[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37629-37630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13423]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on February 6, 2020 (85 FR 6915), during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Region Crab Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 496.
Average Hours Per Response: 20 hours each for Application for
Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region Delivery Requirements, and
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North or South Region Delivery Exemption Report; 23 hours for
Application for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative Individual Fishing
Quota Permit; 5 hours for CDQ Group Notification of Community
Representative; 4 hours each for ECCO Annual Report and to file an
appeal; 2.5 hours each for Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit, and
Application to Become an ECCO; 2 hours each for Application for Annual
Crab IPQ Permit, Application for Transfer of Crab QS, Application for
Transfer of Crab PQS, Application for CR Program Eligibility to Receive
QS/PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer, Application for Annual Exemption from
Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery
Requirements, Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report, and
Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO; 1 hour for
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master (Skipper) Permit; 30 minutes
each for Application for Registered Crab Receiver Permit, Application
for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ, and BSAI Crab Rationalization Program
QS Beneficiary Designation Form; 20 minutes for Application for Federal
Crab Vessel Permit; 1 hour for electronic response and 2.5 hours for
non-electronic response for Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab
IPQ, Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IFQ; and Application for
Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,597 hours.
Needs and Uses: The information being collected is necessary for
NMFS Alaska Region to manage and administrate the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization limited access privilege program.
This information collection contains the forms used by participants in
the Crab Rationalization program to apply for or renew permits;
transfer or lease individual fishing quota (IFQ), individual processing
quota (IPQ), quota share (QS), or processor quota share (PQS); and
apply for exemption from regional delivery requirements. This
information collection also contains the several reports for which no
collection forms are used.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually or as needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary; Required to Obtain or Retain
Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq).
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 0648-0514.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-13423 Filed 6-22-20; 8:45 am]
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