[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73460-73461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25416]


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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; Groundfish Trawl Catcher Processor Economic Data Report (EDR)

    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 July 23, 2020 (85 FR 44524), 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: Groundfish Trawl Catcher Processor Economic Data Report 
(EDR).
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0564.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours per Response: Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor Economic 
Data Report, 22 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 660 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), 
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of the currently 
approved information collection for the Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor 
Economic Data Report (the EDR).
    The EDR collects economic data on the information for the Gulf of 
Alaska Trawl Groundfish Economic Data Report Program (GOA Trawl EDR 
Program) and for Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management Plan for 
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
    The GOA Trawl EDR Program evaluates the economic effects of current 
and potential future fishery management measures for the GOA trawl 
fisheries. This program provides NMFS and the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) with baseline economic information on 
affected harvesters, crew, processors, and communities in the GOA.
    Amendment 80 primarily allocates several Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, 
and facilitates the formation of harvesting cooperatives among vessels 
in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) Trawl Catcher/Processor 
Cooperative Program. This program established a limited access 
privilege program for the non-AFA trawl catcher/processor sector.
    Data collected through the EDR includes labor information, revenues 
received, capital and operational expenses, and other operational or 
financial data. NMFS and the Council use this to assess the economic 
effects of Amendment 80 on vessels or entities regulated by the non-AFA 
Trawl Catcher/Processor Cooperative Program, and impacts of major 
changes in the groundfish management regime, including allocation of 
prohibited species catch species and target species to harvesting 
cooperatives.
    The EDR is submitted annually by each person who held an Amendment 
80 Quota Share permit or was an owner or leaseholder of an Amendment 80 
vessel, or was an owner or leaseholder of a vessel named on a License 
Limitation Program groundfish license with catcher/processor vessel and 
trawl gear designations and endorsed for the GOA during a calendar 
year. The EDR requirements are located at 50 CFR 679.94.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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

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entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0648-0564.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-25416 Filed 11-17-20; 8:45 am]
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