[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63598-63599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25269]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Non-commercial Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main 
Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0577.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: Permit applications, 10 minutes; 
appeals, 2 hours; trip logsheets, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 102.
    Needs and Uses: Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart C, require that 
all participants (including vessel owners, operators, and crew) in the 
boat-based non-commercial bottomfish fishery in

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the Exclusive Economic Zone around the main Hawaiian Islands obtain a 
federal bottomfish permit. This collection of information is needed for 
permit issuance, to identify actual or potential participants in the 
fishery, determine qualifications for permits, and to help measure the 
impacts of management controls on the participants in the fishery. The 
permit program is also an effective tool in the enforcement of fishery 
regulations and serves as a link between the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 665 require that all vessel owners or 
operators in this fishery are required to submit a completed logbook 
form at the completion of each fishing trip. These logbook reporting 
sheets document the species and amount of species caught during the 
trip. The reporting requirements are crucial to ensure that NMFS and 
the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will be able 
to monitor the fishery and have fishery-dependent information to 
develop an Annual Catch Limit for the fishery, evaluate the 
effectiveness of management measures, determine whether changes in 
fishery management programs are necessary, and estimate the impacts and 
implications of alternative management measures.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: October 20, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25269 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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