[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1055-1056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00023]


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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; Northwest Region, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery: Trawl 
Rationalization Cost Recovery Program

    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 
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 13, 2022 (87 FR 56000) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Notice of Information Collection for the West Coast Region, 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery: Trawl Rationalization Cost Recovery 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0663.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission; extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Average Hours per Response: Cost recovery fee forms: 1-hour, Annual 
report: 1 hour; Failure to Pay Report: 4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 580.

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    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (MSA) authorizes and requires that the 
Secretary of Commerce maintain a cost recovery program to cover part of 
the management, data collection and analysis, and enforcement costs of 
the limited access privilege programs, such as the Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (Trawl Program). Cost recovery 
fees may not exceed three percent of the ex-vessel value. The Trawl 
Program cost recovery program requires fish sellers to submit fees to 
fish buyers who then submit those fees to NOAA's National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS). Fish buyers must also submit information to 
NMFS on the volume and value of harvested groundfish when submitting 
the fees. Information is collected from monthly and annual reports as 
well as non-payment documents when necessary.
    The information collected is used to track the payment of cost 
recovery fees, reconcile cost recovery payments with landings data from 
other sources, calculate average ex-vessel values, and, if necessary, 
help in the resolution of non-payment issues.
    This program is authorized under the Pacific coast groundfish 
fishery regulations, trawl rationalization cost recovery program at 50 
CFR 660.115.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: NMFS and the Pacific Fisheries Management Council 
(Council) manage the groundfish fisheries in the exclusive economic 
zone seaward of California, Oregon, and Washington under the Pacific 
Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Council prepared 
the FMP under the authority of the MSA, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 
Regulations governing United States fisheries and implementing the FMP 
appear at 50 CFR parts 660.
    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 0648-0663.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-00023 Filed 1-5-23; 8:45 am]
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