[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 52038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24426]


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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.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Individual Bluefin Quota 
(IBQ) Tracking.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0677.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 220.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes for initial application for 
IBQ account; 15 minutes per IBQ allocation lease.
    Burden Hours: 54.
    Needs and Uses: Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery 
Management Plan (79 FR 71510, December 2, 2014) implemented individual 
bluefin tuna quota (IBQ) shares and allocations for vessels permitted 
in the Atlantic Tunas Longline Category and Atlantic Tunas Purse Seine 
Category. IBQs are intended to fairly and effectively allocate limited 
quota for incidental capture of bluefin tuna among vessels in the 
Longline category, while minimizing dead discards and discouraging 
interactions with bluefin tuna, and better utilizing the Purse seine 
category quota. An on-line system developed by the NOAA National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) tracks allocations and allocation leases, and 
reconciles leases with bluefin tuna catches for quota monitoring. The 
extension of this collection of information will allow NMFS to continue 
to account for the reporting burden associated with allocation and 
lease tracking. There are no new requirements. Renewals of account 
requests are no longer required, and appeals are no longer applicable.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: 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: November 6, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24426 Filed 11-8-17; 8:45 am]
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