[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 43010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15344]



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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; Permit and Reporting Requirements for Non-Commercial Fishing 
in the Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench, and Pacific Remote Islands Marine 
National Monuments (MANM)

    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 29, 2022 (87 FR 17994) 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: Permit and Reporting Requirements for Non-commercial Fishing 
in the Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench, and Pacific Remote Islands Marine 
National Monuments.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0664.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (Extension of a current information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes per permit application; 20 
minutes per fishing log.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 18.6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NMFS manages non-commercial fishing activities in 
the Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench, and Pacific Remote Islands Marine 
National Monuments. Regulations at 50 CFR part 665 require the owner 
and operator of a vessel used to non-commercially fish for, take, 
retain, or possess any management unit species in these monuments to 
hold a valid permit issued by NMFS. Regulations also require the owner 
and operator of a vessel that is chartered to fish recreationally for, 
take, retain, or possess, any management unit species in these 
monuments to hold a valid permit issued by NMFS. The fishing vessel 
must be registered to the permit. The charter business must be 
established legally in the permit area where it will operate. Charter 
vessel clients are not required to have a permit.
    The permit application collects basic information about the permit 
applicant, type of operation, vessel, and permit area. NMFS uses this 
information to confirm the identity of the applicant and determine 
permit eligibility. The information is important for understanding the 
nature of the fishery and its participants. It also aids in the 
enforcement of fishing regulations within the monuments.
    Regulations also require the vessel operator to report a complete 
record of catch, effort, and other data on a NMFS log sheet. The vessel 
operator must record all requested information on the log sheet within 
24 hours of the completion of each fishing day. The vessel operator 
also must sign, date, and submit the form to NMFS within 30 days of the 
end of each fishing trip. NMFS uses the information provided in the log 
sheets to monitor fishing activities, evaluate and assess the status of 
fish stocks, and determine whether changes in management are needed to 
sustain the productivity of the fishery and conserve marine resources.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: As required by regulations.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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.
    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 0648-0664.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-15344 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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