[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 9840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02756]


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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; NMFS Observer Programs' Information That Can Be Gathered Only 
Through Questions; Correction

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 19, 2023, the Department of Commerce, published a 
30-day public comment period notice in the Federal Register for an 
information collection entitled ``NMFS Observer Programs' Information 
That can be Gathered Only Through Questions.'' This document referenced 
incomplete information in the Needs and Uses section, and Commerce 
hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

ADDRESSES: 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 0648-0593.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information concerning 
this correction, contact Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Correction

    In the Federal Register of December 19, 2023 in FR Doc. 2023-27834, 
on page 87753, in the third column, correct the third paragraph of the 
``Needs and Uses'' section to read:
    The information collected will be used: (1) to monitor catch and 
bycatch in federally managed commercial fisheries; (2) to understand 
the population status and trends of fish stocks and protected species, 
as well as the interactions between them; (3) to determine the quantity 
and distribution of net benefits derived from living marine resources; 
(4) to predict the biological, ecological, and economic impacts of 
existing management action and proposed management options; (5) to 
ensure that the observer programs can safely and efficiently collect 
the information required for the previous four uses; and (6) for 
criminal and/or civil investigations by law enforcement agencies. In 
particular, these biological and economic data collection programs 
contribute to legally mandated analyses required under the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered 
Species Act (ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (RFA), Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 12866), as well as a variety of 
state statutes. The confidentiality of the data will be protected as 
required by the MSA, section 402(b).

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-02756 Filed 2-9-24; 8:45 am]
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