[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62152-62153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24507]


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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; Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted 
Educational Activity Submissions

    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 September 1, 2021 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: Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Activity 
Submissions.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0309.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Number of Respondents: 123.
    Average Hours per Response: Scientific research plans, 13 hours; 
scientific research reports, 6 hours; exempted fishing permit requests, 
10 hours; exempted fishing permit reports, 4.5 hours; exempted 
educational requests, 5 hours; exempted educational reports, 2.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,164.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    Fishery regulations do not generally affect scientific research 
activities conducted by a scientific research vessel. Persons planning 
to conduct such research are encouraged to submit

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a scientific research plan to ensure that the activities are considered 
research and not fishing. The researchers are requested to submit 
reports of their scientific research activity after its completion. 
Eligible researchers on board federally permitted fishing vessels that 
plan to temporarily possess fish in a manner not compliant with 
applicable fishing regulations for the purpose of collecting scientific 
data on catch may submit a request for a temporary possession letter of 
authorization. The researchers are requested to submit reports of their 
scientific research activity after its completion. The National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) may also grant exemptions from fishery 
regulations for educational or other activities (e.g., using non-
regulation gear). The applications for these exemptions must be 
submitted, as well as reports on activities.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations and 
not-for-profit institutions such as educational and research 
institutions.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory and Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act.
    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 0648-0309.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-24507 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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