[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79868-79869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28215]


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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; Statement of Financial Interests, Regional Fishery Management 
Councils

    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 23, 2022 (87 FR 58064) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

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    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Statement of Financial Interests for Regional Fishery 
Management Councils.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0192.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-195.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 330.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 248 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the establishment of 
eight Regional Fishery Management Councils to manage fisheries within 
regional jurisdictions. Section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 
requires that affected individuals, including Council members appointed 
by the Secretary of Commerce, Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) members appointed by a Council, and individuals nominated by the 
State Governor, Territorial Governor or Tribal Government for possible 
appointment as a Council member (50 CFR 600.235), must disclose their 
financial interest in any Council fishery. Financial interests include 
harvesting, processing, lobbying, advocacy, or marketing activity that 
is being, or will be, undertaken within any fishery over which the 
Council concerned has jurisdiction. Information on financial interests 
must be disclosed on NOAA Form 88-195, Statement of Financial 
Interests, under OMB collection 0648-0192. The information collected is 
used to assess potential conflicts of interest and to make 
determinations about when recusals from Council voting decisions are 
necessary to avoid such conflicts. NOAA Fisheries and Council offices 
are required to maintain current Statement of Financial Interests forms 
on file that are publically available for transparency. The Statement 
of Financial Interests form is being revised at this time for 
consistency with the final rule to clarify guidance on council members' 
financial disclosures and voting recusals (50 CFR 600.235; as amended 
at 85 FR 56177, Sept. 11, 2020).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Act section 302(j) and 50 CFR 
600.235.
    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 0648-0192.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-28215 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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