[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59718-59719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16086]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Southeast Region Individual Fishing Quota Programs

    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 for a 60-day period 
via a notice published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2024. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30-day public 
comment period.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Southeast Region Individual Fishing Quota Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0551.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,703.
    Average Hours per Response:
     Dealer Landing Transaction Report, 6 minutes for 
electronic form or 5 minutes for paper form used in catastrophic 
conditions only;
     Transfer Shares, 3 minutes;
     Share Receipt, 2 minutes;

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     Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Notification of Landing, 5 
minutes;
     Transfer Allocation, 3 minutes;
     IFQ Online Account Application, 13 minutes;
     Landing Transaction Correction Request, 5 minutes;
     Dealer Cost Recovery Fee Submission through https://www.pay.gov, 3 minutes;
     Wreckfish Quota Share Transfer, 20 minutes;
     IFQ Close Account, 3 minutes.
     Account Update, 2 minutes;
     Trip Ticket Update, 2 minutes;
     Gulf Reef Fish Notification of Landing, 3 minutes; and
     Commercial Reef Fish Landing Location Request, 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,719.
    Needs and Uses: The NMFS Southeast Regional Office manages three 
commercial individual fishing quota (IFQ) and individual transferable 
quota (ITQ) programs in the U.S. southeast region under the authority 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The IFQ programs for red snapper, and groupers 
and tilefishes occur in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), 
and the ITQ program for wreckfish occurs in Federal waters of the South 
Atlantic. Regulations for the IFQ and ITQ programs are located at 50 
CFR part 622.
    The NMFS Southeast Regional Office proposes to extend the 
information collection currently approved under OMB Control Number 
0648-0551. This collection of information tracks the transfer and use 
of IFQ and ITQ shares, and IFQ allocation and landings by commercial 
fishermen necessary for NMFS to operate, administer, and review 
management of the IFQ and ITQ programs.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, quarterly, and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Varying Obligation: Mandatory, required to 
obtain or retain benefits, and Voluntary based on submitted form.
    Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
    This information collection request may be viewed at https://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 must be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice on the following website https://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 
information collection or the OMB Control Number 0648-0551.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-16086 Filed 7-22-24; 8:45 am]
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