[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08660]


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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; Annual Economic Survey of Federal Gulf and South Atlantic 
Shrimp Permit Holders

    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 December 17, 2021 (86 FR 71622) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce
    Title: Annual Economic Survey of Federal Gulf and South Atlantic 
Shrimp Permit Holders.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0591.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission: Extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 488.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 
annually collects socioeconomic data from commercial fishermen in the 
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic shrimp fisheries who hold one or more 
permits for harvesting shrimp from federal waters (U.S. Exclusive 
Economic Zone). A collection of economic information from fishers 
affected by the management of federal commercial fisheries is needed to 
ensure that national goals, objectives, and requirements of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MFCMA) and 
other laws are met. The data is needed to conduct socioeconomic 
analyses in support of management of the shrimp fishery and to satisfy 
legal requirements. Information about revenues, variable and fixed 
costs, capital investment and other socioeconomic information is 
collected from a random sample of permit holders. The data will be used 
to assess how fishermen will be impacted by and respond to federal 
regulation likely to be considered by fishery managers. No changes are 
requested with this renewal request.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    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 0648-0591.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-08660 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
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