Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Billfish Tagging Report, 66539 [2020-23206]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 203 / Tuesday, October 20, 2020 / Notices 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; Billfish Tagging Report 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 of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 24, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Title: Billfish Tagging Report. OMB Control Number: 0648–0009. Form Number(s): NOAA 88–162. Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current information collection]. Number of Respondents: 1,000. Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes. Total Annual Burden Hours: 83. Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) operates a conventional mark-recapture billfish tagging program. The SWFSC provides tagging supplies to individuals electing to tag and release the billfish they catch (the program is advertised by a newsletter and by word of mouth). Each Billfish Tagging Report Card is issued with an individual billfish tag and is imprinted with the number matching the accompanying tag. The Billfish Tagging Report Card is the primary mechanism by which these cooperating anglers and commercial fishers return the tag and release information concerning the billfish they have tagged. Individuals cooperating in the program do so on a strictly voluntary basis. Tagging supplies are provided to volunteer anglers. When anglers catch and release a tagged fish, they submit a brief report on the fish and the location of the tagging. The program is VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Oct 19, 2020 Jkt 253001 conducted throughout the year to determine billfish habitat, mortality rates, migration patterns, feeding habits, and growth rates. Fishery biologists investigating the health of billfish resources throughout the Pacific utilize data from this program. Results aid in ongoing research concerning billfish resources and are published annually in the Billfish newsletter. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: This program is authorized under 16 U.S.C. 760(e), Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose. 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 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 0648–0009. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2020–23206 Filed 10–19–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Revise Collection, Comment Request: Adoption of Revised Notice of Exemption Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forward to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs and burdens. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66539 Comments must be submitted on or before November 18, 2020. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the website’s search function. Comments can be entered electronically by clicking on the ‘‘comment’’ button next to the information collection on the ‘‘OIRA Information Collections Under Review’’ page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency Submission’’ page. A copy of the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed herein may be obtained by visiting https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control No. 3038–0005, at https:// comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/ PublicInfo.aspx. Or by either of the following methods: • Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above. All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should include only information that you wish to make available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt information may be submitted according to the procedures established in § 145.9 of the Commission’s regulations.1 The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all of your submission from https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments on the merits of the DATES: 1 17 E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM CFR 145.9. 20OCN1

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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; Billfish Tagging Report

    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 of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 24, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Billfish Tagging Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0009.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-162.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current 
information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 83.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) operates a 
conventional mark-recapture billfish tagging program. The SWFSC 
provides tagging supplies to individuals electing to tag and release 
the billfish they catch (the program is advertised by a newsletter and 
by word of mouth). Each Billfish Tagging Report Card is issued with an 
individual billfish tag and is imprinted with the number matching the 
accompanying tag. The Billfish Tagging Report Card is the primary 
mechanism by which these cooperating anglers and commercial fishers 
return the tag and release information concerning the billfish they 
have tagged. Individuals cooperating in the program do so on a strictly 
voluntary basis.
    Tagging supplies are provided to volunteer anglers. When anglers 
catch and release a tagged fish, they submit a brief report on the fish 
and the location of the tagging. The program is conducted throughout 
the year to determine billfish habitat, mortality rates, migration 
patterns, feeding habits, and growth rates. Fishery biologists 
investigating the health of billfish resources throughout the Pacific 
utilize data from this program. Results aid in ongoing research 
concerning billfish resources and are published annually in the 
Billfish newsletter.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: This program is authorized under 16 U.S.C. 760(e), 
Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose.
    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 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 0648-0009.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-23206 Filed 10-19-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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