[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73743-73744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28167]


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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; Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms

    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 help 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 15, 2021 (86 FR 51345) 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: Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0490.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 279.
    Average Hours per Response:
     15 minutes for Hawaii longline limited entry renewal 
online, 30 minutes for Hawaii longline limited entry renewal by emailed 
document submission.
     1 hour for Hawaii longline limited entry permit transfer 
document.
     30 minutes for Western Pacific (WP) general longline, WP 
receiving vessel, PRIA troll and handline, WP bottomfish, pelagic squid 
jig, crustacean, and WP precious coral applications.
     45 minutes for American Samoa longline limited entry 
vessel registration.
     75 minutes for American Samoa longline limited entry 
permit transfer, renewal, or additional permit applications.
     2 hours for coral reef fishing special/transshipment 
permit application, permit appeal, and longline prohibited area 
exemption.
     15 minutes for main Hawaiian Islands non-commercial 
bottomfish permit application.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 152.
    Needs and Uses: All vessel owners or permit holders fishing with 
specified gear in the federally managed fisheries covered by this 
information collection in the Exclusive Economic Zone around Hawaii, 
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Pacific Remote 
Island Areas must have the permits and to register their vessels to the 
permits. Each vessel that lands catch in these islands must be 
registered to a permit. NMFS, the Western Pacific Fishery Management 
Council, and Federal enforcement agencies use the information to 
monitor and manage the fisheries.
    This request is for a revision to merge the permit application 
forms from two currently approved information collections--Pacific 
Islands Region Coral Reef Ecosystem Permit Form (OMB Control No. 0648-
0463) and Non-commercial Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main 
Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery (OMB Control No. 0648-0577)--into 
the currently approved Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms 
(OMB Control No. 0648-0490).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: As required.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary for open access permits; 
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits for limited entry permits.
    Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.
    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.

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    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 https://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 the title of the collection or OMB 
Control Number 0648-0490.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-28167 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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