[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 45867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16548]


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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 Pacific Halibut Fisheries: Subsistence

    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 March 6, 2020 (85 FR 13139) 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 Pacific Halibut Fisheries: Subsistence.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0512.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 6,293.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for Subsistence Halibut 
Registration Certificates: Rural Residents and Alaska Native Tribal 
Members--10 minutes, Alaska Native Tribe--30 minutes; Subsistence 
Halibut Special Permit applications, 30 minutes; Harvest logs, 30 
minutes; Appeal for permit denial, 4 hours; Gear marking, 15 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,340 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information being collected is necessary for 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region to manage the 
Alaska Subsistence Halibut Program. This program is intended to allow 
eligible persons to practice the long-term customary and traditional 
harvest of Pacific halibut for food in a non-commercial manner. This 
program provides NMFS the opportunity to learn more about the 
subsistence halibut fishery and enhance estimates of subsistence 
removals for stock assessment purposes. This information collection 
contains the forms used by participants in the subsistence halibut 
fishery to apply for Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificates, 
apply for special use permits, and submit harvest information for 
special use permits. This information collection contains two 
collections for which no forms are used: The appeals process for denied 
permits and subsistence fishing gear requirements.
    This collection is revised to separate the data for the three 
applications for Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificates 
(SHARCs). Minor, non-regulatory changes have been made to the SHARC 
applications to increase clarity. A missing field has been added to the 
Application for Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) 
Alaska Native Tribe.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local, or Tribal 
government.
    Frequency: On Occasion; Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 
773c).
    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 0648-0512.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-16548 Filed 7-29-20; 8:45 am]
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