81 FR 41933 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; California-Oregon-Washington Coastal Purse Seine Survey.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 124 (June 28, 2016)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15215]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; California-
Oregon-Washington Coastal Purse Seine Survey.

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 August 29, 2016.

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 James Hilger, (858) 546-7140 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for a new collection of information.
    The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) is undertaking an 
economics data collection effort for the West Coast Coastal Pelagic 
Species (CPS) fleet to improve the SWFSC's capability to do the 
following: (1) Describe and monitor economic performance (e.g., 
profitability, capacity utilization, efficiency, and productivity) and 
impacts (e.g., sector, community, or region-specific employment and 
income); (2) determine the quantity and distribution of net benefits 
derived from living marine resources; (3) understand and predict the 
ecological, and behavior of participants in Federally managed 
commercial fisheries; (4) predict the biological, ecological, and 
economic impacts of existing management measures and alternative 
proposed management actions; and, (4) in general, more effectively 
conduct the analyses required under the MSA, the Endangered Species ACT 
(ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPDA), the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEP), and Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 
Executive Order 12866, and other applicable law.
    CPS fishery participants are defined as US west-coast purse seine 
vessels participating in the coastal pelagic species (CPS) fisheries--
northern anchovy, Pacific mackerel, Pacific sardine, and/or market 
squid), we intend to survey all Washington-Oregon-California coastal 
purse seine vessels with sardine landings in any year between 2015 and 
the initiation of the survey. This includes vessels fishing off 
California in the limited entry program under the CPS Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) and State permitted vessels fishing off 
Washington and Oregon.

II. Method of Collection

    CPS fishery participants will be contacted and screened to 
participate in the data collection. A cost and earnings survey will be 
scheduled and administered to eligible respondents as appropriate. 
Screener, scheduling and survey modes may include in-person, internet, 
phone, or mail.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes for screener; 5 minutes to 
schedule survey for qualified and interested respondents; 60 minutes 
for the survey.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 95.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 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

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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: June 23, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-15215 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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