[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23200-23201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10291]


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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: Greater Atlantic Region, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 
Management Plan Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0491.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 647.
    Average Hours 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.
    Burden Hours: 2,843.

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    Needs and Uses: 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.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly and on occasion.
    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: May 16, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-10291 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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