[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 91140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30217]


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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: Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0269.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 13.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes to register and 5 minutes to 
print letter for CDQ Vessel Registration System; 35 minutes for 
Groundfish/Halibut CDQ or Prohibited Species Quota (PSQ) Transfer 
Request; 5 hours for Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest 
Regulations; and 4 hours for Appeals.
    Burden Hours: 25.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program is an 
economic development program associated with federally managed 
fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 
(BSAI). The CDQ Program receives apportionments of the annual catch 
limits for a variety of commercially valuable species in the BSAI, 
which are in turn allocated among six different non-profit managing 
organizations representing different affiliations of communities (CDQ 
groups). The CDQ Program redistributes a portion of commercially 
important BSAI fisheries species to adjacent communities. There are 65 
communities participating in the program. CDQ groups use the revenue 
derived from the harvest of their fisheries allocations as a basis both 
for funding economic development activities and for providing 
employment opportunities. Thus, the successful harvest of CDQ Program 
allocations is integral to achieving the goals of the program.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the groundfish 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska. NMFS manages the 
groundfish and crab fisheries of the BSAI under the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
Area and the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 
King and Tanner Crabs (FMPs). The North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council prepared the FMPs under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation & Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) as 
amended in 2006. The International Pacific Halibut Commission and NMFS 
manage fishing for Pacific halibut through regulations established 
under the authority of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. 
Regulations implementing the FMPs appear at 50 CFR parts 300, 679, and 
680.
    Affected Public: Not for profit institutions; business or other 
for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 12, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-30217 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
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