[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4859-4860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Sea 
Scallops Amendment 10 Data Collection

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Shannah Jaburek, (978) 282-8456 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for an extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater Atlantic 
Region manages the Atlantic sea scallop (scallop) fishery of the 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the East Coast under the Atlantic Sea 
Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The regulations implementing the 
FMP are at 50 CFR part 648. To successfully implement and administer 
components of the FMP, OMB Control No. 0648-0491 includes the following 
information collections for scallop vessel owners, operators, and 
fishery participants: Vessel monitoring system (VMS) trip declarations 
for all scallop vessels, including powerdown declarations; notification 
of access area trip termination for limited access scallop vessels; 
submission of access area compensation trip identification; submission 
of access area trip exchange forms; VMS purchase and installation for 
individuals that purchase a federally permitted scallop vessel; VMS 
daily catch reports; submission of ownership cap forms for individual 
fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels; submission of vessel replacement, 
upgrade and permit history applications for IFQ, Northern Gulf of Maine 
(NGOM), and Incidental Catch (IC) scallop vessels; submission of VMS 
pre-landing notification form by IFQ vessels and limited access vessels 
for access areas; enrollment into the state waters exemption program; 
submission of requests for IFQ transfers; payment of cost recovery 
bills for IFQ vessels; sector proposals for IFQ vessels and industry 
participants; and sector operations plans for approved sector 
proposals.
    Data collected through these programs are incorporated into the 
NMFS database and are used to track and confirm vessel permit status 
and eligibility, scallop landings, and scallop vessel allocations. 
Aggregated summaries of the collected information will be used to 
evaluate the management program and future management proposals.

II. Method of Collection

    Participants will submit electronic VMS transmissions and paper 
applications by mail, facsimile, or email.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0648-0491.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 647.
    Estimated Time per Response: VMS trip declaration, trip 
termination, compensation trip identification, powerdown provision, 
daily catch reports, 2 minutes; access area trip exchange, 15 minutes; 
VMS purchase and installation, 2 hours; IFQ ownership cap forms, 5 
minutes; vessel replacement, upgrade and permit history applications, 3 
hours; VMS pre-landing notification form, 5 minutes; VMS state waters 
exemption program, 2 minutes; quota transfers, 10 minutes; cost 
recovery, 2 hours; sector proposals, 150 hours; sector operations 
plans, 100 hours; IFQ, Northern Gulf of Maine, and incidental catch 
vessel VMS requirements, 2 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,460.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $790,283.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: January 11, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00816 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]
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