[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05921]


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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 Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0665.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular. (Extension of currently approved 
collection.)
    Number of Respondents: 36.
    Average Hours per Response: 200 hours for Application for a Non-
profit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE; 2 hours each for 
Application to transfer Quota Share Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) to 
or from a CQE, Application for CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible 
Community Resident or Non-resident, and Application for Transfer 
between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish by a CQE; 20 hours for Application 
for a CQE to Receive a Nontrawl Groundfish LLP License; 40 hours for 
CQE Annual Report; 1 hour each for Application for Community Charter 
Halibut Permit and CQE License Limitation Program (LLP) Authorization 
Letter.
    Burden Hours: 1,737 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection that contains applications, permits, 
and reports necessary to manage the CQE Program. The CQE Program 
allocates to eligible communities in Alaska a portion of the harvest 
quotas for groundfish, halibut, crab, and prohibited species. The 
allocations provide these communities the means for starting or 
supporting commercial fisheries activities that will result in an 
ongoing, regionally based, fisheries-related economy.
    This collection contains applications used by a nonprofit 
corporation to become a CQE; by CQEs to receive nontrawl groundfish LLP 
licenses and CHP permits; by CQEs to transfer or receive IFQ QS; by 
CQEs to transfer IFQ to an eligible community resident or non-resident; 
and by CQEs to transfer between commercial halibut IFQ and halibut 
guided angler fish. In addition, this collection contains two reporting 
requirements: An annual report and an authorization letter. Annually 
each CQE must submit a report describing its business operations and 
fishing activities for each eligible community it represents. CQEs 
requesting LLP groundfish licenses must annually submit an 
authorization letter that assigns each community LLP license to a user 
and vessel.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service uses this information 
collection to evaluate the ability of a specific CQE to represent an 
eligible community and to augment fisheries management. The information 
collected is used to establish eligibility of the CQEs; review each 
CQE's business operations and fishing activity; monitor participation 
of the eligible communities in the CQE Program and associated limited 
access programs; and gather information on distribution and use among 
these communities of LLP groundfish licenses, charter halibut permits, 
and halibut and sablefish QS and IFQ.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: Annually; 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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-05921 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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