and management of
living marine resources. Observer
programs primarily obtain information
through direct observations by
employees or agents of NMFS; and such
observations are not subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
However, observer programs also collect
the following information that requires
clearance under the PRA: (1)
Standardized questions of fishing vessel
captains/crew or fish processing plant
managers/staff, which include gear and
performance questions, safety questions,
and trip costs, crew size and other
economic questions; (2) questions asked
by observer program staff/contractors to
plan observer deployments; (3) forms
that are completed by observers and that
fishing vessel captains are asked to
review and sign; (4) questionnaires to
evaluate observer performance; and (5)
a form to certify that a fisherman is the
permit holder when requesting observer
data from the observer on the vessel.
NMFS seeks to renew OMB PRA
clearance for these information
collections.
The information collected will be
used to: (1) Monitor catch and bycatch
in federally managed commercial
fisheries; (2) understand the population
status and trends of fish stocks and
protected species, as well as the
interactions between them; (3)
determine the quantity and distribution
of net benefits derived from living
marine resources; (4) predict the
biological, ecological, and economic
impacts of existing management action
and proposed management options; and
(5) ensure that the observer programs
can safely and efficiently collect the
information required for the previous
four uses. In particular, these biological
and economic data collection programs
contribute to legally mandated analyses
required under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 12866), as
well as a variety of state statutes. The
confidentiality of the data will be
protected as required by the MSA,
Section 402(b).
On June 12, 2020, The Office of
Management and Budget granted
approval under the emergency approval
provisions of the PRA for NOAA fishery
observers to immediately begin
collecting safety information related to
the COVID–19 national pandemic. Six
supplementary safety questions were
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added to the existing approved
information collection request. The
questions are necessary to ensure safety
of observers and the safety of vessel
crew and plant staff during the evolving
COVID–19 pandemic as they provide
information related to the presence of
COVID–19 among vessel crew or plant
staff, the availability of safety
equipment, and the existence of
communicable disease safety plans.
Although responses to these questions
are voluntary, we encourage industry to
respond to facilitate assessment of
COVID–19 risks that a deployment may
present and any precautionary steps that
may be necessary to mitigate such risks.
The approval granted by OMB is valid
through December 31, 2020. The 6month approval allows observers or
observer providers to collect this
information by a phone call to the
operator of a fishing vessel or
management of a fish processing plant
prior to observer deployment. Currently,
there is no way to anticipate an end to
the impact of COVID–19 or other
communicable diseases. Therefore,
NOAA needs to be prepared for the
possibility of collecting these data for an
extended period of time. NOAA now
seeks to extend this information
collection request for an additional
three years, and proposes to modify the
COVID–19 supplemental questions
slightly to address all communicable
diseases. As with the COVID–19
questions approved by OMB, observers
or observer providers would verbally
ask these questions prior to deployment.
The revised questions to add to the
existing information collection request
are:
1. In the past 2 weeks, have the
captain and crew been following state
mandates for travel, physical distancing,
or any other restrictions and guidance in
response to the current health crisis?
2. Do any crew members currently
have two or more symptoms of COVID–
19 (fever, chills, cough, shortness of
breath, headache, sore throat, new loss
of taste or smell) or symptoms of any
other communicable disease, such as
tuberculosis, Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), etc.?
3. In the past 2 weeks, have any of the
crew tested positive for, or been
exposed to, someone who has tested
positive for COVID–19 or any other
communicable disease, such as
tuberculosis, MRSA, etc.?
4. Does the vessel have procedures in
place to reduce their exposures to
COVID–19 or any other communicable
disease, such as tuberculosis, MRSA,
etc.?
5. Is there a response plan in place,
should someone show symptoms of
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COVID–19, or any other communicable
disease, such as tuberculosis, MRSA,
etc., during a trip?
6. Is there a supply of personal
protection and sanitizing equipment,
such as face coverings, hand sanitizer,
etc., onboard the vessel for the crew?
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by
(1) via telephone or mail survey by the
observer program staff or contractor
planning to deploy observers; (2) NMFS
observers while they are deployed on a
vessel to observe a particular fishing
trip; questions will be asked in-person
to the captain, crew and/or owner (if on
board the vessel) during the course of
the observed trip; (3) via mail through
follow up surveys of economic
information not available during the
trip; or (4) via feedback questionnaires
mailed to the vessel owners or captains
to evaluate observer performance.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0593.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Extension
and revision of a current information
collection request).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
19,606 observed annual fishing trips.
Estimated Time per Response:
Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
and At-Sea Monitors, 117 minutes;
North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut
Observer Program and Processing
Plants, 56 minutes; Alaska Marine
Mammal Observer Program, 15 minutes;
West Coast Groundfish Observer
Program, 58 minutes; Pacific Islands
Region Observer Program, 86 minutes;
Southeast Shark Fishery Observer
Program, 75 minutes; Southeast Pelagic
Observer Program, 85 minutes; Gulf of
Mexico Reef Fish and Shrimp Observer
Program, 110 minutes; West Coast
Region Observer Program, 62 minutes;
Gulf of Mexico Snapper-Grouper
Observer Program, 110 minutes.
Information will be collected for
observed fishing trips and deployments
to fish processing plants; therefore,
there will be multiple responses for
some respondents, but they will be
counted as one response per trip or
plant visit.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 28,420.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $717,594.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The primary
authority for NMFS to place observers
on fishing vessels is included in the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
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Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), and the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit NOAA to: (a) Evaluate whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate
of the time and cost burden for this
proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) Evaluate ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Vessel Monitoring System
Requirements for the Pacific Islands
Fisheries
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
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of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and continuing
information collections, which help us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on May 7, 2020,
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
Title: Vessel Monitoring System
Requirements for the Pacific Islands
Fisheries.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0441.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 180.
Average Hours per Response: Observe
initial installation—4 hours; Observe
VMS replacement—2 hours; Observe
VMS unit maintenance and repair—1.5
hours; Position reports—0 hours
(automatic).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 170.
Needs and Uses: Owners of
commercial fishing vessels in the
Hawaii pelagic longline fishery,
American Samoa pelagic longline
fishery (only vessels longer than 50
feet), Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
lobster fishery (currently inactive), and
Northern Mariana Islands bottomfish
fishery (only vessels longer than 40 feet)
must allow the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to
install vessel monitoring system (VMS)
units on their vessels when directed to
do so by NOAA enforcement personnel.
VMS units automatically send periodic
reports on the position of the vessel.
NOAA uses the reports to monitor the
vessels’ location and activities,
primarily to enforce regulated fishing
areas. NOAA pays for the units,
installation, maintenance, and
messaging. There is no public burden
for the automatic messaging; however,
the time required for VMS installation
and annual maintenance are considered
public burden.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Hourly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.16.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
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information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0441.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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ACTION: Deletions from the Procurement
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furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Date deleted from the
Procurement List: August 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703)
603–2117, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Observer Programs' Information That Can Be Gathered Only
Through Questions
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection request must be received on or before September
29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0593 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Lee Benaka, Acting National Observer Program Lead, NOAA, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301-427-8554), and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) deploys fishery observers on
United States (U.S.) commercial fishing vessels and to fish processing
plants in order to collect biological and economic data. NMFS has at
least one observer program in each of its five Regions. These observer
programs provide the
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most reliable and effective method for obtaining information that is
critical for the conservation and management of living marine
resources. Observer programs primarily obtain information through
direct observations by employees or agents of NMFS; and such
observations are not subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
However, observer programs also collect the following information that
requires clearance under the PRA: (1) Standardized questions of fishing
vessel captains/crew or fish processing plant managers/staff, which
include gear and performance questions, safety questions, and trip
costs, crew size and other economic questions; (2) questions asked by
observer program staff/contractors to plan observer deployments; (3)
forms that are completed by observers and that fishing vessel captains
are asked to review and sign; (4) questionnaires to evaluate observer
performance; and (5) a form to certify that a fisherman is the permit
holder when requesting observer data from the observer on the vessel.
NMFS seeks to renew OMB PRA clearance for these information
collections.
The information collected will be used to: (1) Monitor catch and
bycatch in federally managed commercial fisheries; (2) understand the
population status and trends of fish stocks and protected species, as
well as the interactions between them; (3) determine the quantity and
distribution of net benefits derived from living marine resources; (4)
predict the biological, ecological, and economic impacts of existing
management action and proposed management options; and (5) ensure that
the observer programs can safely and efficiently collect the
information required for the previous four uses. In particular, these
biological and economic data collection programs contribute to legally
mandated analyses required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 12866), as well as a variety of state
statutes. The confidentiality of the data will be protected as required
by the MSA, Section 402(b).
On June 12, 2020, The Office of Management and Budget granted
approval under the emergency approval provisions of the PRA for NOAA
fishery observers to immediately begin collecting safety information
related to the COVID-19 national pandemic. Six supplementary safety
questions were added to the existing approved information collection
request. The questions are necessary to ensure safety of observers and
the safety of vessel crew and plant staff during the evolving COVID-19
pandemic as they provide information related to the presence of COVID-
19 among vessel crew or plant staff, the availability of safety
equipment, and the existence of communicable disease safety plans.
Although responses to these questions are voluntary, we encourage
industry to respond to facilitate assessment of COVID-19 risks that a
deployment may present and any precautionary steps that may be
necessary to mitigate such risks.
The approval granted by OMB is valid through December 31, 2020. The
6-month approval allows observers or observer providers to collect this
information by a phone call to the operator of a fishing vessel or
management of a fish processing plant prior to observer deployment.
Currently, there is no way to anticipate an end to the impact of COVID-
19 or other communicable diseases. Therefore, NOAA needs to be prepared
for the possibility of collecting these data for an extended period of
time. NOAA now seeks to extend this information collection request for
an additional three years, and proposes to modify the COVID-19
supplemental questions slightly to address all communicable diseases.
As with the COVID-19 questions approved by OMB, observers or observer
providers would verbally ask these questions prior to deployment. The
revised questions to add to the existing information collection request
are:
1. In the past 2 weeks, have the captain and crew been following
state mandates for travel, physical distancing, or any other
restrictions and guidance in response to the current health crisis?
2. Do any crew members currently have two or more symptoms of
COVID-19 (fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, headache, sore
throat, new loss of taste or smell) or symptoms of any other
communicable disease, such as tuberculosis, Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), etc.?
3. In the past 2 weeks, have any of the crew tested positive for,
or been exposed to, someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or any
other communicable disease, such as tuberculosis, MRSA, etc.?
4. Does the vessel have procedures in place to reduce their
exposures to COVID-19 or any other communicable disease, such as
tuberculosis, MRSA, etc.?
5. Is there a response plan in place, should someone show symptoms
of COVID-19, or any other communicable disease, such as tuberculosis,
MRSA, etc., during a trip?
6. Is there a supply of personal protection and sanitizing
equipment, such as face coverings, hand sanitizer, etc., onboard the
vessel for the crew?
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by (1) via telephone or mail
survey by the observer program staff or contractor planning to deploy
observers; (2) NMFS observers while they are deployed on a vessel to
observe a particular fishing trip; questions will be asked in-person to
the captain, crew and/or owner (if on board the vessel) during the
course of the observed trip; (3) via mail through follow up surveys of
economic information not available during the trip; or (4) via feedback
questionnaires mailed to the vessel owners or captains to evaluate
observer performance.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0593.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Extension and revision of a current
information collection request).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 19,606 observed annual fishing
trips.
Estimated Time per Response: Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
and At-Sea Monitors, 117 minutes; North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut
Observer Program and Processing Plants, 56 minutes; Alaska Marine
Mammal Observer Program, 15 minutes; West Coast Groundfish Observer
Program, 58 minutes; Pacific Islands Region Observer Program, 86
minutes; Southeast Shark Fishery Observer Program, 75 minutes;
Southeast Pelagic Observer Program, 85 minutes; Gulf of Mexico Reef
Fish and Shrimp Observer Program, 110 minutes; West Coast Region
Observer Program, 62 minutes; Gulf of Mexico Snapper-Grouper Observer
Program, 110 minutes. Information will be collected for observed
fishing trips and deployments to fish processing plants; therefore,
there will be multiple responses for some respondents, but they will be
counted as one response per trip or plant visit.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,420.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $717,594.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The primary authority for NMFS to place observers
on fishing vessels is included in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
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Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit NOAA to: (a) Evaluate
whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper
functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the
time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Evaluate ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
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Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-16632 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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