[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14347-14348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04770]


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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; Alaska Region Amendment 80 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 
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 October 27, 2022 (87 FR 65038), 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: Alaska Region Amendment 80 Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0565.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 11.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for A80 Quota Share: 2 
hours; Application for A80 Limited Access Fishery Permit: 2 hours; 
Application for A80 Cooperative Quota Permit: 2 hours; Application to 
Transfer A80 Quota Share: 2 hours; Application for Inter-cooperative 
Transfer of A80 Cooperative Quota: 2 hours; Application for A80 Vessel 
Replacement: 2 hours; A80 appeals letter: 4 hours; Flatfish Exchange 
Application: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 14 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved 
information collection that contains applications for permits and 
transfers necessary for NMFS to manage the Amendment 80 Program (A80 
Program).
    Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., the Secretary of Commerce is responsible for 
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conservation and management of marine fishery resources within the 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States through NOAA/NMFS. 
NMFS Alaska Region manages the EEZ off Alaska under the Fishery 
Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Management Area (BSAI FMP) and the Fishery Management Plan for 
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. The North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council recommended A80 to the BSAI FMP in June 2006 (72 FR 52668, 
September 14, 2007). A80 allocates several Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands (BSAI) nonpollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery 
sectors, established a limited access privilege program (LAPP), and 
facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-
American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector. More 
information on the A80 Program is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region 
website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-amendment-80-groundfish-trawl-fishery.
    This collection contains applications used by an individual or 
business entity to apply for A80 quota share, used by A80 quota 
shareholders to transfer A80 quota share and to apply for an A80 
limited access fishery permit, used by A80 cooperatives to apply for 
cooperative quota and transfer cooperative quota, used by cooperatives 
or Community Development Quota groups to exchange community quota for 
one eligible flatfish species with community quota of a different 
eligible flatfish species, and used by A80 vessel owners to replace 
their vessels. This information collection also contains the appeals 
process for an application that is denied.
    The type of information collected includes information on the 
applicants, transferors, transferees, permits, vessels, quota share, 
cooperative quota, and flatfish harvest quota.
    NMFS uses this information to establish eligibility to receive A80 
quota share, cooperative quota, and permits; transfer and assign 
harvest quota; replace vessels used in the A80 Program; determine A80 
species initial total allowable catch assignments; determine which 
vessels must be tracked for catch accounting; and review ownership and 
control information to ensure that quota share and cooperative quota 
use caps are not exceeded.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion; Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
    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 0648-0565.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04770 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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