[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79872-79873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28223]


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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; Mandatory Shrimp Vessel and Gear Characterization Survey

    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 30, 2022 (87 FR 59403) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
    Title: Mandatory Shrimp Vessel and Gear Characterization Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0542.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,349.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 674.5.
    Needs and Uses: The mandatory vessel and gear characterization 
survey is a census data collection effort of all shrimp vessel owners 
or operators who possess a valid Federal Gulf commercial shrimp fishing 
permit. NMFS began collecting these survey data in 2006 under OMB 
Control No. 0648-0542 per the final rule implementing Amendment 13 to 
the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of 
Mexico (Amendment 13) (71 FR 56039, September 26, 2006).
    NMFS is currently collecting census-level information on fishing 
vessel and gear characteristics in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) commercial 
shrimp fishery (Gulf shrimp fishery), which operates in the Gulf 
exclusive economic zone. NMFS uses this information to conduct analyses 
that improve fishery management decision-making and ensure that 
national goals, objectives, and requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), National Environmental Policy Act, Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, Endangered Species Act, and Executive Order 12866 are 
met; and quantify achievement of the performance measures in the NMFS' 
Operating Plans. This information is vital in assessing the economic, 
social, and environmental effects of fishery management decisions and 
regulations on individual shrimp fishing enterprises, fishing 
communities, and

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the Nation as a whole. Recordkeeping requirements for this information 
collection under the Magnuson-Stevens Act are codified at 50 CFR 
622.51(a)(3).
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals and households.
    Frequency: Reporting occurs annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 0648-0542.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-28223 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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