80 FR 68296 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 213 (November 4, 2015)

Page Range		68296-68297
FR Document		2015-28043

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68296-68297]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28043]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Minority Business Development Agency
    Title: Online Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/Performance 
Databases, Online Phoenix Database, and Online Opportunity Database.
    OMB Control Number: 0640-0002.
    Form Number(s): 0640-002.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Number of Respondents: 29,206.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 to 210 minutes depending upon 
function.
    Burden Hours: 4,496.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision with change to a 
current information collection. This revision continues an existing 
collection but adds a revised form to be used by the MBDA Business 
Centers. As part of its national service delivery system, MBDA awards 
cooperative agreements each year to fund the provision of business 
development services to eligible minority business enterprises (MBEs). 
The recipient of each cooperative agreement is competitively selected 
to operate one of the following business center programs: (1) An MBDA 
Business Center or (2) an American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) Center. 
In accordance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA), MBDA 
requires all center operators to report basic client information, 
service activities and progress on attainment of program goals via the 
online CRM/Performance Databases. The data collected through the Online 
CRM/Performance Databases is used to regularly monitor and evaluate the 
progress of MBDA's funded centers, to provide the Department and OMB 
with a summary of the quantitative information that it requires about 
government supported programs, and to implement the GPRA. This 
information is also summarized and included in the MBDA Annual 
Performance Report, which is made available to the public, and may be 
used to support federal government research studies regarding minority 
business development issues.
    Additionally, the AINA program award recipients are required to 
maintain content for the CRM/Performance system and the Phoenix and 
other available online tools. The content registered in the Phoenix and 
other online business databases is used to match those registered MBEs 
with opportunities entered in the online databases by public and 
private sector entities. The MBEs may also self-register via the Online 
Phoenix Database for notification of potential business opportunities.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households; Federal, State, 
Local or Tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion, semi-annually, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of

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Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: October 30, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Commerce collections currently under ADDRESSES: Comments may be bona fide research vessels. However, if
review by OMB. submitted by any of the following the vessels have been contracted only to
Written comments and methods: conduct research and not participate in
recommendations for the proposed • Email: nmfs.hms.efp2016@ any commercial or recreational fishing
information collection should be sent noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the activities during that research, NMFS
within 30 days of publication of this following identifier: 0648–XE257. may consider those vessels as bona fide
notice to OIRA_Submission@ • Mail: Craig Cockrell, Highly research platforms while conducting the
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Migratory Species Management Division specified research. For example, in the
Dated: October 30, 2015.
(F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West past, NMFS has determined that
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. commercial pelagic longline vessels
Glenna Mickelson,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: assisting with population surveys for
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief sharks may be considered ‘‘bona fide
Information Officer. Craig Cockrell, phone: (301) 427–8503
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issuance research vessels’’ while engaged only in
[FR Doc. 2015–28043 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am] the specified research. NMFS requests
of EFPs and related permits are
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necessary for the collection of HMS for copies of scientific research plans for
scientific research; the acquisition of these activities and acknowledges the
information and data; the enhancement activity by issuing an LOA to
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE researchers to indicate that the proposed
of safety at sea; the purpose of collecting
animals for public education or display; activity meets the definition of research.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
and the investigation of bycatch, Examples of research conducted under
Administration
economic discards and regulatory LOAs include tagging and releasing of
sharks during bottom longline surveys
RIN 0648–XE257 discards. These permits exempt permit
to understand the distribution and
holders from regulations (e.g., fishing
seasonal abundance of different shark
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; seasons, prohibited species, authorized
species, and collecting and sampling
Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, gear, closed areas, and minimum sizes)
sharks caught during trawl surveys for
Display, Shark Research Fishery, and that may otherwise prohibit the
life history studies.
Chartering Permits; Letters of collection of HMS. Collection under Scientific research is not exempt from
Acknowledgment EFPs, SRPs, LOAs, display, shark regulation under ATCA. NMFS issues
research fishery, and chartering permits SRPs which authorize researchers to
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries represents a small portion of the overall
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and collect HMS from bona fide research
fishing mortality for HMS, and this vessels for collection of species
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), mortality is counted against the quota of
Commerce. managed under this statute (e.g., tunas,
the species harvested, as appropriate swordfish, billfish, and some species of
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for and applicable. The terms and sharks). One example of research
comments. conditions of individual permits are conducted under SRPs consists of
unique; however, all permits will scientific surveys of HMS conducted
SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to include reporting requirements, limit
issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs), from NOAA research vessels. EFPs are
the number and/or species of HMS issued to researchers collecting ATCA
Scientific Research Permits (SRPs), to be collected, and only authorize
Display Permits, Letters of and Magnuson-Stevens Act-managed
collection in Federal waters of the species and conducting research from
Acknowledgment (LOAs), Shark Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Research Fishery Permits, and commercial or recreational fishing
Caribbean Sea. vessels. NMFS regulations concerning
Chartering Permits for Atlantic highly EFPs and related permits are issued the implantation or attachment of
migratory species (HMS) in 2016. under the authority of the Magnuson- archival tags in Atlantic HMS require
Exempted fishing permits and related Stevens Fishery Conservation and scientists to report their activities
permits would authorize collection of a Management Reauthorization Act associated with these tags. Examples of
limited number of tunas, swordfish, (Magnuson-Stevens Act) (16 U.S.C. 1801 research conducted under EFPs include
billfishes, and sharks (collectively et seq.) and/or the Atlantic Tunas deploying pop-up satellite archival tags
known as HMS) from Federal waters in Convention Act (ATCA) (16 U.S.C. 971 (PSAT) on billfish, sharks, and tunas to
the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and et seq.). Regulations at 50 CFR 600.745 determine migration patterns of these
Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of and 635.32 govern scientific research species; conducting billfish larval tows
scientific data collection, bycatch activity, exempted fishing, chartering to determine billfish habitat use, life
research, and public display. Chartering arrangements, and exempted public history, and population structure; and
permits allow the collection of HMS on display and educational activities with determining catch rates and gear
the high seas or in the Exclusive respect to Atlantic HMS. Since the characteristics of the swordfish buoy
Economic Zone of other nations under Magnuson-Stevens Act does not define gear fishery.
certain conditions. Generally, EFPs and fishing to include scientific research, NMFS is also seeking public comment
related permits will be valid from the scientific research is exempt from this on its intent to issue display permits for
date of issuance through December 31, statute, and NMFS does not issue EFPs the collection of sharks and other HMS
2016, unless otherwise specified, for bona fide research activities (e.g., for public display in 2016. Collection of
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subject to the terms and conditions of research conducted from a research sharks and other HMS sought for public
individual permits. vessel and not a commercial or display in aquaria often involves
DATES: Written comments on these recreational fishing vessel) involving collection when the commercial fishing
activities received in response to this species that are only regulated under the seasons are closed, collection of
notice will be considered by NMFS Magnuson-Stevens Act (e.g., most otherwise prohibited species, and
when issuing EFPs and related permits species of sharks) and not under ATCA. collection of fish below the regulatory
and must be received on or before NMFS generally does not consider minimum size. NMFS established a 60-
December 4, 2015. recreational or commercial vessels to be metric ton (mt) whole weight (ww)

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 68296