82 FR 26061 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 107 (June 6, 2017)

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, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26061-26062]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska 
Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)

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 7, 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 Suja Hall, (907) 586-7462.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for an extension of a current information 
collection.

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    eLandings, seaLandings, and tLandings are data entry components of 
the Alaska Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS), which is a 
collaborative program run by the National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) Alaska Regional Office, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game 
(ADF&G), and the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). 
eLandings, seaLandings, and tLandings provide the Alaska fishing 
industry with a consolidated electronic means of reporting production 
and landings of commercial fish and shellfish to multiple management 
agencies with a single reporting system. NMFS collects groundfish 
harvest and production data for fishery management plan species in the 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). ADF&G collects harvest data for 
groundfish species taken in State of Alaska waters and has 
responsibility for some fisheries in the EEZ, such as lingcod and black 
rockfish. ADF&G and NMFS cooperatively manage the Crab Rationalization 
Program fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
Area. NMFS and IPHC cooperatively manage Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
for Pacific halibut and sablefish in both State waters and in the EEZ.
    eLandings is a web-based application used by vessels and processors 
to report groundfish, crab, Pacific halibut, and sablefish production 
and landings data. Processors with limited internet access, such as the 
at-sea fleet, use eLandings client desktop software named seaLandings, 
provided by NMFS, and submit the required reports as email attachments 
or via direct transmit over the Internet. Once data are entered and 
submitted, the User must print daily through eLandings each landing 
report, production report, logbook report, and if an IFQ delivery, each 
IFQ receipt. The parties to the information must acknowledge the 
accuracy of the printed reports by signing them and entering the date 
signed. In addition, the User must make the printed copies available 
upon request of NMFS observers and authorized officers.
    tLandings is a software application for tender vessels that records 
landings data on a USB flash drive and creates a printable fish ticket. 
The fish ticket is printed on board the tender vessel and signed by the 
delivering catcher vessel operator. When the tender vessel delivers to 
the shoreside processor, the shoreside processor uploads the landing 
information on the USB flash drive into eLandings.
    Some of the benefits of IERS include improved data quality, 
automated processing of data, improved process for correcting or 
updating information, availability of more timely data for fishery 
managers, and reduction of duplicative reporting of similar information 
to multiple agencies.

II. Method of Collection

    Methods of submittal include online and email. Clients with limited 
internet access, such as the at-sea fleet, use seaLandings client 
desktop software and submit landing reports as email attachments or 
over the Internet. The vessels use satellite communications, which may 
or may not include telephone, Internet, text messaging, email, and 
email attachment capabilities.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0515.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 273.
    Estimated Time per Response: 35 minutes for a tLandings landing 
report; 30 minutes for catcher/processor eLandings landing report; 18 
minutes for active response and 5 minutes for inactive response for 
pilot catcher vessel trawl electronic logbook (eLog); 15 minutes for 
active response and 5 minutes for inactive response for catcher vessel 
eLog, catcher/processor eLog and mothership eLog; 15 minutes for 
eLandings registration; 10 minutes for eLandings/seaLandings landing 
report; and 20 minutes for at-sea response; and 10 minutes for 
shoreside and stationary floating processor response for eLandings/
seaLandings production report.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,865.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $2,870 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: June 1, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11628 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am]
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