Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Salmon Bycatch Minimization Information Collection, 84131 [2023-26517]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 84131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26517]


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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; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Salmon Bycatch Minimization 
Information Collection

    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 September 25, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Salmon Bycatch Minimization.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0794.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Average Hours per Response: SMP proposal (10 hours), SMP amendment 
(3 hours), Administrative appeals for disapproved SMP (6 hours), SMP 
postseason report (8 hours).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 113 burden hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection. On February 23, 2021, NMFS published 
in the Federal Register a final rule (86 FR 10857) allowing a Pacific 
whiting sector cooperative or group of vessels to develop a Salmon 
Mitigation Plan (SMP) to promote reduction in Chinook salmon bycatch. 
The rule also established that vessels with a NMFS-approved SMP have 
access to the Chinook salmon bycatch reserve regardless of NMFS 
implementing other in season measures to minimize salmon bycatch. The 
associated regulations are found at 50 CFR part 660. OMB approved the 
collection-of-information requirements contained in the final rule on 
March 10, 2021, under OMB Control Number 0648-0794 (Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Salmon Bycatch Minimization).
    The public reporting burden for the submission of SMPs and post-
season reports includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information. NMFS estimates 
receiving up to six SMP proposals, six SMP post-season reports, and one 
amended SMP, per year over the next three years. NMFS estimates 
receiving one administrative appeal for a disapproved SMP over the next 
three years. Public reporting burden is estimated to average 10 hours 
per response for the SMP proposal, 3 hours per response for an amended 
SMP, 6 hours per response for an administrative appeal of a disapproved 
SMP, and 8 hours per response for the SMP postseason report.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.
    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 0648-0794.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-26517 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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