[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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