[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27207]


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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: Alaska Progress Report: Cooperative Minimization of the 
Incidental Catch of Pacific Halibut.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0697.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: 40.
    Burden Hours: 200.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision of an existing 
information collection.
    During its February 2014 meeting, the North Pacific Fisheries 
Management Council (Council) requested that Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands Management Area (BSAI) groundfish sectors (American Fisheries 
Act (AFA) Catcher/processor, AFA Catcher Vessel, Amendment 80, Freezer 
Longline Cooperative, and Community Development Quota) report (at the 
June Council meeting) on the progress of voluntary, non-regulatory 
actions implemented and recorded in their cooperative and/or inter-
cooperative agreements to minimize halibut Prohibited Species Catch 
(PSC) through halibut avoidance, individual accountability, and use of 
incentives.
    During its June 2014 meeting, the Council requested additional 
voluntary, non-regulatory information regarding the use of halibut PSC 
and halibut discards in the directed halibut fishery from these same 
five groundfish fishing sectors on actions taken to reduce halibut 
mortality and to report the effectiveness of those actions in absolute 
reductions in halibut mortality. These reports are to be provided to 
the Council at the February 2015 Council meeting.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: November 12, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-27207 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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