Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Lobster-Annual Trap Transfer Program, 24595-24596 [2023-08441]
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Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 336.
Average Hours per Response: Program
Application, 10 hours; Annual Financial
Statement, 2 hours; Guarantor Consent,
5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,194.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) operates a
direct loan program to assist in
financing certain actions relating to
commercial fishing vessels, shoreside
fishery facilities, aquaculture
operations, and individual fishing
quotas. Application information is
required to determine loan eligibility
pursuant to 50 CFR part 253 and to
determine the type and amount of
financial assistance available to the
applicant. Applicants are required to
submit NOAA FORM 88–1, and
supporting financial documents. An
annual financial statement is required
from the recipients to monitor the
financial status of the loan. Small
stylistic changes have been made to the
NOAA FORM 88–1 to make the form
easier for the applicant to understand
and to fill electronically.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: At application, annually
thereafter.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR part 253.
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 0648–0012.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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; American Lobster—Annual
Trap Transfer Program
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 must be received
on or before June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0673 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 Douglas
Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–281–
9341 or Douglas.Potts@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The American lobster resource and
fishery are cooperatively managed by
the states and NMFS under the
authority of the Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act,
according to the framework established
by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC) in Amendment 3
of its Interstate Fishery Management
Plan (ISFMP). This collection of
information is in response to several
addenda to Amendment 3 of the ISFMP
that work to reduce trap fishing effort
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through limited entry fishing and trap
allocation limit reductions. The Trap
Transfer Program is intended to foster
economic flexibility for the lobster
industry while reducing fishing effort
on the American lobster resource. The
regulations implementing the FMP in
the EEZ are specified at 50 CFR part
697.
This collection of information is being
conducted to help mitigate the
economic burden of scheduled trap
allocation reductions in Lobster
Conservation Management Areas 2 and
3 on Federal lobster permit holders
through the Annual Lobster Trap
Transfer Program, which allows all
qualified Federal lobster permit holders
to buy and sell trap allocation from
Areas 2, 3, or Outer Cape Cod. NMFS
collects application forms from Lobster
permit holders who wish to transfer trap
allocation from these areas during a 2month period (from August 1 through
September 30) each year; and the
revised allocations resulting from the
transfers become effective for each
participating lobster permit at the start
of the following Federal lobster fishing
year, on May 1. Both the seller and
buyer of the traps are required to sign
the application form, date the
document, and clearly show that the
seller has sufficient allocation to
transfer and that the buyer has sufficient
room under the applicable trap cap.
There were no modifications to this
collection.
II. Method of Collection
Applications for the Trap Transfer
Program are accepted annually from
August 1 through September 30 by mail
or email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0673.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; State, local, or Tribal
government; Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
204.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $492.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Legal Authority: Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.).
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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 Information
Collection Request. 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 personally
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally 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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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; Tilefish Individual Fishing
Quota Program
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
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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
SUMMARY:
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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 June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0590 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 Douglas
Potts, (978) 281–9341 or Douglas.Potts@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for the extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Greater Atlantic Region
manages the golden tilefish fishery of
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of
the Northeastern United States, through
the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
regulations implementing the FMP are
specified at 50 CFR part 648 subpart N.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at § 648.294 form the basis
for this collection of information. NMFS
requests information from tilefish
individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit
holders to process applications that
ensure IFQ allocation holders are
provided a statement of their annual
catch quota, and for enforcement
purposes, to ensure vessels are not
exceeding an individual quota
allocation. In conjunction with the
application, NMFS also collects IFQ
share accumulation information to
ensure that IFQ allocation holders do
not acquire an excessive share of the
total limited access privileges, as
required by section 303A(d)(5)(C) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS requests transfer application
information to process and track
requests from allocation holders to
transfer quota allocation (permanent
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and temporary) to another entity. NMFS
also collects information for cost
recovery purposes as required under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Cost recovery is
used to collect fees to recover the costs
directly related to management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement of IFQ programs. Lastly,
NMFS collects landings information to
ensure that the amounts of tilefish
landed and ex-vessel prices are properly
recorded for quota monitoring purposes
and the calculation of IFQ fees. Having
this information results in an
increasingly more efficient and accurate
database for management and
monitoring of fisheries of the
Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
II. Method of Collection
The IFQ Allocation permit
application, IFQ holder cap form, and
the IFQ transfer form are all paper
applications. These applications can
also be completed in a fillable electronic
format and submitted through email or
printed and sent by mail. The IFQ cost
recovery process is entirely online at
www.pay.gov.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0590.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12.
Estimated Time per Response: IFQ
Allocation Permit Application, 30
minutes; IFQ Holder Cap Form, 5
minutes; IFQ Transfer Form, 5 minutes;
IFQ Cost Recovery, 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 20.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $26.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Section 303).
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
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[FR Doc No: 2023-08441]
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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; American Lobster--Annual Trap Transfer Program
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 June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0673 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 Douglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978-281-9341 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The American lobster resource and fishery are cooperatively managed
by the states and NMFS under the authority of the Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, according to the framework
established by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
in Amendment 3 of its Interstate Fishery Management Plan (ISFMP). This
collection of information is in response to several addenda to
Amendment 3 of the ISFMP that work to reduce trap fishing effort
through limited entry fishing and trap allocation limit reductions. The
Trap Transfer Program is intended to foster economic flexibility for
the lobster industry while reducing fishing effort on the American
lobster resource. The regulations implementing the FMP in the EEZ are
specified at 50 CFR part 697.
This collection of information is being conducted to help mitigate
the economic burden of scheduled trap allocation reductions in Lobster
Conservation Management Areas 2 and 3 on Federal lobster permit holders
through the Annual Lobster Trap Transfer Program, which allows all
qualified Federal lobster permit holders to buy and sell trap
allocation from Areas 2, 3, or Outer Cape Cod. NMFS collects
application forms from Lobster permit holders who wish to transfer trap
allocation from these areas during a 2-month period (from August 1
through September 30) each year; and the revised allocations resulting
from the transfers become effective for each participating lobster
permit at the start of the following Federal lobster fishing year, on
May 1. Both the seller and buyer of the traps are required to sign the
application form, date the document, and clearly show that the seller
has sufficient allocation to transfer and that the buyer has sufficient
room under the applicable trap cap. There were no modifications to this
collection.
II. Method of Collection
Applications for the Trap Transfer Program are accepted annually
from August 1 through September 30 by mail or email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0673.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; State, local, or Tribal government; Federal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 204.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $492.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Legal Authority: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.).
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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 Information Collection Request. 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 personally identifying information--may
be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your personally 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 Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-08441 Filed 4-20-23; 8:45 am]
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