Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits, 14446-14447 [2024-03944]

Download as PDF 14446 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 27, 2024 / Notices E.1. Scientific & Statistical Committee F. Public Comment G. Council Discussion and Action 15. Administrative Matters A. Financial Reports B. Administrative Reports C. Council Family Changes D. Meetings and Workshops E. 2025–2028 Program Plan F. Executive and Budget Standing Committee Report G. Public Comment H. Council Discussion and Action 16. Other Business Non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before the Council for discussion and formal Council action during its 198th meeting. However, Council action on regulatory issues will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any regulatory issue arising after publication of this document that requires emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations These meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: February 21, 2024. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–03886 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 the public’s reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 20, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Title: Alaska Region Crab Permits. OMB Control Number: 0648–0514. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection). Number of Respondents: 468. Average Hours per Response: Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit: 2.5 hours; Application for Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours; Application for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours; Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes; Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master (skipper) Permit: 1 hour; Application for Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20 minutes; Application for Transfer of Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for Transfer of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab IFQ: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives: 2 hours; Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 2.5 hours; Application for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; Application for CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/ PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer: 2 hours; Application for Annual Exemption from Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements: 2 hours; Application for Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region Delivery Requirements: 20 hours; North or South Region Delivery Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report (N or S Response Report): 2 hours; CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative: 5 hours; Application to Become an ECCO: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 2 hours; ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI Crab Rationalization Program QS Beneficiary Designation Form: 30 minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS Decisions: 4 hours. Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,450 hours. Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved information collection for the Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program). This information collection is necessary for NMFS to manage the CR PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Program. The CR Program was implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 10174, March 2, 2005). The CR Program is a limited access privilege program that allocates the harvest of crab fisheries managed under the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP) among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. Regulations implementing the FMP and the CR Program are at 50 CFR part 680. Information on the CR Program is posted on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://www.fisheries. noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/ bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crabrationalization-program. This information collection includes the forms used by participants in the CR Program to apply for or renew permits; transfer or lease individual fishing quota (IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ), quota share (QS), or processor quota share (PQS); and apply for exemption from regional delivery requirements. This information collection also includes the following reports for which no collection forms are used: • The Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report is submitted by a community entity or IPQ holder, respectively, and provides documentation needed by NMFS to evaluate the efficacy of privately administered contracts. • The CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative is submitted by the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups representing Saint Paul and Saint George to designate to NMFS a single entity as the regional representative for these two communities. • The Eligible Crab Community Organization (ECCO) Annual Report is submitted by the ECCO. It details the use of the crab QS and IFQ and is intended to ensure that the ECCO maintains the QS and IFQ to benefit residents of eligible communities. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annually; As needed. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary; Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory. Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (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 E:\FR\FM\27FEN1.SGM 27FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 27, 2024 / Notices 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 0648–0514. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2024–03944 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XD739] New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a joint public meeting of its Monkfish and Dogfish Committees via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate. DATES: This webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 9 a.m. ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL information: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ tqcp7-QiT5OILFDpmmYquQ. Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O’Keefe, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: Agenda The Monkfish and Dogfish Committees will meet to discuss the repackaged range of alternatives recommended by the Sturgeon Bycatch Fishery Management Action Team/Plan Development Team, the preliminary draft impact analysis of alternatives, and recommendations from the Joint VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 Monkfish and Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel. They will also discuss any Joint Committee recommendations for final preferred alternatives for the NEFMC and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) to consider during their April Council meetings where final action is anticipated. Other business may be discussed, as necessary. Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take final action to address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: February 21, 2024. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–03885 Filed 2–26–24; 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; a Coastal Management Needs Assessment and Market Analysis for Financing Resilience National Oceanic and 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14447 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 April 29, 2024. 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– 0796 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 Kim Penn, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, 1305 East-West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910, (410)701– 0407, and kim.penn@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This is a request for extension of an approved collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. This information collection assists NOAA in the development of funding and financing coastal resilience learning products and tools in support of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and its regional, State, Federal, and nonprofit partners have worked closely with coastal managers across the country to increase the resilience of our coastal communities, economies and ecosystems. Under the CZMA, OCM provides financial and technical assistance to states and territories, including that which helps its customers (coastal managers) develop hazard mitigation and climate adaptation plans that include strategies for short-term responses to immediate threats (e.g., flooding, hurricanes) as well as long-term responses to gradual changes (e.g., sea level rise, drought). Services are provided through outreach, training, funding, resource, and tool development. Solutions to these resilience challenges are often complex and crosssectoral. Therefore, coastal decisionmakers regularly point to the need for more substantial, coordinated, sustained E:\FR\FM\27FEN1.SGM 27FEN1

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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; Alaska Region Crab Permits

    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 20, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Alaska Region Crab Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 468.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit: 
2.5 hours; Application for Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours; Application 
for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours; 
Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes; 
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master (skipper) Permit: 1 hour; 
Application for Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20 minutes; 
Application for Transfer of Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for Transfer 
of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab IFQ: 
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting 
Cooperatives: 2 hours; Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 
2.5 hours; Application for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; 
Application for CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/PQS or IFQ/IPQ by 
Transfer: 2 hours; Application for Annual Exemption from Western 
Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements: 2 
hours; Application for Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region 
Delivery Requirements: 20 hours; North or South Region Delivery 
Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary Community Impact Report or IPQ 
Holder Report (N or S Response Report): 2 hours; CDQ Group Notification 
of Community Representative: 5 hours; Application to Become an ECCO: 
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 
2 hours; ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI Crab Rationalization Program 
QS Beneficiary Designation Form: 30 minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS 
Decisions: 4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,450 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved 
information collection for the Crab Rationalization Program (CR 
Program).
    This information collection is necessary for NMFS to manage the CR 
Program. The CR Program was implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 10174, 
March 2, 2005). The CR Program is a limited access privilege program 
that allocates the harvest of crab fisheries managed under the Fishery 
Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 
Crabs (FMP) among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. 
Regulations implementing the FMP and the CR Program are at 50 CFR part 
680. Information on the CR Program is posted on the NMFS Alaska Region 
website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crab-rationalization-program.
    This information collection includes the forms used by participants 
in the CR Program to apply for or renew permits; transfer or lease 
individual fishing quota (IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ), quota 
share (QS), or processor quota share (PQS); and apply for exemption 
from regional delivery requirements. This information collection also 
includes the following reports for which no collection forms are used:
     The Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report is 
submitted by a community entity or IPQ holder, respectively, and 
provides documentation needed by NMFS to evaluate the efficacy of 
privately administered contracts.
     The CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative is 
submitted by the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) 
groups representing Saint Paul and Saint George to designate to NMFS a 
single entity as the regional representative for these two communities.
     The Eligible Crab Community Organization (ECCO) Annual 
Report is submitted by the ECCO. It details the use of the crab QS and 
IFQ and is intended to ensure that the ECCO maintains the QS and IFQ to 
benefit residents of eligible communities.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually; As needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary; Required to Obtain or Retain 
Benefits; Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (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

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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 0648-0514.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-03944 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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