82_FR_2329 82 FR 2324 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Management and Oversight of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System

82 FR 2324 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Management and Oversight of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 5 (January 9, 2017)

Page Range2324-2325
FR Document2017-00145

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 82 Issue 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2324-2325]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00145]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Management and 
Oversight of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System

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 March 10, 2017.

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 Erica Seiden, 240-533-0781, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a current information collection.
    The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA; 16 U.S.C. 1461 et 
seq.) provides for the designation of estuarine research reserves 
representative of various regions and estuarine types in the United 
States to provide opportunities for long-term research, education and 
interpretation. During the site selection and designation process, 
information is collected from states in order to prepare a management 
plan and environmental impact statement. Designated reserves apply 
annually for operations funds by submitting a work plan; subsequently 
progress reports are required every six months for the duration of the 
award. Each reserve compiles an ecological characterization or site 
profile to describe the biological and physical environment of the 
reserve, research to date and research gaps. Reserves revise their 
management plans every five years. This information is required to 
ensure that reserves are adhering to regulations and that the reserves 
are in keeping with the purpose for which they were designated.

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper 
submissions. Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, 
and mail and facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0121.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Non-profit institutions; state, local, or tribal 
government.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Estimated Time per Response: Management plan, 1,800 hours; site 
profile, 1,800 hours; award application, 8 hours; award reports, 5 
hours; designations, 2,000 hours; NEPA documentation, 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,216.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $1,000 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: January 4, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00145 Filed 1-6-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-08-P

2324 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2017 / Notices Information is collected from persons hours for an application for a directed take this opportunity to comment on who operate a foreign fishing vessel in fishery; two hours for a joint venture proposed and/or continuing information U.S. waters to participate in a directed application, and 45 minutes for a collections, as required by the fishery or joint venture operation, transshipment permit; for fishing Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. transship fish harvested by a U.S. vessel activity reporting: 6 minutes for a joint DATES: Written comments must be to a location outside the U.S., or process venture report; 30 minutes per day for submitted on or before March 10, 2017. fish in internal waters. Each person joint venture record-keeping; and 7.5 ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments operating a foreign fishing vessel under minutes per day for record-keeping by to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental MSA authority may be required to transport vessels; for weekly reports, 30 Paperwork Clearance Officer, submit information for a permit, mark minutes per response; for foreign vessel Department of Commerce, Room 6616, their vessels and gear, or submit and gear identification marking: 15 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., information about their fishing minutes per marking. Washington, DC 20230 (or via the activities. To facilitate observer Estimated Total Annual Burden Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). coverage, foreign fishing vessel Hours: 82. Estimated Total Annual Cost to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: operators must provide a quarterly Public: $3,337 in recordkeeping/ Requests for additional information or schedule of fishing effort and upon reporting costs. copies of the information collection request must also provide observers instrument and instructions should be with copies of any required records. For IV. Request for Comments directed to Erica Seiden, 240–533–0781, foreign fishing vessels that process fish Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Erica.Seiden@noaa.gov. in internal waters, the information collected varies somewhat from other the proposed collection of information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: foreign fishing vessels that participate in is necessary for the proper performance I. Abstract a directed fishery or a joint venture of the functions of the agency, including operation. In particular, these vessels whether the information shall have This request is for extension of a may not be required to provide a permit practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the current information collection. agency’s estimate of the burden The Coastal Zone Management Act of application or mark their vessels. The (including hours and cost) of the 1972 (CZMA; 16 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) information submitted in applications is proposed collection of information; (c) provides for the designation of estuarine used to determine whether permits ways to enhance the quality, utility, and research reserves representative of should be used to authorize directed clarity of the information to be various regions and estuarine types in foreign fishing, participation in joint collected; and (d) ways to minimize the the United States to provide ventures with U.S. vessels, or burden of the collection of information opportunities for long-term research, transshipments of fish or fish products on respondents, including through the education and interpretation. During the within U.S. waters. The display of use of automated collection techniques site selection and designation process, identifying numbers on vessels and gear or other forms of information information is collected from states in aid in fishery law enforcement and technology. order to prepare a management plan and allows other fishermen to report Comments submitted in response to environmental impact statement. suspicious activity. Reporting of fishing this notice will be summarized and/or Designated reserves apply annually for activities allows monitoring of fish included in the request for OMB operations funds by submitting a work received by foreign vessels. approval of this information collection; plan; subsequently progress reports are II. Method of Collection they also will become a matter of public required every six months for the Foreign fishing activity reports are record. duration of the award. Each reserve made by radio when fishing begins or compiles an ecological characterization Dated: January 4, 2017. ceases, to report on transfers of fish, and or site profile to describe the biological Sarah Brabson, to file weekly reports on the catch or and physical environment of the NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. reserve, research to date and research receipt of fish. Weekly reports may be [FR Doc. 2017–00150 Filed 1–6–17; 8:45 am] gaps. Reserves revise their management submitted by fax or email. Recordkeeping requirements for foreign BILLING CODE 3510–22–P plans every five years. This information vessels include a communications log, a is required to ensure that reserves are transfer log, a daily fishing log, a adhering to regulations and that the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE reserves are in keeping with the purpose consolidated fishing or joint venture log, and a daily joint venture log. These for which they were designated. National Oceanic and Atmospheric records must be maintained for three Administration II. Method of Collection years. Paper forms are used for foreign fishing vessel permit applications. No Proposed Information Collection; Respondents have a choice of either information is submitted to NMFS for Comment Request; Management and electronic or paper submissions. the vessel and gear marking Oversight of the National Estuarine Methods of submittal include email of requirements. Research Reserve System electronic forms, and mail and facsimile transmission of paper forms. III. Data AGENCY: National Oceanic and III. Data OMB Control Number: 0648–0075. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Form Number: None. Commerce. OMB Control Number: 0648–0121. Type of Review: Regular (extension of ACTION: Notice. Form Number: None. a currently approved collection). Type of Review: Regular submission Affected Public: Business or other for- SUMMARY: The Department of (extension of a current information profit organizations. Commerce, as part of its continuing collection). Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. effort to reduce paperwork and Affected Public: Non-profit Estimated Time per Response: For respondent burden, invites the general institutions; state, local, or tribal permit applications: One and one half public and other Federal agencies to government. VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:14 Jan 06, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2017 / Notices 2325 Estimated Number of Respondents: DATES: A SEDAR 53 Assessment 2. Participants will recommend the 75. webinar will be held Wednesday, most appropriate methods and Estimated Time per Response: February 1, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. configurations for determining stock Management plan, 1,800 hours; site ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held status and estimating population profile, 1,800 hours; award application, via webinar. The webinar is open to parameters. 8 hours; award reports, 5 hours; members of the public. Those interested 3. Participants will prepare a designations, 2,000 hours; NEPA in participating should contact Julia workshop report and determine whether documentation, 40 hours. Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER the assessment(s) are adequate for Estimated Total Annual Burden INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an submission for review. Hours: 8,216. invitation providing webinar access Although non-emergency issues not Estimated Total Annual Cost to information. Please request webinar contained in this agenda may come Public: $1,000 in recordkeeping/ invitations at least 24 hours in advance before this group for discussion, those reporting costs. of each webinar. issues may not be the subject of formal SEDAR address: South Atlantic action during this meeting. Action will IV. Request for Comments Fishery Management Council, 4055 be restricted to those issues specifically Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. identified in this notice and any issues the proposed collection of information Charleston, SC 29405; arising after publication of this notice is necessary for the proper performance www.sedarweb.org. that require emergency action under of the functions of the agency, including FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens whether the information shall have Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber Fishery Conservation and Management practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Place Drive, Suite 201, North Act, provided the public has been agency’s estimate of the burden Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571– notified of the intent to take final action (including hours and cost) of the 4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net. to address the emergency. proposed collection of information; (c) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf Special Accommodations ways to enhance the quality, utility, and of Mexico, South Atlantic, and This meeting is accessible to people clarity of the information to be Caribbean Fishery Management with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Councils, in conjunction with NOAA aids should be directed to the SAFMC burden of the collection of information Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 on respondents, including through the States Marine Fisheries Commissions, business days prior to the meeting. use of automated collection techniques have implemented the Southeast Data, or other forms of information Note: The times and sequence specified in Assessment and Review (SEDAR) technology. this agenda are subject to change. process, a multi-step method for Comments submitted in response to determining the status of fish stocks in Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. this notice will be summarized and/or the Southeast Region. The product of included in the request for OMB Dated: January 4, 2017. the SEDAR webinar series will be a approval of this information collection; Tracey L. Thompson, report which compiles and evaluates they also will become a matter of public Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable potential datasets and recommends record. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. which datasets are appropriate for Dated: January 4, 2017. assessment analyses, and describes the [FR Doc. 2017–00113 Filed 1–6–17; 8:45 am] Sarah Brabson, fisheries, evaluates the status of the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. stock, estimates biological benchmarks, [FR Doc. 2017–00145 Filed 1–6–17; 8:45 am] projects future population conditions, and recommends research and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILLING CODE 3510–08–P monitoring needs. Participants for National Telecommunications and SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Information Administration DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Proposed Information Collection; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Comment Request; Computer and Administration Regional Office, Highly Migratory Internet Use Supplement to the Census Species Management Division, and Bureau’s Current Population Survey RIN 0648–XF089 Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include: data collectors and AGENCY: National Telecommunications Fisheries of the South Atlantic; database managers; stock assessment and Information Administration (NTIA). Southeast Data, Assessment, and scientists, biologists, and researchers; ACTION: Notice. Review (SEDAR); Data Scoping Webinar for South Atlantic Red constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and non- SUMMARY: The Department of Grouper; Public Meeting Commerce, as part of its continuing governmental organizations (NGOs); AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries international experts; and staff of effort to reduce paperwork and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Councils, Commissions, and state and respondent burden, invites the general Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), federal agencies. public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Commerce. The items of discussion in the Assessment webinar are as follows: continuing information collections, as ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 53 Assessment 1. Participants will continue required by the Paperwork Reduction webinar. discussions to develop population Act of 1995. SUMMARY: The SEDAR 53 assessment of models to evaluate stock status, estimate DATES: Submit comments on or before the South Atlantic stock of red grouper population benchmarks, and project March 10, 2017. will consist of a series webinars. See future conditions, as specified in the ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Terms of Reference. to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:14 Jan 06, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1


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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 March 10, 2017.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Erica Seiden, 240-533-0781, [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 2324 
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