[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: 2014-27237]


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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: Southeast Region Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0551.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,850.
    Average Hours per Response: Wreckfish share transfer, 15 minutes; 
IFQ online account renewal, 12 minutes; dealer landing transaction 
report, 6 minutes; notification of landing, 5 minutes; cost recovery 
fee submission, landing correction form, IFQ share transfer, IFQ 
allocation transfer, 3 minutes each; close account, 2 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,760.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management authorizes 
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council to prepare and amend fishery management 
plans for any fishery in waters under their jurisdictions. The National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages three individual fishing quota (IFQ)/
individual transferable quota (ITQ) programs in the Southeast Region. 
In 1992, an ITQ program for commercial wreckfish in the South Atlantic 
EEZ was implemented through Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan 
for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery in the South Atlantic Region (South 
Atlantic Snapper-Grouper FMP). In 2007, a commercial red snapper IFQ 
program was implemented through Amendment 26 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for Gulf Reef Fish Resources in the Gulf of Mexico) Gulf Reef Fish 
FMP. In 2010, a commercial grouper and tilefish IFQ program was 
implemented through Amendment 29 to the Gulf Reef Fish FMP.
    The collection of information addresses IFQ share certificate and 
allocation debits and transfers, as well as collection of landings 
information necessary to operate, administer, and review management of 
commercial red snapper, and grouper/tilefish in the Gulf of Mexico and 
wreckfish in the South Atlantic.
    Affected Public: 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: November 13, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-27237 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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