[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 41612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18622]


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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 Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0330.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents:
    Average Hours per Response:
    Burden Hours:
    Needs and Uses: Scale and catch weighing requirements address 
performance standards designed to ensure that all catch delivered to 
the processor is accurately weighed and accounted for. Scale and catch-
weighing monitoring is required for Western Alaska Community 
Development Quota Program (CDQ) catcher/processors (C/Ps), American 
Fisheries Act (AFA) C/Ps, AFA motherships, AFA shoreside processors and 
stationary floating processors, Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program 
trawl C/Ps, non-AFA trawl C/Ps participating in Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands (BSAI) trawl fisheries, and longline C/Ps participating in BSAI 
Pacific cod fisheries.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has identified three 
primary objectives for monitoring catch. First, monitoring must ensure 
independent verification of catch weight, species composition, and 
location data for every delivery by a catcher vessel or every pot by a 
C/P. Second, all catch must be weighed accurately using NMFS-approved 
scales to determine the weight of total catch. Third, the system must 
provide a verifiable record of the weight of each delivery. To 
effectively manage fisheries, NMFS must have data that will provide 
reliable independent estimates of the total catch.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, and daily for fishing period.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefit.
    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: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-18622 Filed 8-31-17; 8:45 am]
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