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successful as possible, and outreach
efforts are targeting the intended
recipients with useful information.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Every 5–7 years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coral Reef
Conservation Act of 2000.
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 0648–0646.
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; Greater Atlantic Region
Permit Family of Forms
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
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information collection must be received
on or before September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: 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–
0202 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 Cynthia
Ferrio, Greater Atlantic Regional
Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Dr.,
Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281–9180,
Cynthia.ferrio@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision of a
current information collection. Under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the
Secretary of Commerce has the
responsibility for the conservation and
management of marine fishery
resources. Much of this responsibility
has been delegated to NOAA’s National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Under this stewardship role, the
Secretary was given certain regulatory
authorities to ensure the most beneficial
uses of these resources. One of the
regulatory steps taken to carry out the
conservation and management
objectives is to collect information from
users of the resources.
The Secretary has enacted rules to
issue permits to individuals and
organizations participating in federally
controlled fisheries. Permits are
necessary to: (1) Register fishermen,
fishing vessels, fish dealers and
processors; (2) list the characteristics of
fishing vessels and/or dealer/processor
operations; (3) exercise influence over
compliance (e.g., withhold issuance
pending collection of unpaid penalties);
(4) maintain contact lists for the
dissemination of important information
to the industry; (5) register participants
to be considered for limited entry; and
(6) provide a universe for data collection
samples. Identification of fishery
participants, their gear types, vessels,
and expected activity levels is an
effective and necessary tool in the
enforcement of fishery regulations.
This collection is being revised to
introduce a new online permitting
system (FishOnline) to allow
individuals and organizations to apply
and renew their fishing vessel permits,
operator permits, dealer permits, Letter
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of Authorization (LOA), and gillnet
certificates.
This collection also includes the
requirement for participants in certain
fisheries to use onboard vessel
monitoring systems (VMS) and to notify
NMFS before fishing trips for the
purpose of observer placement. Other
permitting in this collection includes
the written request to participate in any
of the various exemption programs
offered in the Greater Atlantic region.
Exemption programs may allow a
vessel to fish in an area that is limited
to vessels of a particular size, using a
certain gear type, or fishing for a
particular species. This collection also
contains paperwork required for vessel
owners to request gillnet and lobster
trap tags through the Greater Atlantic
region permit office.
Lastly, vessel owners that own
multiple vessels, but would like to
request communication from NMFS be
consolidated into one mailing (and not
separate mailings for each vessel), may
request the single letter vessel owner
option to improve efficiency of their
business practice.
II. Method of Collection
Vessel Permits: All vessel permit
applications, including permit
applications and renewals for vessels,
dealers, and vessel operators, as well as
gillnet and lobster trap tag purchase, are
required to be submitted using an online
account (FishOnline).
VMS Requirements: Vessels with
VMS requirements are required to
declare their intent to fish (e.g., declare
into the fishery) and submit daily catch
reports using electronic VMS units on
board the vessel. Other VMS actions
may include trip start and end hails,
pre-landing notifications, and days-atsea (DAS) adjustments. VMS power
down exemption requests are submitted
by signed paper form.
Observer Program Call-in
Requirements: Vessels issued certain
permits such as Northeast multispecies,
monkfish, scallop, and Atlantic herring
permits are required to give advance
notification to the Northeast Fisheries
Observer Program (NEFOP) before the
start of a trip in order to receive a
fisheries observer or a waiver. Vessels
use an online pre-trip notification
system, email, toll-free call-in number,
or a local phone number to comply with
this requirement.
Exempted Fisheries Programs: Vessels
that would like to request participation
in one or more of the Greater Atlantic
region fisheries exemption programs
must either submit a request
electronically using their VMS unit, by
declaring into an exempted fishery prior
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to the start of a trip, or by submitting a
request to participate in the program(s)
of interest using their FishOnline
account.
Vessel Owner Single Letter Option:
Vessel owners that own multiple
vessels, but would like to receive only
a single Greater Atlantic Fisheries
Bulletin or small entity compliance
guide instead of one for each vessel
permit, must submit a written request to
NMFS to participate in this program.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0202.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (revision of a
current information collection).
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit organizations are primarily
affected. Individuals or households,
state, local or tribal governments, and
the Federal Government are also
affected.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
129,453.
Estimated Time per Response: Vessel
Permits: Vessel permit application: 40
minutes; vessel permit renewal forms:
20 minutes; initial dealer permit
applications: 15 minutes; dealer permit
renewal forms: 5 minutes; initial and
renewal vessel operator permit
applications: 30 minutes; online
account creation (FishOnline Account
Information Collection): 15 minutes;
limited access vessel replacement
applications: 1.5 hours; and
applications for retention of limited
access permit history: 1.5 hours. VMS
Requirements: Installing a VMS unit: 1
hour; confirming VMS connectivity: 5
minutes; VMS certification form: 5
minutes; VMS installation for Canadian
herring transport vessels: 1 hour and 20
minutes; email to declare their entrance
and departure from U.S. waters: 15
minutes; automatic polling of vessel
position using the VMS unit: 0 minutes;
area and DAS declarations: 5 minutes;
declaration of days-out of the gillnet
fishery for monkfish and NE
multispecies vessels: 5 minutes; Good
Samaritan DAS credit request: 30
minutes; entangled whale DAS credit
request: 30 minutes; DAS credit for a
canceled trip due to unforeseen
circumstances, but have not yet begun
fishing: 5 minutes to request via the
VMS unit and 10 minutes to request via
the paper form; VMS catch reports: 5
minutes; VMS power down exemption:
30 minutes. Observer Program Call-in
Requirements: Requests for observer
coverage are estimated to require either
2 or 10 minutes per request, depending
on the program for which observers are
requested. Exempted Fisheries
Programs: Letter of Authorization (LOA)
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to participate in any of the exemption
programs: 5 minutes; Charter/Party
Exemption Certificate for GOM Closed
Areas: 5 minutes; limited access sea
scallop vessels state waters DAS
exemption program or state waters gear
exemption program: 2 minutes;
withdraw from either state waters
exemption program prior to the end of
the 7-day designated exemption period
requirement: 2 minutes; request for
change in permit category designation: 5
minutes; request for transit to another
port by a vessel required to remain
within the GOM cod trip limit: 2
minutes; gillnet category designation,
including initial requests for gillnet tags:
10 minutes; requests for additional tags:
2 minutes; notification of lost tags and
requests for replacement tag numbers: 2
minutes; attachment of gillnet tags: 1
minute; initial lobster area designations:
5 minutes; requests for additional tags:
2 minutes; and notification of lost tags:
3 minutes; requests for state quota
transfers in the bluefish, summer
flounder and scup fisheries: 1 hour;
GOM cod trip limit exemption: 5
minutes; vessel owner single letter
option: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,737.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,302,677 in record keeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 50, Chapter VI,
Part 648: FISHERIES OF THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
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
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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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Administration
[RTID 0648–XB202]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Northeast Trawl
Advisory Panel (NTAP) Working Group
will hold a public webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Details on the proposed
agenda, webinar listen-in access, and
briefing materials will be posted at
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting was rescheduled from June 18,
2021 to July 21, 2021 due to the new
Juneteenth federal holiday. The purpose
of this rescheduled meeting is for the
NTAP Working Group to discuss (1)
objectives of the restrictor cable
research, (2) scope and timing of the
research, and (3) prepare documentation
for reporting out to the full panel.
SUMMARY:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
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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; Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
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 must be received on or before September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0202 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 Cynthia Ferrio, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281-9180,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision of a current information collection.
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the
Secretary of Commerce has the responsibility for the conservation and
management of marine fishery resources. Much of this responsibility has
been delegated to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Under this stewardship role, the Secretary was given certain
regulatory authorities to ensure the most beneficial uses of these
resources. One of the regulatory steps taken to carry out the
conservation and management objectives is to collect information from
users of the resources.
The Secretary has enacted rules to issue permits to individuals and
organizations participating in federally controlled fisheries. Permits
are necessary to: (1) Register fishermen, fishing vessels, fish dealers
and processors; (2) list the characteristics of fishing vessels and/or
dealer/processor operations; (3) exercise influence over compliance
(e.g., withhold issuance pending collection of unpaid penalties); (4)
maintain contact lists for the dissemination of important information
to the industry; (5) register participants to be considered for limited
entry; and (6) provide a universe for data collection samples.
Identification of fishery participants, their gear types, vessels, and
expected activity levels is an effective and necessary tool in the
enforcement of fishery regulations.
This collection is being revised to introduce a new online
permitting system (FishOnline) to allow individuals and organizations
to apply and renew their fishing vessel permits, operator permits,
dealer permits, Letter of Authorization (LOA), and gillnet
certificates.
This collection also includes the requirement for participants in
certain fisheries to use onboard vessel monitoring systems (VMS) and to
notify NMFS before fishing trips for the purpose of observer placement.
Other permitting in this collection includes the written request to
participate in any of the various exemption programs offered in the
Greater Atlantic region.
Exemption programs may allow a vessel to fish in an area that is
limited to vessels of a particular size, using a certain gear type, or
fishing for a particular species. This collection also contains
paperwork required for vessel owners to request gillnet and lobster
trap tags through the Greater Atlantic region permit office.
Lastly, vessel owners that own multiple vessels, but would like to
request communication from NMFS be consolidated into one mailing (and
not separate mailings for each vessel), may request the single letter
vessel owner option to improve efficiency of their business practice.
II. Method of Collection
Vessel Permits: All vessel permit applications, including permit
applications and renewals for vessels, dealers, and vessel operators,
as well as gillnet and lobster trap tag purchase, are required to be
submitted using an online account (FishOnline).
VMS Requirements: Vessels with VMS requirements are required to
declare their intent to fish (e.g., declare into the fishery) and
submit daily catch reports using electronic VMS units on board the
vessel. Other VMS actions may include trip start and end hails, pre-
landing notifications, and days-at-sea (DAS) adjustments. VMS power
down exemption requests are submitted by signed paper form.
Observer Program Call-in Requirements: Vessels issued certain
permits such as Northeast multispecies, monkfish, scallop, and Atlantic
herring permits are required to give advance notification to the
Northeast Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP) before the start of a trip
in order to receive a fisheries observer or a waiver. Vessels use an
online pre-trip notification system, email, toll-free call-in number,
or a local phone number to comply with this requirement.
Exempted Fisheries Programs: Vessels that would like to request
participation in one or more of the Greater Atlantic region fisheries
exemption programs must either submit a request electronically using
their VMS unit, by declaring into an exempted fishery prior
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to the start of a trip, or by submitting a request to participate in
the program(s) of interest using their FishOnline account.
Vessel Owner Single Letter Option: Vessel owners that own multiple
vessels, but would like to receive only a single Greater Atlantic
Fisheries Bulletin or small entity compliance guide instead of one for
each vessel permit, must submit a written request to NMFS to
participate in this program.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0202.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (revision of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations are
primarily affected. Individuals or households, state, local or tribal
governments, and the Federal Government are also affected.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 129,453.
Estimated Time per Response: Vessel Permits: Vessel permit
application: 40 minutes; vessel permit renewal forms: 20 minutes;
initial dealer permit applications: 15 minutes; dealer permit renewal
forms: 5 minutes; initial and renewal vessel operator permit
applications: 30 minutes; online account creation (FishOnline Account
Information Collection): 15 minutes; limited access vessel replacement
applications: 1.5 hours; and applications for retention of limited
access permit history: 1.5 hours. VMS Requirements: Installing a VMS
unit: 1 hour; confirming VMS connectivity: 5 minutes; VMS certification
form: 5 minutes; VMS installation for Canadian herring transport
vessels: 1 hour and 20 minutes; email to declare their entrance and
departure from U.S. waters: 15 minutes; automatic polling of vessel
position using the VMS unit: 0 minutes; area and DAS declarations: 5
minutes; declaration of days-out of the gillnet fishery for monkfish
and NE multispecies vessels: 5 minutes; Good Samaritan DAS credit
request: 30 minutes; entangled whale DAS credit request: 30 minutes;
DAS credit for a canceled trip due to unforeseen circumstances, but
have not yet begun fishing: 5 minutes to request via the VMS unit and
10 minutes to request via the paper form; VMS catch reports: 5 minutes;
VMS power down exemption: 30 minutes. Observer Program Call-in
Requirements: Requests for observer coverage are estimated to require
either 2 or 10 minutes per request, depending on the program for which
observers are requested. Exempted Fisheries Programs: Letter of
Authorization (LOA) to participate in any of the exemption programs: 5
minutes; Charter/Party Exemption Certificate for GOM Closed Areas: 5
minutes; limited access sea scallop vessels state waters DAS exemption
program or state waters gear exemption program: 2 minutes; withdraw
from either state waters exemption program prior to the end of the 7-
day designated exemption period requirement: 2 minutes; request for
change in permit category designation: 5 minutes; request for transit
to another port by a vessel required to remain within the GOM cod trip
limit: 2 minutes; gillnet category designation, including initial
requests for gillnet tags: 10 minutes; requests for additional tags: 2
minutes; notification of lost tags and requests for replacement tag
numbers: 2 minutes; attachment of gillnet tags: 1 minute; initial
lobster area designations: 5 minutes; requests for additional tags: 2
minutes; and notification of lost tags: 3 minutes; requests for state
quota transfers in the bluefish, summer flounder and scup fisheries: 1
hour; GOM cod trip limit exemption: 5 minutes; vessel owner single
letter option: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,737.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $2,302,677 in record
keeping/reporting costs.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 50, Chapter VI, Part 648: FISHERIES OF THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
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.
[FR Doc. 2021-14292 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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