[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74074-74075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30166]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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

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information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Expenditure Survey of Highly Migratory Species Tournaments 
and Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 3,225.
    Average Hours Per Response: Operator's survey, 30 minutes; 
participant survey, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 863.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new collection of 
information.
    The objective of the study is to collect information on the 
earnings and expenditures of Atlantic and Hawaii Highly Migratory 
Species (HMS) tournament operators and participants. The study will use 
two survey instruments to collect information from tournament operators 
and participants. One survey will ask tournament operators to 
characterize and quantify their operating costs and income sources in 
addition to describing their tournament participants. The other survey 
instrument will ask fishing tournament participants to estimate their 
expenditures associated with travel to, entering, and participating in 
the tournament.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will collect cost and 
earnings data from all Atlantic and Hawaii HMS tournaments registered 
within the year (approximately 300 based on recent years' tournament 
registration data). In addition, NMFS will select fifty percent of 
registered tournaments to distribute expenditure surveys to anglers 
registered for those tournament events. The Atlantic HMS Management 
Division is currently consulting with tournament organizers and 
participants to design the survey instruments to ensure NMFS captures 
data on all relevant expenditures.
    As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 2007), NMFS is required to 
enumerate the economic impacts of the policies it implements on fishing 
participants and coastal communities. The cost and earnings data 
collected in this survey will be used to estimate the economic 
contributions and impacts of Atlantic HMS tournaments regionally.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    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 23, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-30166 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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