Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transshipment Requirements Under the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, 7378-7379 [2024-02075]
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increases investment in underserved
communities, as well as individuals
from those communities.’’
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: This is a one-time
information collection for this region,
although the collection may be
deployed to other regions in the future.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C.
1452 (303)(2)(D)), National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1502.6).
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024–02141 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am]
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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; Transshipment Requirements
Under the Commission for the
Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
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
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
SUMMARY:
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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 Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before April 2, 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–
0649 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 Emily
Reynolds, Fishery Policy Analyst,
NOAA Fisheries, 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Bldg. #176, Honolulu, HI 96818, (808)–
725–5039, emily.reynolds@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection. National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) has issued regulations
under authority of the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the
obligations of the United States under
the Convention on the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (Convention), including
implementing the decisions of the
Commission for the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission).
The regulations include requirements
for the owners and operators of U.S.
vessels to: (1) complete and submit a
Pacific Transshipment Declaration form
for each transshipment that takes place
in the area of application of the
Convention (Convention Area) of highly
migratory species caught in the
Convention Area, (2) submit notice to
the WCPFC Executive Director
containing specific information at least
36 hours prior to each transshipment on
the high seas in the Convention Area,
(3) in the event that a vessel anticipates
a transshipment where an observer is
required, provide notice to NMFS at
least 72 hours before leaving port of the
need for an observer, (4) complete and
submit a U.S. Purse Seine Discard form
within 48 hours after any discard, (5)
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submit daily purse seine fishing effort
reports; (6) submit a notice to a contact
designated by NMFS in the event of a
serious illness, assault, harassment,
intimidation or threat to a WCPFC
observer; and (7) submit notice to obtain
a WCPFC observer for a purse seine
vessel departing from American Samoa.
The information collected from these
requirements is used by NOAA and the
Commission to help ensure compliance
with domestic laws and the
Commission’s conservation and
management measures, and are
necessary in order for the United States
to satisfy its obligations under the
Convention. There are no changes to
this collection.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must submit some of the
information by mail or in person via
paper forms and must submit other
information electronically by fax or
email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0649.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
203.
Estimated Time per Response:
Transshipment Report: 60 minutes;
Notice for Transshipment: 15 minutes;
Pre-trip Notification for Observer
Placement: 1 minute; Purse Seine
Discard Report: 30 minutes; Purse Seine
Fishing Activity Information: 10
minutes; Observer Safety Notification: 5
minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Purse
Seine Vessels requesting a WCPFC
observer: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 959.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $5,494.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.
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,
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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 (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
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the
Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska
Rockfish Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard prices
and fee percentage.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes the standard
ex-vessel prices and fee percentage for
cost recovery under the Central Gulf of
Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program
(Rockfish Program). This action is
intended to provide participants in a
rockfish cooperative with the standard
prices and fee percentage for the 2023
fishing year, which was authorized from
May 1 through November 15. The fee
percentage is 3.00 percent. The fee
payments are due from each rockfish
cooperative on or before February 15,
2024.
DATES: Valid on: February 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charmaine Weeks, 907–586–7105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The rockfish fisheries are conducted
in Federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska
by trawl and longline vessels.
Regulations implementing the Rockfish
Program are set forth at 50 CFR part 679.
Exclusive harvesting privileges are
allocated as quota share under the
Rockfish Program for rockfish primary
and secondary species. Each year,
NMFS issues rockfish primary and
secondary species cooperative quota
(CQ) to rockfish quota shareholders to
authorize harvest of these species. The
rockfish primary species are northern
rockfish, Pacific Ocean perch, and
dusky rockfish. The rockfish secondary
species include Pacific cod, rougheye
rockfish, shortraker rockfish, sablefish,
and thornyhead rockfish. Rockfish
cooperatives began fishing under the
Rockfish Program in 2012.
The Rockfish Program is a limited
access privilege program established
under the provisions of section 303A of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). Sections 303A
and 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
require NMFS to collect fees to recover
the actual costs directly related to the
management, data collection and
analysis, and enforcement of any
limited access privilege program.
Therefore, NMFS is required to collect
fees for the Rockfish Program under
sections 303A and 304(d)(2) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Section
304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
also limits the cost recovery fee so that
it may not exceed 3.00 percent of the exvessel value of the fish harvested under
the Rockfish Program.
Standard Prices
NMFS calculates cost recovery fees
based on standard ex-vessel value
prices, rather than actual price data
provided by each rockfish CQ holder.
Use of standard ex-vessel prices is
allowed under sections 303A and
304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS generates a standard ex-vessel
price for each rockfish primary and
secondary species on a monthly basis to
determine the average price paid per
pound for all shoreside processors
receiving rockfish primary and
secondary species CQ. Rockfish
processors that receive and purchase
landings of rockfish CQ groundfish must
submit, on an annual basis, a volume
and value report for the period May 1
to November 15 (50 CFR
679.5(r)(10)(ii)).
Regulations at 50 CFR 679.85(b)(2)
require the Regional Administrator to
publish rockfish standard ex-vessel
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values during the first quarter of each
calendar year. The standard prices are
described in U.S. dollars per pound for
rockfish primary and secondary species
CQ landings made during the previous
year.
Fee Percentage
NMFS assesses a fee on the standard
ex-vessel value of rockfish primary
species and rockfish secondary species
CQ harvested by rockfish cooperatives
in the Central GOA and waters adjacent
to the Central GOA when rockfish
primary species caught by a cooperative
are deducted from the Federal total
allowable catch. The rockfish entry level
longline fishery and trawl vessels that
opt out of joining a cooperative are not
subject to cost recovery fees because
those participants do not receive
rockfish CQ. Specific details on the
Rockfish Program’s cost recovery
provision may be found in the
implementing regulations set forth at 50
CFR 679.85.
NMFS informs—by letter—each
rockfish cooperative of the fee
percentage applied to the previous
year’s landings and the total amount
due. Fees are due on or before February
15 of each year. Failure to pay on time
will result in the permit holder’s
rockfish quota share becoming nontransferable, and the person will be
ineligible to receive any additional
rockfish quota share by transfer. In
addition, cooperative members will not
receive any rockfish CQ the following
year until full payment of the fee is
received by NMFS.
NMFS calculates and publishes in the
Federal Register the fee percentage in
the first quarter of each year according
to the factors and methods described in
Federal regulations at 50 CFR
679.85(c)(2). NMFS determines the fee
percentage that applies to landings
made in the previous year by dividing
the total Rockfish Program management,
data collection and analysis, and
enforcement costs (direct program costs)
during the previous year by the total
standard ex-vessel value of the rockfish
primary species and rockfish secondary
species for all rockfish CQ landings
made during the previous year (fishery
value). NMFS captures the direct
program costs through an established
accounting system that allows staff to
track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and
procurement. Fee collections in any
given year may be less than or greater
than the direct program costs and
fishery value for that year, as the fee
percentage is established by regulation
in the first quarter of the calendar year
based on the program costs and the
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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; Transshipment Requirements Under the Commission for the
Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
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 Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before April 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0649 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 Emily Reynolds, Fishery Policy Analyst, NOAA Fisheries, 1845 Wasp
Blvd., Bldg. #176, Honolulu, HI 96818, (808)-725-5039,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a currently approved
information collection. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has
issued regulations under authority of the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.) to carry out the obligations of the United States under the
Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Convention), including
implementing the decisions of the Commission for the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission). The regulations include
requirements for the owners and operators of U.S. vessels to: (1)
complete and submit a Pacific Transshipment Declaration form for each
transshipment that takes place in the area of application of the
Convention (Convention Area) of highly migratory species caught in the
Convention Area, (2) submit notice to the WCPFC Executive Director
containing specific information at least 36 hours prior to each
transshipment on the high seas in the Convention Area, (3) in the event
that a vessel anticipates a transshipment where an observer is
required, provide notice to NMFS at least 72 hours before leaving port
of the need for an observer, (4) complete and submit a U.S. Purse Seine
Discard form within 48 hours after any discard, (5) submit daily purse
seine fishing effort reports; (6) submit a notice to a contact
designated by NMFS in the event of a serious illness, assault,
harassment, intimidation or threat to a WCPFC observer; and (7) submit
notice to obtain a WCPFC observer for a purse seine vessel departing
from American Samoa.
The information collected from these requirements is used by NOAA
and the Commission to help ensure compliance with domestic laws and the
Commission's conservation and management measures, and are necessary in
order for the United States to satisfy its obligations under the
Convention. There are no changes to this collection.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must submit some of the information by mail or in
person via paper forms and must submit other information electronically
by fax or email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0649.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 203.
Estimated Time per Response: Transshipment Report: 60 minutes;
Notice for Transshipment: 15 minutes; Pre-trip Notification for
Observer Placement: 1 minute; Purse Seine Discard Report: 30 minutes;
Purse Seine Fishing Activity Information: 10 minutes; Observer Safety
Notification: 5 minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Purse Seine Vessels
requesting a WCPFC observer: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 959.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $5,494.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
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,
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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 (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. 2024-02075 Filed 2-1-24; 8:45 am]
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