[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14446-14447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03944]


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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 Crab Permits

    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 20, 2023, 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 Crab Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 468.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit: 
2.5 hours; Application for Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours; Application 
for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours; 
Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes; 
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master (skipper) Permit: 1 hour; 
Application for Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20 minutes; 
Application for Transfer of Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for Transfer 
of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab IFQ: 
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting 
Cooperatives: 2 hours; Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 
2.5 hours; Application for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; 
Application for CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/PQS or IFQ/IPQ by 
Transfer: 2 hours; Application for Annual Exemption from Western 
Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements: 2 
hours; Application for Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region 
Delivery Requirements: 20 hours; North or South Region Delivery 
Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary Community Impact Report or IPQ 
Holder Report (N or S Response Report): 2 hours; CDQ Group Notification 
of Community Representative: 5 hours; Application to Become an ECCO: 
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 
2 hours; ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI Crab Rationalization Program 
QS Beneficiary Designation Form: 30 minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS 
Decisions: 4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,450 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved 
information collection for the Crab Rationalization Program (CR 
Program).
    This information collection is necessary for NMFS to manage the CR 
Program. The CR Program was implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 10174, 
March 2, 2005). The CR Program is a limited access privilege program 
that allocates the harvest of crab fisheries managed under the Fishery 
Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 
Crabs (FMP) among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. 
Regulations implementing the FMP and the CR Program are at 50 CFR part 
680. Information on the CR Program is posted on the NMFS Alaska Region 
website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crab-rationalization-program.
    This information collection includes the forms used by participants 
in the CR Program to apply for or renew permits; transfer or lease 
individual fishing quota (IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ), quota 
share (QS), or processor quota share (PQS); and apply for exemption 
from regional delivery requirements. This information collection also 
includes the following reports for which no collection forms are used:
     The Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report is 
submitted by a community entity or IPQ holder, respectively, and 
provides documentation needed by NMFS to evaluate the efficacy of 
privately administered contracts.
     The CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative is 
submitted by the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) 
groups representing Saint Paul and Saint George to designate to NMFS a 
single entity as the regional representative for these two communities.
     The Eligible Crab Community Organization (ECCO) Annual 
Report is submitted by the ECCO. It details the use of the crab QS and 
IFQ and is intended to ensure that the ECCO maintains the QS and IFQ to 
benefit residents of eligible communities.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually; As needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary; Required to Obtain or Retain 
Benefits; Mandatory.
    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

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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 0648-0514.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-03944 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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