[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1803-1804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00275]


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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

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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: Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0269.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of an approved collection).
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Average Hours per Response: CDQ Vessel Registration System, 10 
minutes; Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and PSQ Transfer Request, 30 minutes; 
Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations, 5 
hours; Appeals, 4 hours.
    Burden Hours: 46.
    Needs and Uses: The Western Alaska Community Development Quota 
(CDQ) Program is an economic development program associated with 
federally managed fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
(BSAI). The purpose of the program is to provide eligible western 
Alaska communities with the opportunity to participate and invest in 
fisheries in the BSAI, to support economic development in western 
Alaska, to alleviate poverty and provide economic and social benefits 
to residents of western Alaska, and to achieve sustainable local 
economies in western Alaska. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act allocates a portion of the annual catch limit for 
each directed fishery of the BSAI management area among six non-profit 
entities (CDQ groups) that represent 65 western Alaska communities. The 
CDQ groups administer the CDQ allocations, investments, and economic 
development projects. The CDQ groups use the revenue derived from the 
harvest of their fisheries allocations to fund economic development 
activities and provide employment opportunities.
    This information collection is comprised of four components.
     The CDQ Vessel Registration System is an online system 
used by the CDQ groups to add small hook-and-line catcher vessels to 
the CDQ vessel registration list. Registered vessels are exempt from 
the requirements to obtain and carry a License Limitation Program 
license under regulations at 50 part 679. This system is also used to 
remove vessels from the CDQ vessel registration list.
     The Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and Prohibited Species Quota 
(PSQ) Transfer Request form is used to transfer annual amounts of 
groundfish and halibut CDQ and halibut PSQ between two CDQ groups. This 
form is completed by the transferring and receiving CDQ groups.
     The Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest 
Regulations is used by a CDQ group, an association representing CDQ 
groups, or a voluntary fishing cooperative to request approval to use 
non CDQ harvest regulations when the CDQ regulations are more 
restrictive than the regulations otherwise required for participants in 
non-CDQ groundfish fisheries.
     An appeals process is provided for an applicant who 
receives an adverse initial administrative determination (IAD) related 
to its Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations. 
No such adverse IADs have been issued to date. In general, the 
cooperative managers present the cooperative reports during the April.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Periodically.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory; Voluntary.
    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,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-00275 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
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