82_FR_36081 82 FR 35934 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast Region Dealer Purchase Reports

82 FR 35934 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast Region Dealer Purchase Reports

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 147 (August 2, 2017)

Page Range35934-35935
FR Document2017-16194

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 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35934-35935]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16194]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast 
Region Dealer Purchase Reports

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 2, 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 pracomments@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to David Ulmer, (757) 723-0303 or David.Ulmer@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Federally permitted dealers, and any individual acting in the 
capacity of a dealer, must submit to the Regional Administrator or to 
the official designee a detailed report of all fish purchased or 
received for a commercial purpose, other than solely for transport on 
land, by one of the available electronic reporting mechanisms approved 
by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The information obtained 
is used by economists, biologists, and managers in the management of 
the fisheries. The data collection parameters are consistent with the 
current requirements for Federal dealers under the authority of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This is an 
extension request of the current approval.

II. Method of Collection

    Dealers submit purchase information through an electronic process 
by one of the following: The web based system as administered by the 
Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program, the computer based trip 
ticket program issued by the NMFS or through a NMFS approved 
proprietary mechanism.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0229.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (request for extension of a 
currently approved information collection).

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    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 715.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes per fishing trip.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,980.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $23,235 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: July 27, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-16194 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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35934 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 2, 2017 / Notices necessary to ensure that the interests of knowledgeable and experienced in the SUMMARY: The Department of U.S. stakeholders in the fisheries of the conservation and management of Commerce, as part of its continuing Northwest Atlantic Ocean are fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic effort to reduce paperwork and adequately represented in NAFO. Ocean. Members shall be appointed to respondent burden, invites the general NOAA is also announcing a meeting of a 2-year term and are eligible for public and other Federal agencies to the NAFO Consultative Committee. reappointment. The NCC is exempted take this opportunity to comment on DATES: The NAFO Consultative from the Federal Advisory Committee proposed and/or continuing information Committee Meeting will be held on Act. NCC members are invited to attend collections, as required by the August 30, 2017. all non-executive meetings of the U.S. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. ADDRESSES: Nominations for NAFO Commissioners and at such meetings are DATES: Written comments must be Consultative Committee members given an opportunity to examine and to submitted on or before October 2, 2017. should be made in writing to Mr. Patrick be heard on all proposed programs of study and investigation, reports, ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments E. Moran, Office of International Affairs, to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental National Marine Fisheries Service, at recommendations, and regulations of issues relating to the Act and Paperwork Clearance Officer, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, MD 20910. Nominations and questions proceedings of NAFO. In addition, NCC members may attend all public meetings 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., about the NAFO Consultative Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Committee meeting may also be sent via of the NAFO Commission and any other meetings to which they are invited. Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). email (Pat.Moran@noaa.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Nominations Requests for additional information or Patrick E. Moran, (301) 427–8370. Nominations to the NCC will be copies of the information collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: accepted at any time and should instrument and instructions should be Background document an individual’s qualifications directed to David Ulmer, (757) 723– based on those outlined in 16 U.S.C. 0303 or David.Ulmer@noaa.gov. NAFO is a regional fisheries 5607 (see above). Résumés and/or management organization that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: curriculum vitae will be requested from coordinates scientific study and nominees. Self-nominations are I. Abstract cooperative management of the fisheries acceptable, and current and former NCC resources of the Northwest Atlantic This request is for extension of a members are eligible for reappointment. Ocean, excluding salmon, tunas/ currently approved information Nominations will be evaluated by marlins, whales and sedentary species collection. officials in the Department of Commerce (e.g., shellfish). NAFO was established who are familiar with the duties and Federally permitted dealers, and any in 1979 by the Convention on Future responsibilities of NCC membership. All individual acting in the capacity of a Multilateral Cooperation in the nominees will be notified of their status dealer, must submit to the Regional Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. The and any need for further information Administrator or to the official designee United States acceded to the Convention once the nomination process is a detailed report of all fish purchased or in 1995, and has participated actively in complete. received for a commercial purpose, NAFO since that time. In 2005, NAFO other than solely for transport on land, launched a reform effort to amend the Meeting by one of the available electronic Convention in order bring the A meeting of the NCC will be held reporting mechanisms approved by Organization more in line with the 1:30–3 p.m. on August 30, 2017, at the National Marine Fisheries Service principles of modern fisheries NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional (NMFS). The information obtained is management. As a result of these efforts, Fisheries Office at 55 Great Republic used by economists, biologists, and the Amendment to the Convention on Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. All managers in the management of the Future Multilateral Cooperation in the members of the public with an interest fisheries. The data collection parameters Northwest Atlantic Fisheries entered in the fisheries of the Northwest are consistent with the current into force in May 2017. NAFO currently Atlantic Ocean are welcome to attend. requirements for Federal dealers under has 12 Contracting Parties, including Dated: July 27, 2017. the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Canada, Cuba, Denmark (in respect of Steven Wilson, Fishery Conservation and Management Faroe Islands and Greenland), European Act. This is an extension request of the Acting Director, Office of International Union, France (in respect of St. Pierre Affairs, National Marine Fisheries Service. current approval. and Miquelon), Iceland, Japan, Norway, [FR Doc. 2017–16245 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am] II. Method of Collection Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Ukraine and the United States. Dealers submit purchase information As outlined in 16 U.S.C. 5607 through an electronic process by one of provides that the Secretaries of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the following: The web based system as Commerce and State shall jointly administered by the Atlantic Coast establish a NAFO Consultative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Cooperative Statistics Program, the Committee (NCC) to advise the Administration computer based trip ticket program Secretaries on issues related to the issued by the NMFS or through a NMFS NAFO Convention. Membership in the Proposed Information Collection; approved proprietary mechanism. sradovich on DSKBCFCHB2PROD with NOTICES NCC is open to representatives from the Comment Request; Northeast Region III. Data New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Dealer Purchase Reports Management Councils, the States OMB Control Number: 0648–0229. AGENCY: National Oceanic and represented on those Councils, the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Form Number(s): None. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commerce. Type of Review: Regular submission Commission, the fishing industry, the (request for extension of a currently ACTION: Notice. seafood processing industry, and others approved information collection). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:43 Aug 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02AUN1.SGM 02AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 2, 2017 / Notices 35935 Affected Public: Business or other for Burden Hours: 485. Estimated Time per Response: 10 profit organizations, individuals or Needs and Uses: The objective of the minutes. households. web-based focus groups, phone Estimated Total Annual Burden Estimated Number of Respondents: interviews, and online survey is to Hours: 9,000. 715. collect information on the current use of Estimated Total Annual Cost to Estimated Time per Response: 4 NOAA’s National Weather Service Public: $0. minutes per fishing trip. (NWS) Weather Prediction Center Needs and Uses: As the next Estimated Total Annual Burden (WPC) products, including probabilistic installment of a decades-long series of Hours: 30,980. forecasts focusing on the 8 to 10 day data collections, NTIA proposes to add Estimated Total Annual Cost to timeframe, as well as forecast needs. 66 questions to the U.S. Census Public: $23,235 in recordkeeping/ The web-based focus groups and phone Bureau’s (‘‘Bureau’’) November 2017 reporting costs. interviews will ask participants to CPS to gather reliable data on computer IV. Request for Comments explain their survey responses. This and broadband (also known as high- information will help create better 8 to speed Internet) use by U.S. households. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 10 day weather forecast products used the proposed collection of information President Trump has expressed support by the National Weather Service (NWS) for broadband expansion in the United is necessary for the proper performance to protect lives and property. of the functions of the agency, including States, particularly in rural Affected Public: Individuals or communities, stating an intention to whether the information shall have households; business or other for-profit practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the include broadband in the $1 trillion organizations. infrastructure plan the Administration agency’s estimate of the burden Frequency: One time. (including hours and cost) of the is developing.1 In addition, Secretary of Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. proposed collection of information; (c) This information collection request Commerce Wilbur Ross has noted ways to enhance the quality, utility, and may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow broadband’s importance to the nation’s clarity of the information to be the instructions to view Department of future and its economic policy, collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Commerce collections currently under including at his confirmation hearing in burden of the collection of information review by OMB. January 2017.2 on respondents, including through the Written comments and To aid the Administration’s plan to use of automated collection techniques recommendations for the proposed incorporate broadband in the upcoming or other forms of information information collection should be sent infrastructure initiative and ensure the technology. within 30 days of publication of this digital preparedness of the nation’s Comments submitted in response to notice to OIRA_Submission@ current and future workforce, NTIA data this notice will be summarized and/or omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. will reveal consumers’ changing included in the request for OMB demand for broadband, as well as their Dated: July 27, 2017. approval of this information collection; online activities. The information may Sarah Brabson, inform decisions about the scope and they also will become a matter of public NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. scale of the needed infrastructure, record. [FR Doc. 2017–16189 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am] particularly in remote and sparsely Dated: July 27, 2017. BILLING CODE 3510–KE–P populated areas where broadband Sarah Brabson, deployment may be difficult and costly. NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. It may also shed light on opportunities [FR Doc. 2017–16194 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE to increase digital literacy and use BILLING CODE 3510–22–P among Americans who currently use the National Telecommunications and Internet sparingly, if at all. NTIA works Information Administration with Congress, the Federal DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Communications Commission (FCC), Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request and other stakeholders to develop and National Oceanic and Atmospheric advance economic and regulatory Administration The Department of Commerce will policies that foster broadband submit to the Office of Management and deployment and adoption. Current, Submission for OMB Review; Budget (OMB) for clearance the systematic, and comprehensive data on Comment Request following proposal for collection of broadband use and non-use by U.S. The Department of Commerce will information under the provisions of the households are critical to allow submit to the Office of Management and Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. policymakers not only to gauge progress Budget (OMB) for clearance the Chapter 35). made to date, but also to identify following proposal for collection of Agency: National problem areas with a specificity that information under the provisions of the Telecommunications and Information Paperwork Reduction Act. Administration (NTIA). 1 See Remarks by President Trump on Agency: National Oceanic and Title: Submission of proposed Agricultural Innovation in Cedar Rapids, IA (June Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). information collection; Computer and 21, 2017) at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press- Title: Day 8 to 10 Forecast Focus Internet Use Supplement to the Census office/2017/06/22/remarks-president-trump- agricultural-innovation-cedar-rapids-ia. See also Groups, Interviews and Survey. Bureau’s Current Population Survey Remarks by President Trump in Listening Session sradovich on DSKBCFCHB2PROD with NOTICES OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. (CPS). with Members of Congress (Feb. 16, 2017) at https:// Form Number(s): None. OMB Control Number: 0660–0021. www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/02/16/ Type of Request: Regular (request for Form Number(s): None. remarks-president-trump-listening-session- a new information collection). Type of Request: Regular submission members-congress. 2 See Amir Nasr, Here’s What Ross Said About Number of Respondents: 775. (Revision of a currently approved Tech Policy During His Confirmation Hearing, Average Hours per Response: Focus collection). Morning Consult (Jan. 18, 2017) at https:// groups, 2 hours; interviews, 1 hour; Estimated Number of Respondents: morningconsult.com/2017/01/18/heres-ross-said- survey, 30 minutes. 54,000 households. tech-policy-confirmation-hearing/. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:43 Aug 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02AUN1.SGM 02AUN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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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 2, 2017.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to David Ulmer, (757) 723-0303 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 35934 
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