[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61266-61267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27927]


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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: Non-commercial Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main 
Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0577.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 100.

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    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes per paper permit 
application; 5 minutes per online permit application; 2 hours per 
appeal of denied permit; 20 minutes per trip report logsheet.
    Burden Hours: 102.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart C, require that all participants 
(including vessel owners, operators, and crew) in the boat-based non-
commercial bottomfish fishery in the Exclusive Economic Zone around the 
main Hawaiian Islands obtain a federal bottomfish permit. This 
collection of information is needed for permit issuance, to identify 
actual or potential participants in the fishery, determine 
qualifications for permits, and to help measure the impacts of 
management controls on the participants in the fishery. The permit 
program is also an effective tool in the enforcement of fishery 
regulations and serves as a link between the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 665 require that all vessel owners or 
operators in this fishery submit a completed logbook form at the 
completion of each fishing trip. These logbook reporting sheets 
document the species and amount of species caught during the trip. The 
reporting requirements are crucial to ensure that NMFS and the Western 
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will be able to monitor 
the fishery and have fishery-dependent information to develop an Annual 
Catch Limit for the fishery, evaluate the effectiveness of management 
measures, determine whether changes in fishery management programs are 
necessary, and estimate the impacts and implications of alternative 
management measures.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and at the end of each fishing trip.
    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: December 21, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-27927 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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