[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17046-17047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06304]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; West Coast Swordfish 
Fishery Cost and Earnings Survey

    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: West Coast Swordfish Fishery Cost and Earnings Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0751.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of an existing 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 17.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.
    Burden Hours: 17.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA Fisheries periodically collects cost and 
earnings data from commercial fisheries participants to support 
analysis needed to estimate the economic impacts of regulation on 
fishery participants. Given the absence of mandatory cost reporting 
requirements, the survey will be used inform economic analyses in 
technical reports such as Regulatory Impact Review and Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis. Survey results will assist policy makers in 
efforts to design and improve policy to positively affect outcomes in 
the commercial fishing industry, and increase public benefits. The 
survey will further assist NOAA Fisheries in developing a more 
comprehensive understanding of the economics of the U.S. commercial 
fishing industry.
    Affected Public: Participants in the West Coast Commercial 
Swordfish Fishery including harvesters, spotter plane pilots, and 
processors.
    Frequency: Once every three years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (MSA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), and Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 
12866).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0751.


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    Dated: March 23, 2020.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-06304 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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