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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 16, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Southeast Region Permit
Family of Forms
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 August 22,
2023 (88 FR 57103) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Southeast Region Permit Family
of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[revision and extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 9,883.
Average Hours per Response:
• Vessel EEZ Permit Application,
including Golden Tilefish Endorsement
and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 50
minutes;
• Wreckfish Permit Application, 55
minutes;
• Dealer Permit Application, 30
minutes;
• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—New Permit—Deposit or
Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, including Site
Evaluation Report, 70 minutes;
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• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—Renew Permit—Deposit
or Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, 50 minutes.
• Vessel Operator Card Application
for Dolphin and Wahoo, or Rock
Shrimp, 30 minutes;
• Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters
Vessel Permit Application, 50 minutes;
• Permit Holder Change of
Information, 5 minutes;
• Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Permit
Consolidation, 5 minutes;
• Duplicate Permit, Card, or Decal, 5
minutes;
• Notifications of Lost or Stolen Traps
or Authorization for Retrieval (golden
crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny
lobster), 10 minutes;
• Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit
Notification, 10 minutes;
• Annual Landings Report for Gulf of
Mexico Shrimp, 20 minutes;
• Vessel Permit Transfers and
Notarizations, 10 minutes; and
• International Maritime Organization
(IMO) Number Registration, 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,033.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast
Regional Office (SERO), Permits Office
administers Federal fishing permits in
the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf), and South Atlantic under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1801. The SERO Permits Office
proposes to extend and to revise parts
of the current collections-of-information
approved under OMB Control Number
0648–0205.
The NMFS Southeast Region manages
the U.S. Federal fisheries in the
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic
under the fishery management plans
(FMPs) for each region. The regional
fishery management councils prepared
the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. The regulations
implementing the FMPs, including
those that have recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, are located at 50
CFR part 622.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form
the basis for this collection of
information. The NMFS Southeast
Region requests information from
fishery participants. This information,
upon receipt, results in an increasingly
more efficient and accurate database for
management and monitoring of the
Federal fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf,
and South Atlantic.
The SERO Permits Office proposes to
extend and to revise the collection-of-
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information approved under OMB
Control Number 0648–0205. NMFS
proposes to revise the Federal permit
applications for Vessels Fishing in the
EEZ (Vessel EEZ), Change of
Information Form, Vessel Fishing in the
Colombian Treaty Waters, Duplicate
Federal Fishery Permits, Operator Card
or Decal, Aquacultured Live Rock (new
permit), Aquacultured Live Rock
(permit renewal), Harvest of
Aquacultured Live Rock in the EEZ,
Southeast Region Issued Operator Card,
Consolidate Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
permits, Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish
in the South Atlantic States (Wreckfish),
and the Annual Dealer permit.
The proposed revisions to the
specified application forms are
administrative and would combine two
socio-economic questions into one,
along with making them optional
instead of required. The revisions would
also update the payment method of Floy
tags. Instead of the permit holder
sending a check to NMFS with the
application, Floy Tag, Inc., will begin
reaching out to the permit holder for
payment once the permit is issued.
NMFS estimates that the proposed
revisions would not change the annual
number of respondents or responses, or
annual costs to affected permit
applicants from estimates in the
currently approved collection. Across
the application forms, NMFS estimates
these revisions would not increase the
overall time burden.
The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to modify the limited access
permits by updating the form field name
related to the selling price of the permit,
along with removing the section related
to the permit’s selling price. NMFS does
not anticipate these revisions will
materially change the time burden to the
applicants.
The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to modify the Vessel EEZ
application to include a checkbox and
language related to the compliance of
regulatory requirements. NMFS does not
anticipate these revisions to the form
will materially change the time burden
to the applicants.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations, and individuals
or households.
Frequency: Annual and periodic.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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
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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 0648–0205.
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; Fishermen’s Contingency
Fund
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 March 19, 2024.
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–
0082 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 Moni
Banerjee, Chief, Financial Services
Division, NOAA National Marine
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Fisheries Service, (301) 427–8716 or
moni.banerjee@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
United States (U.S.) commercial
fishermen may file claims for
compensation for losses of, or damage
to, fishing gear or vessels, plus 50
percent of resulting economic losses,
attributable to oil and gas activities on
the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. To
obtain compensation, applicants must
comply with requirements set forth in
50 CFR part 296.
The requirements include a ‘‘report’’
within 15 days of the date the vessel
first returns to port after the casualty
incident to gain a presumption of
eligible causation, and an ‘‘application’’
within 90 days of when the applicant
first became aware of the loss and/or
damage.
The report is NOAA Form 88–166 and
it requests identifying information such
as: Respondent’s name; address; social
security number; and casualty location.
The information in the report is usually
completed by NOAA during a telephone
call with the respondent.
The application is NOAA Form 88–
164 and it requires the respondent to
provide information on the property and
economic losses and/or damages
including type of damage; purchase date
and price of lost/damaged gear; and
income from recent fishing trips. It also
includes an affidavit by which the
applicant attests to the truthfulness of
the claim.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents may telephone NOAA
and provide the information for the
report verbally or submit a paper or
electronic report. Respondents have a
choice of either electronic or paper
forms for the application.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0082.
Form Number: NOAA Forms 88–164,
88–166.
Type of Review: Extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes for a report and 7 hours, 45
minutes for an application.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 160.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Public: $500 in recordkeeping and filing
costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Title IV of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act
Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1841)
authorizes the Fishermen’s Contingency
Fund (Fund or FCF) program to
compensate U.S. commercial fishermen
for losses of, or damages to, fishing gear
or vessels, plus 50% of resulting gross
economic loss, attributable to oil and
gas activities on the OCS. Program
requirements are set forth in 50 CFR
part 296.
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.
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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; Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms
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 August 22, 2023 (88 FR 57103) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [revision and extension of a
current information collection].
Number of Respondents: 9,883.
Average Hours per Response:
Vessel EEZ Permit Application, including Golden Tilefish
Endorsement and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 50 minutes;
Wreckfish Permit Application, 55 minutes;
Dealer Permit Application, 30 minutes;
Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting and Reporting--New
Permit--Deposit or Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of Intent to
Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal Permit Application, including Site
Evaluation Report, 70 minutes;
Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting and Reporting--Renew
Permit--Deposit or Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of Intent to
Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal Permit Application, 50 minutes.
Vessel Operator Card Application for Dolphin and Wahoo, or
Rock Shrimp, 30 minutes;
Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters Vessel Permit
Application, 50 minutes;
Permit Holder Change of Information, 5 minutes;
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Permit Consolidation, 5 minutes;
Duplicate Permit, Card, or Decal, 5 minutes;
Notifications of Lost or Stolen Traps or Authorization for
Retrieval (golden crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny lobster), 10
minutes;
Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit Notification, 10
minutes;
Annual Landings Report for Gulf of Mexico Shrimp, 20
minutes;
Vessel Permit Transfers and Notarizations, 10 minutes; and
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Number
Registration, 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,033.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Southeast Regional Office (SERO), Permits Office administers Federal
fishing permits in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), and South Atlantic under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801. The SERO Permits Office
proposes to extend and to revise parts of the current collections-of-
information approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0205.
The NMFS Southeast Region manages the U.S. Federal fisheries in the
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic under the fishery management plans
(FMPs) for each region. The regional fishery management councils
prepared the FMPs pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The regulations
implementing the FMPs, including those that have recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, are located at 50 CFR part 622.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 622
form the basis for this collection of information. The NMFS Southeast
Region requests information from fishery participants. This
information, upon receipt, results in an increasingly more efficient
and accurate database for management and monitoring of the Federal
fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic.
The SERO Permits Office proposes to extend and to revise the
collection-of-information approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0205.
NMFS proposes to revise the Federal permit applications for Vessels
Fishing in the EEZ (Vessel EEZ), Change of Information Form, Vessel
Fishing in the Colombian Treaty Waters, Duplicate Federal Fishery
Permits, Operator Card or Decal, Aquacultured Live Rock (new permit),
Aquacultured Live Rock (permit renewal), Harvest of Aquacultured Live
Rock in the EEZ, Southeast Region Issued Operator Card, Consolidate
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish permits, Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish in the
South Atlantic States (Wreckfish), and the Annual Dealer permit.
The proposed revisions to the specified application forms are
administrative and would combine two socio-economic questions into one,
along with making them optional instead of required. The revisions
would also update the payment method of Floy tags. Instead of the
permit holder sending a check to NMFS with the application, Floy Tag,
Inc., will begin reaching out to the permit holder for payment once the
permit is issued. NMFS estimates that the proposed revisions would not
change the annual number of respondents or responses, or annual costs
to affected permit applicants from estimates in the currently approved
collection. Across the application forms, NMFS estimates these
revisions would not increase the overall time burden.
The SERO Permits Office also proposes to modify the limited access
permits by updating the form field name related to the selling price of
the permit, along with removing the section related to the permit's
selling price. NMFS does not anticipate these revisions will materially
change the time burden to the applicants.
The SERO Permits Office also proposes to modify the Vessel EEZ
application to include a checkbox and language related to the
compliance of regulatory requirements. NMFS does not anticipate these
revisions to the form will materially change the time burden to the
applicants.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, and
individuals or households.
Frequency: Annual and periodic.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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
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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
0648-0205.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00977 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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