[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23986-23987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07238]


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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 
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 August 22, 2023 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: Northwest Region, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery: Trawl 
Rationalization Cost Recovery Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0663.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission; revision of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 580.
    Average Hours per Response: Cost recovery fee forms: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 580.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision of a currently 
approved information collection includes the collection of electronic 
fish ticket numbers on the Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota 
Program's payment form. 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. The addition of a 
requirement to record electronic fish ticket numbers corresponding to 
cost recovery payments will aid in this reconciliation process.
    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

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U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Regulations governing United States fisheries and 
implementing the FMP appear at 50 CFR part 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 Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-07238 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
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