[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 51218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23949]


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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: For-Hire Telephone Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0709.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 33,923.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
    Burden Hours: 1,283.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection. The For-Hire Telephone Survey (FHTS) 
is conducted for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to 
estimate fishing effort and catch on for-hire vessels (i.e., charter 
boats and head boats). These data are required to carry out provisions 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, regarding conservation and management 
of fishery resources.
    NOAA Fisheries designed and implemented the FHTS to collect fishing 
effort information from for-hire vessel representatives through log 
sheet submission, the internet, or by telephone interview. For-hire 
vessels are randomly selected for the FHTS from a comprehensive sample 
frame developed and maintained by NMFS. A sample of 10% of the vessels 
on the FHTS frame are selected for reporting each week. Each interview 
collects information about the vessel, the number and type of trips the 
vessel made during the reporting week, the number of anglers on each 
trip, and other trip-level information.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: October 31, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-23949 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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