[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 73544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29059]


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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: Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0490.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 243.
    Average Hours Per Response: Hawaii longline limited entry permit 
transfer, 1 hour; American Samoa longline limited entry permit renewal 
and additional permit application, 45 minutes; American Samoa longline 
permit transfer, 1 hour, 15 minutes; Main Hawaiian Islands longline 
prohibited area exemptions and permit appeals, 2 hours; all other 
permits, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 137.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
current information collection. Changes have been made to the forms and 
instructions. The forms have been reformatted, the requirement to 
collect the TIN has been added and declaratory language has been added 
for signatures.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart F, require that a vessel must be 
registered to a valid federal fishing permit if it is used to fish with 
longline gear for Pacific pelagic management unit species (PMUS), land 
or transship longline caught PMUS, or receive longline caught PMUS from 
a longline vessel, within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of United 
States (U.S.) islands in the central and western Pacific, or to fish 
with troll and handline gear for PMUS within the EEZ around each of the 
Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA).
    Regulations at 50 CFR parts 665, Subparts D and E, require that the 
owner of a vessel used to fish for, land, or transship bottomfish 
management unit species (BMUS) using a large vessel (50 ft or longer) 
around Guam, or using a vessel within the EEZ around each of the PRIA, 
must register it to a valid federal fishing permit they hold.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subparts B, C, D and E, require that a 
vessel used to fish for precious corals within the EEZ of U.S. islands 
in the central and western Pacific, must be registered to a valid 
federal fishing permit for a specific precious coral permit area.
    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 facilitates communication between the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly, on occasion and variable.
    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: December 8, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-29059 Filed 12-10-14; 8:45 am]
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