[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40990-40991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14677]


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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; Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey

    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

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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 24, 2020 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0693.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 28,474 annualized.
    Average Hours per Response: Durable goods expenditure survey, 15 
minutes; trip expenditure survey 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,215.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this data collection is to gather 
information on marine recreational anglers' expenditures on fishing 
trips and durable goods related to fishing. These data are used in 
fisheries management analyses by state fisheries agencies, regional 
fishery management councils, and NOAA Fisheries to understand the 
economic effects of fisheries regulations and policies. The revision 
consists of adding back in the trip expenditure survey for fishing 
trips targeting highly migratory species as was included in the 2014 
approval.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: Every 3 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act as reauthorized in 2007 (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 0648-0693.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-14677 Filed 7-7-20; 8:45 am]
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