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directly related to the management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement connected to and in
support of a limited access privilege
program (LAPP) (16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(2)),
also called ‘‘cost recovery.’’ Cost
recovery fees recover the actual costs
directly related to the management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the programs (MSA
section 303A(e), 16 U.S.C. 1853a(e)).
Section 304(d)(2)(B) of the MSA
mandates that cost recovery fees not
exceed 3 percent of the annual ex-vessel
value of fish harvested by a program
subject to a cost recovery fee, and that
the fee be collected either at the time of
landing, filing of a landing report, or
sale of such fish during a fishing season
or in the last quarter of the calendar year
in which the fish is harvested.
The Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program is a LAPP,
implemented in 2011, and consists of
three sector-specific programs: the
Shorebased IFQ Program, the MS Co-op
Program, and the C/P Co-op Program. In
accordance with the MSA, and based on
a recommended structure and
methodology developed in coordination
with the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), NMFS began
collecting mandatory fees of up to 3
percent of the ex-vessel value of
groundfish from each program
(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op
Program, and C/P Co-op Program) in
2014. NMFS collects the fees to recover
the incremental costs of management,
data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program. Additional
background can be found in the cost
recovery proposed rule (78 FR 7371,
February 1, 2013) and final rule (78 FR
75268, December 11, 2013). The details
of cost recovery for the Groundfish
Trawl Rationalization Program are in
regulation at 50 CFR 660.115 (Trawl
fishery—cost recovery program),
§ 660.140 (Shorebased IFQ Program),
§ 660.150 (MS Co-op Program), and
§ 660.160 (C/P Co-op Program).
By December 31 of each year, NMFS
announces the next year’s fee
percentages and the applicable MS
pricing for the C/P Co-op Program. To
calculate the fee percentages, NMFS
used the formula specified in regulation
at § 660.115(b)(1), where the fee
percentage by sector equals the lower of
3 percent or direct program costs (DPC)
for that sector divided by total ex-vessel
value (V) for that sector multiplied by
100 (Fee percentage = the lower of 3
percent or (DPC/V) x 100).
‘DPC,’ as defined in the regulations at
§ 660.115(b)(1)(i), are the actual
incremental costs for the previous fiscal
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year directly related to the management,
data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of each program
(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op
Program, and C/P Co-op Program).
Actual incremental costs means those
net costs that would not have been
incurred but for the implementation of
the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program, including both increased costs
for new requirements of the program
and reduced costs resulting from any
program efficiencies or adjustments to
costs from previous years.
‘‘V’’, as specified at § 660.115(b)(1)(ii),
is the total ex-vessel value, as defined at
§ 660.111, for each sector from the
previous calendar year. To determine
the ex-vessel value for the Shorebased
IFQ Program, NMFS used the ex-vessel
value for calendar year 2023 as reported
in the Pacific Fisheries Information
Network (PacFIN) from Shorebased IFQ
electronic fish tickets as this was the
most recent complete set of data. To
determine the ex-vessel value for the
MS Co-op Program and the C/P Co-op
Program, NMFS used the retained catch
estimates (weight) for each sector as
reported in the North Pacific Observer
Program database multiplied by the
average price of Pacific whiting as
reported by participants in the MS Coop program for 2023.
The fee calculations for the 2025 fee
percentages are described below.
IFQ Program:
• 4.6 percent = $2,112,277.92/
$46,413,264.00) × 100.
C/P Co-op Program:
• 0.1 percent = ($28,615.21/
$21,004,264.86) × 100.
MS Co-op Program:
• 5.1 percent = ($322,466.75/
$6,321,722.07) × 100.
However, the calculated fee
percentage cannot exceed the statutory
limit of 3.0 percent. Both the IFQ
Program (4.6 percent) and Co-op
Program (5.1 percent) fee calculations
exceed this limit, therefore, the 2025 fee
percentages for these programs are 3.0
percent. The final 2025 fee percentages
are 3.0 percent for the IFQ Program, 0.1
percent for the C/P Co-op Program, and
3.0 percent for the MS Co-op Program.
MS Average Pricing
MS pricing is the average price per
pound that the C/P Co-op Program will
use to determine the fee amount due for
that sector. The C/P sector value (V) is
calculated by multiplying the retained
catch estimates (weight) of Pacific
whiting harvested by the vessel
registered to a C/P-endorsed limited
entry trawl permit by the MS pricing.
NMFS has calculated the 2025 MS
pricing to be used as a proxy by the CP
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Co-op Program as: $0.09/lb for Pacific
whiting.
Cost recovery fees are submitted to
NMFS by fish buyers via Pay.gov
(https://www.pay.gov/). Fees are only
accepted in Pay.gov by credit/debit card
or bank transfers. Cash or checks cannot
be accepted. Fish buyers registered with
Pay.gov can login in the upper righthand corner of the screen. Fish buyers
not registered with Pay.gov can go to the
cost recovery forms directly from the
website below. The links to the Pay.gov
forms for each program (IFQ, MS, or C/
P) are listed below:
IFQ: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58062865;
MS: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58378422; and
C/P: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58102817.
As stated in the preamble to the cost
recovery proposed and final rules, in the
spring of each year, NMFS will release
an annual report documenting the
details and data used for the fee
percentage calculations. Annual reports
are available at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/
sustainable-fisheries/west-coastgroundfish-trawl-catch-shareprogram#cost-recovery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16
U.S.C.773 et seq.; and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et
seq.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
9:30 a.m. EST,
Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
PLACE: CFTC Headquarters Conference
Center, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155
21st Street NW, Washington, DC.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or
‘‘CFTC’’) will hold this meeting to
consider the following matters:
• Final Rule—Real-Time Public
Reporting Requirements and Swap Data
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements; and
• Final Rule—Regulations to Address
Margin Adequacy and to Account for
the Treatment of Separate Accounts by
Futures Commission Merchants.
TIME AND DATE:
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The agenda for this meeting will be
available to the public and posted on
the Commission’s website at https://
www.cftc.gov. Members of the public are
free to attend the meeting in person, or
have the option to listen by phone or
view a live stream. Instructions for
listening to the meeting by phone and
connecting to the live video stream will
be posted on the Commission’s website.
In the event that the time, date, or
place of this meeting changes, an
announcement of the change, along with
the new time, date, or place of the
meeting, will be posted on the
Commission’s website.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, 202–418–5964.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.)
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of this
notice’s publication to OIRA, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the website’s
search function. Comments can be
entered electronically by clicking on the
‘‘comment’’ button next to the
information collection on the ‘‘OIRA
Information Collections Under Review’’
page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency
Submission’’ page. A copy of the
supporting statement for the collection
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of information discussed herein may be
obtained by visiting https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of
comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments
submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking
on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to
the descriptive entry for OMB Control
No. 3038–0086, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/
PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments
submitted to the Commission should
include only information that you wish
to make available publicly. If you wish
the Commission to consider information
that you believe is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, a petition for
confidential treatment of the exempt
information may be submitted according
to the procedures established in § 145.9
of the Commission’s regulations.1 The
Commission reserves the right, but shall
have no obligation, to review, prescreen,
filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all
of your submission from https://
www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be
inappropriate for publication, such as
obscene language. All submissions that
have been redacted or removed that
contain comments on the merits of the
ICR will be retained in the public
comment file and will be considered as
required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable
laws, and may be accessible under the
Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Smith, Assistant Chief Counsel,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5698; email:
jsmith@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0086.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Swap Data Access Provisions of
Part 49 and Certain Other Matters (OMB
Control No. 3038–0086). This is a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
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Abstract: Section 728 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, Public Law 111–203,
124 Stat. 1376 (2010), specifically
requires the CFTC to establish certain
standards for the governance,
registration, and statutory duties
applicable to SDRs. The CFTC
established these standards in part 49 of
the CFTC’s regulations.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. On October 4, 2024, the
Commission published in the Federal
Register notice of the proposed
extension of this information collection
and provided 60 days for public
comment on the proposed extension, 89
FR 80897 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). No
responsive comments have been
received.
Burden Statement: The Commission
is revising its estimate of the burden for
this collection. The respondent burden
for this collection is estimated to be as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
Estimated Average Burden Hours Per
Respondent: 19,679.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 78,718.
Frequency of Collection: Annually;
On occasion.
There are no start-up costs associated
with this collection and an average of $2
million in ongoing operating costs per
respondent.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
[Docket ID: USAF–2024–HQ–0006]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Department of the Air Force,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 30-Day information collection
notice.
AGENCY:
The DoD has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 15, 2025.
SUMMARY:
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m. EST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
PLACE: CFTC Headquarters Conference Center, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') will hold this meeting to consider the
following matters:
Final Rule--Real-Time Public Reporting Requirements and
Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; and
Final Rule--Regulations to Address Margin Adequacy and to
Account for the Treatment of Separate Accounts by Futures Commission
Merchants.
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The agenda for this meeting will be available to the public and
posted on the Commission's website at https://www.cftc.gov. Members of
the public are free to attend the meeting in person, or have the option
to listen by phone or view a live stream. Instructions for listening to
the meeting by phone and connecting to the live video stream will be
posted on the Commission's website.
In the event that the time, date, or place of this meeting changes,
an announcement of the change, along with the new time, date, or place
of the meeting, will be posted on the Commission's website.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary
of the Commission, 202-418-5964.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.)
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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