80_FR_47111 80 FR 46960 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting

80 FR 46960 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 151 (August 6, 2015)

Page Range46960-46960
FR Document2015-19347

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly 
Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Katie Davis, (727) 824-5399 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection. Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for management of the nation's 
marine fisheries. Existing regulations require operators of tournaments 
involving Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS: Atlantic swordfish, 
sharks, billfish, and tunas) to register four weeks in advance of the 
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament. Operators must provide 
contact information and the tournament's date(s), location(s), and 
target species. If selected by NMFS, operators are required to submit 
an HMS tournament summary report within seven days after tournament 
fishing has ended. Most of the catch data in the summary report is 
routinely collected in the course of regular tournament operations. 
NMFS uses the data to estimate the total annual catch of HMS and the 
impact of tournament operations in relation to other types of fishing 
activities. In addition, HMS tournament registration provides a method 
for tournament operators to request educational and regulatory outreach 
materials from NMFS.

II. Method of Collection

    Operators have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, and mail and 
facsimile transmission of paper forms. An online registration site is 
currently in beta testing.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0323.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Time per Response: Tournament registration, 2 minutes; 
tournament summary reporting, 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 110.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $150 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: August 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19347 Filed 8-5-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

46960 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 151 / Thursday, August 6, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE data to estimate the total annual catch DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE of HMS and the impact of tournament National Oceanic and Atmospheric operations in relation to other types of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fishing activities. In addition, HMS Administration tournament registration provides a RIN 0648–XE081 Proposed Information Collection; method for tournament operators to Comment Request; Atlantic Highly request educational and regulatory Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Migratory Species Tournament outreach materials from NMFS. Southeast Data, Assessment, and Registration and Reporting II. Method of Collection Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting AGENCY: National Oceanic and Operators have a choice of either AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), electronic or paper forms. Methods of Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Commerce. submittal include email of electronic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ACTION: Notice. forms, and mail and facsimile Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of transmission of paper forms. An online ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 41 post Data Commerce, as part of its continuing registration site is currently in beta Workshop II webinar for South Atlantic effort to reduce paperwork and testing. red snapper and gray triggerfish. respondent burden, invites the general III. Data SUMMARY: The SEDAR 41 assessments of public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on OMB Control Number: 0648–0323. the South Atlantic stocks of red snapper proposed and/or continuing information Form Number(s): None. and gray triggerfish will consist of a collections, as required by the Type of Review: Regular submission series of workshops and webinars: Data Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. (extension of a current information Workshop(s); an Assessment Workshop; collection). and a Review Workshop. See DATES: Written comments must be Affected Public: Business or other for- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. submitted on or before October 5, 2015. profit organizations; not-for-profit DATES: A SEDAR 41 post Data ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments institutions. Workshop II webinar will be held on to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Estimated Number of Respondents: Thursday, August 20, 2015, from 9:30 Paperwork Clearance Officer, 300. a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Department of Commerce, Room 6616, Estimated Time per Response: ADDRESSES: 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Tournament registration, 2 minutes; Meeting address: The meeting will be Washington, DC 20230 (or via the tournament summary reporting, 20 held via webinar. The webinar is open Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). minutes. to members of the public. Those FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Estimated Total Annual Burden interested in participating should Requests for additional information or Hours: 110. contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR copies of the information collection Estimated Total Annual Cost to FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to instrument and instructions should be Public: $150 in recordkeeping/reporting request an invitation providing webinar directed to Katie Davis, (727) 824–5399 costs. access information. Please request or Katie.Davis@noaa.gov. IV. Request for Comments webinar invitations at least 24 hours in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: advance of each webinar. I. Abstract Comments are invited on: (a) Whether SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place the proposed collection of information Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC This request is for extension of a is necessary for the proper performance 29405. currently approved information of the functions of the agency, including collection. Under the provisions of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia whether the information shall have Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator; phone: (843) practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Conservation and Management Act (16 571–4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net agency’s estimate of the burden U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), National Oceanic (including hours and cost) of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf and Atmospheric Administration’s proposed collection of information; (c) of Mexico, South Atlantic, and (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Caribbean Fishery Management Service (NMFS) is responsible for clarity of the information to be Councils, in conjunction with NOAA management of the nation’s marine collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf fisheries. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be submitted on or before October 5, 2015.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Katie Davis, (727) 824-5399 or [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 46960 
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