[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04682]


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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 Rockfish Program: Permits and Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0548.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 9.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for rockfish cooperative 
fishing quota, 2 hours; application for intercooperative transfer of 
cooperative fishing quota, 10 minutes; Rockfish Program Vessel Check-
In/Check-Out and Termination of Fishing Report, 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 50.
    Needs and Uses: The Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (RP) 
was designed to enhance resource conservation and improve economic 
efficiency in the rockfish fisheries conducted in the Central Gulf of 
Alaska by establishing cooperatives that receive exclusive harvest 
privileges. Through the RP, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
(1) assigns rockfish quota share (QS) and cooperative quota to 
participants for rockfish primary and secondary species; (2) allows a 
participant holding a License Limitation Program (LLP) license with 
rockfish QS to form a rockfish cooperative with other persons; (3) 
allows holders of catcher/processor LLP licenses to opt-out of rockfish 
cooperatives each year; (4) includes an entry level longline fishery; 
(5) establishes sideboard limits, which are limits designed to prevent 
participants in the RP from increasing their historical effort in other 
Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries; and (6) includes monitoring and 
enforcement provisions. The Rockfish Program is authorized for until 
December 31, 2021.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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: March 5, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04682 Filed 3-7-18; 8:45 am]
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