[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19093]
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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: Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0470.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 35.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 165.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection.
This action would continue the reporting measure requiring all
Virginia Chesapeake Bay pound net fishermen to report interactions with
endangered and threatened sea turtles, found both live and dead, in
their pound net operations. When a live or dead sea turtle is
discovered during a pound net trip, the Virginia pound net fisherman is
required to report the incidental take to National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and, if necessary, the appropriate rehabilitation and
stranding network. This information will be used to monitor the level
of incidental take in the state-managed Virginia pound net fishery and
ensure that the seasonal pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR
223.206(d)(10)) are adequately protecting listed sea turtles. Based on
the number of sea turtle takes anticipated in the Virginia pound net
fishery and the available number of Virginia pound net fishermen and
pound nets, the number of responses anticipated on an annual basis is
988. This is an increase from the previous information collection
(n=483) as we used the maximum number of possible licensed pound net
sites per Virginia fishery regulations (n=161) on which to base our
information collection estimate, rather than the number of documented
sites from NMFS monitoring efforts (n=80), as the latter is outdated
and may be an underestimate.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
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: August 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-19093 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
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