[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80753-80754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32543]


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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 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0565.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 33.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours each for Application for Amend 
80 QS; Application for Amend 80 Cooperative and CQ Permit; Application 
for Amend 80 limited access fishery; Application to transfer Amend 80 
QS; Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement and Application for 
inter-cooperative transfer Amend 80 CQ; 25 hours for Amend 80 
cooperative report; 4 hours for Amend 80 appeals letter; 30 minutes for 
Flatfish Exchange Application.
    Burden Hours: 181.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area allocates several 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl 
groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, established a limited 
access privilege program, and facilitated the formation of harvesting 
cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/
processor sector. The Amendment 80 Fishery Management Plan applies 
retention standards on an aggregate basis to all activities of a 
cooperative, allowing participants within the cooperative to coordinate 
fishing and retention practices across the cooperative to meet the 
retention requirements.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

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    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 21, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-32543 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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