Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Fisheries Act Permits, 41599-41600 [2023-13652]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 / Notices Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions, have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data Workshop; (2) Assessment Process utilizing webinars; and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a data report which compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Assessment Process is a stock assessment report which describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The product of the Review Workshop is a Summary documenting panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, Highly Migratory Species Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include: data collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); international experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies. The items of discussion for the meeting are as follows: discuss any leftover data issues that were not cleared up during the data process; answer any questions that the analysts have; introduce/discuss model development and model setup; and determine if the model is ready to move onto review. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:54 Jun 26, 2023 Jkt 259001 notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days prior to the meeting. Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject to change. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: June 22, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–13643 Filed 6–26–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 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 Fisheries Act Permits 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 August 28, 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– 0393 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41599 activities should be directed to Gabrielle Aberle, National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668, or 907–586–7356. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved information collection that contains applications for permits and transfers necessary for NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery under the American Fisheries Act (AFA). NMFS manages the BSAI pollock fishery under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and AFA (16 U.S.C. 1851). The regulations implementing the AFA Program are at 50 CFR part 679, subpart F. The reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 679 form the basis for this collection of information. The AFA was signed into law in October 1998. The purpose of the AFA was to tighten U.S. ownership standards that had been exploited under the Antireflagging Act, and to provide the BSAI pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct their fishery in a more rational manner while protecting non-AFA participants in the other fisheries. The AFA established sector allocations in the BSAI pollock fishery, determined eligible vessels and processors, allowed the formation of cooperatives, set limits on the participation of AFA vessels in other fisheries, and imposed special catch weighing and monitoring requirements on AFA vessels. Any vessel used to engage in directed fishing for a non-western Alaska community development quota (nonCDQ) allocation of pollock in the Bering Sea and any shoreside processor, stationary floating processor, or mothership that receives pollock harvested in a non-CDQ directed pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must have a valid AFA permit on board the vessel or at the facility location at all times while non-CDQ pollock is being harvested or processed. Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA mothership, and AFA inshore processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery had a one-time application deadline of December 1, 2000, and were issued with an indefinite expiration date. Therefore, except for participants that require annual or replacement permits, all AFA entities required to have a permit are already permitted. E:\FR\FM\27JNN1.SGM 27JNN1 41600 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 27, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 The type of information collected in this collection includes information on the applicants, transferors, transferees, permits, vessels, and Chinook salmon PSC transfer data. This information collection contains the following AFA permitting and transfer requirements: • The AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel Application is submitted by an owner of an AFA vessel to notify NMFS the vessel has been rebuilt; to request an AFA permit for a replacement catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership; or to request removal of an AFA catcher vessel that is a member of an inshore cooperative and assign its catch history to another vessel or vessels in the same cooperative. • The Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is submitted annually by each AFA inshore catcher vessel cooperative to obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit and identify the vessels and processors that will be participating in the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the start of each fishing year. • The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification is submitted by an AFA inshore cooperative that intends to contract with a non-member vessel to harvest a portion of the cooperative’s annual pollock allocation to notify NMFS of vessels that might be reporting with an alternative cooperative ID. • The Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Allocation is submitted by an entity representing the catcher/processor sector or the mothership sector to request approval to receive transferable Chinook salmon PSC allocations on behalf of members of the sector. Once approved, an entity is not required to reapply for or renew its status. Entities sometimes submit amendments to update contact and other information related to the entity and its members. • The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations is submitted by an authorized representative of the catcher/ processor sector, the mothership sector, an inshore cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer Chinook salmon PSC allocations to another entity’s account. II. Method of Collection The information is collected primarily by mail, fax, and delivery. The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations and the Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation may be submitted online through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https:// VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:54 Jun 26, 2023 Jkt 259001 alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/ login. The applications are available as fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https:// www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ american-fisheries-act-pollockapplications-and-forms. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0648–0393. 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; Not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 27. Estimated Time per Response: AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel Application, 1 hour; Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations, 1 hour; Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit, 2 hours; AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification, 4 hours; Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation, 8 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 251 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $420 in recordkeeping and reporting costs. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits. Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation Act; American Fisheries Act. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–13652 Filed 6–26–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0112] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2023–24 Data Collection Revision National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 27, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request (ICR) by selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this information collection request. Information collection forms and instructions may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Information Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting statements and other supporting documentation may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other Documents’’ link. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202–245–6347. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27JNN1.SGM 27JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41599-41600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13652]


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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 Fisheries Act Permits

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 August 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to 
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please 
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0393 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 Gabrielle Aberle, National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668, or 907-586-7356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional 
Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved information 
collection that contains applications for permits and transfers 
necessary for NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 
pollock fishery under the American Fisheries Act (AFA).
    NMFS manages the BSAI pollock fishery under the authority of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) and AFA (16 U.S.C. 1851). The regulations implementing 
the AFA Program are at 50 CFR part 679, subpart F. The reporting 
requirements at 50 CFR part 679 form the basis for this collection of 
information.
    The AFA was signed into law in October 1998. The purpose of the AFA 
was to tighten U.S. ownership standards that had been exploited under 
the Anti-reflagging Act, and to provide the BSAI pollock fleet the 
opportunity to conduct their fishery in a more rational manner while 
protecting non-AFA participants in the other fisheries. The AFA 
established sector allocations in the BSAI pollock fishery, determined 
eligible vessels and processors, allowed the formation of cooperatives, 
set limits on the participation of AFA vessels in other fisheries, and 
imposed special catch weighing and monitoring requirements on AFA 
vessels.
    Any vessel used to engage in directed fishing for a non-western 
Alaska community development quota (non-CDQ) allocation of pollock in 
the Bering Sea and any shoreside processor, stationary floating 
processor, or mothership that receives pollock harvested in a non-CDQ 
directed pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must have a valid AFA permit 
on board the vessel or at the facility location at all times while non-
CDQ pollock is being harvested or processed.
    Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher vessel, AFA catcher/processor, 
AFA mothership, and AFA inshore processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery 
had a one-time application deadline of December 1, 2000, and were 
issued with an indefinite expiration date. Therefore, except for 
participants that require annual or replacement permits, all AFA 
entities required to have a permit are already permitted.

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    The type of information collected in this collection includes 
information on the applicants, transferors, transferees, permits, 
vessels, and Chinook salmon PSC transfer data. This information 
collection contains the following AFA permitting and transfer 
requirements:
     The AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or Removed Vessel 
Application is submitted by an owner of an AFA vessel to notify NMFS 
the vessel has been rebuilt; to request an AFA permit for a replacement 
catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership; or to request removal 
of an AFA catcher vessel that is a member of an inshore cooperative and 
assign its catch history to another vessel or vessels in the same 
cooperative.
     The Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative 
Permit is submitted annually by each AFA inshore catcher vessel 
cooperative to obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit 
and identify the vessels and processors that will be participating in 
the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the start of each fishing year.
     The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing Notification is 
submitted by an AFA inshore cooperative that intends to contract with a 
non-member vessel to harvest a portion of the cooperative's annual 
pollock allocation to notify NMFS of vessels that might be reporting 
with an alternative cooperative ID.
     The Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive 
Transferable Chinook Salmon Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Allocation 
is submitted by an entity representing the catcher/processor sector or 
the mothership sector to request approval to receive transferable 
Chinook salmon PSC allocations on behalf of members of the sector. Once 
approved, an entity is not required to reapply for or renew its status. 
Entities sometimes submit amendments to update contact and other 
information related to the entity and its members.
     The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon 
PSC Allocations is submitted by an authorized representative of the 
catcher/processor sector, the mothership sector, an inshore 
cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer Chinook salmon PSC allocations 
to another entity's account.

II. Method of Collection

    The information is collected primarily by mail, fax, and delivery. 
The Application for Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC 
Allocations and the Application for Approval as an Entity to Receive 
Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation may be submitted online 
through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login. The applications are 
available as fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/american-fisheries-act-pollock-applications-and-forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0393.
    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; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27.
    Estimated Time per Response: AFA Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or 
Removed Vessel Application, 1 hour; Application for Transfer of Bering 
Sea Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations, 1 hour; Application for AFA Inshore 
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit, 2 hours; AFA Inshore Vessel Contract 
Fishing Notification, 4 hours; Application for Approval as an Entity to 
Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation, 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 251 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $420 in recordkeeping and 
reporting costs.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation Act; 
American Fisheries Act.

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 Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-13652 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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