82_FR_52256 82 FR 52040 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program

82 FR 52040 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; West Coast Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 216 (November 9, 2017)

Page Range52040-52041
FR Document2017-24382

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 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52040-52041]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24382]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; West Coast 
Region Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch Accounting Program

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 January 8, 2018.

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 the West Coast Regional Office--7600 Sand Point Way NE., 
Seattle, WA 98115, Keeley Kent, telephone number ((206) 526-4655), or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    In January 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
implemented a trawl rationalization program, a catch share program, for 
the Pacific coast groundfish fishery's trawl fleet. The program was 
developed through Amendment 20 to the Groundfish Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP), under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and consists 
of an individual fishing quota (IFQ) program for the shorebased trawl 
fleet (including whiting and non-whiting fisheries); and cooperative 
(coop) programs for the at-sea mothership (MS) and catcher/processor 
(C/P) trawl fleets (whiting only). Fixed allocations to the limited 
entry trawl fleet were developed

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through a parallel process with Amendment 21 to the FMP. The 
regulations implementing the program were effective January 1, 2011; 
all of the necessary tracking systems to make the program operational 
became active on January 11, 2011, the date fishing began under the new 
program. Since that time, the Council and NMFS have been addressing 
implementation issues as they arise. To achieve individual 
accountability for catch and bycatch and track total catch, the 
shorebased IFQ Program is subject to 100 percent monitoring both at-sea 
and dockside. In addition to 100 percent monitoring at-sea, motherships 
and catcher/processors are subject to flow scale requirements that 
include daily testing, reporting, and an annual inspection.

II. Method of Collection

    This collection utilizes both electronic and paper forms, depending 
on the specific item. Methods of submittal include email of electronic 
forms, and mail and facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0619.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular (extension of a current information 
collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 155.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours for a Provider permit, 2 
hours for an annual renewal, 4 hours each for appeals and catch 
monitoring plans; 1 hour each for a catch monitor qualification 
inseason testing of shorebased scales; 2 hours for an inspection; 10 
minutes each for first receiver reports and electronic fish tickets ; 1 
minute for Pacific whiting disposition recordkeeping; 30 minutes for 
daily at-sea scale testing reports, 10 minutes for daily at-sea scale 
catch and cumulative weight reports, 1 minute each for at-sea scale 
audit trail, at-sea scale calibration log, and at-sea scale fault log, 
and 0 minutes for at-sea scale video monitoring.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,826.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $14,628 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: November 6, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24382 Filed 11-8-17; 8:45 am]
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52040 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 216 / Thursday, November 9, 2017 / Notices comprehensive salmon and steelhead efforts to deter pinnipeds in the vicinity DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE recovery strategy. As reported in the of Willamette Falls. application, significant actions to National Oceanic and Atmospheric address the decline of salmon and Request for Comments and Other Administration steelhead stocks in the Willamette River Information basin have been underway for several Proposed Information Collection; NMFS solicits public comments on Comment Request; West Coast Region decades, and are progressing each year the state’s application and any as a result of the implementation of ESA Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring additional information that should be and Catch Accounting Program recovery plans throughout the considered by the Task Force in making Willamette River basin. These actions AGENCY: National Oceanic and its recommendation, or by NMFS in include harvest reductions, Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hydroelectric system mitigation, habitat making its determination whether to approve or deny the application. NMFS Commerce. restoration, predation management, and ACTION: Notice. hatchery reforms. is interested in receiving additional In their application, the state asserts information related to the factors that SUMMARY: The Department of that taking no action or continued use must be considered in determining Commerce, as part of its continuing of only non-lethal methods will likely whether to approve or deny the effort to reduce paperwork and result in an expansion of the problem application (see Background), and on respondent burden, invites the general interaction by allowing CSLs to become the impact of sea lion predation in the public and other Federal agencies to recruited into the pool of nuisance vicinity of Willamette Falls on the take this opportunity to comment on animals. The expected benefit of affected salmonid stocks. proposed and/or continuing information permanent removal of the animals in NMFS requests that comments be collections, as required by the question will be to reduce a significant specific. In particular, we request Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. source of mortality that has jeopardized information regarding: (1) Observations DATES: Written comments must be state, Federal, and non-governmental of pinnipeds (number, species and submitted on or before January 8, 2018. efforts to recover ESA-listed salmon and predation on salmonids) in the ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments steelhead stocks in the Willamette River Willamette River; to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental basin. The state’s population viability Paperwork Clearance Officer, analysis predicts that elimination of the (2) Information on areas where Department of Commerce, Room 6616, problem interaction will reduce the numbers of pinnipeds are concentrated 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., probability of extinction of the three in the Willamette River, including Washington, DC 20230 (or via the independent UWR steelhead resting/haul out sites and locations Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). populations from 20–64 percent to <5 where pinnipeds have been repeatedly FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: percent. observed taking salmonids; and Requests for additional information or In considering whether the (3) Dates when pinnipeds have been copies of the information collection application should be approved or observed in the Willamette River. instrument and instructions should be denied, the MMPA requires that the directed to the West Coast Regional NMFS also solicits the names and Task Force and NMFS consider: (1) Office—7600 Sand Point Way NE., affiliations of experts from the academic Population trends, feeding habits, the Seattle, WA 98115, Keeley Kent, and scientific community, tribes, location of the pinniped interaction, telephone number ((206) 526–4655), or how and when the interaction occurs, Federal and state agencies, and the keeley.kent@noaa.gov. involved; (2) past efforts to deter such private sector for consideration as SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: pinnipeds, and whether the applicant potential Task Force members. A Task has demonstrated that no feasible and Force, established under section 120(c) I. Abstract prudent alternatives exist and that the of the MMPA must, to the maximum This request is for extension of a applicant has taken all reasonable extent practicable, consist of an currently approved information nonlethal steps without success; (3) the equitable balance among representatives collection. extent to which such pinnipeds are of resource users and non-users as In January 2011, the National Oceanic causing undue injury impact to, or outlined above. The state’s application and Atmospheric Administration’s imbalance with, other species in the included a list of suggested agencies and (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries ecosystem, including fish populations; organizations for inclusion in the Task Service (NMFS) implemented a trawl and (4) the extent to which such Force (see Electronic Access). rationalization program, a catch share pinnipeds are exhibiting behavior that Nominations for Task Force program, for the Pacific coast groundfish presents an ongoing threat to public membership must include sufficient fishery’s trawl fleet. The program was safety. The NMFS West Coast Regional background information (e.g., 1–page developed through Amendment 20 to Administrator has considered the state’s resume) on the candidate to allow us to the Groundfish Fishery Management application and determined that it judge their expertise and should Plan (FMP), under the authority of the provides sufficient evidence to warrant indicate the prospective candidate’s Magnuson-Stevens Fishery establishing a Task Force. The willingness to serve without Conservation and Management Act (16 application describes the means of compensation. U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and consists of an identifying individual pinnipeds, individual fishing quota (IFQ) program sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES includes a detailed description of the Dated: November 3, 2017. for the shorebased trawl fleet (including problem interaction between pinnipeds Donna S. Wieting, whiting and non-whiting fisheries); and and listed salmonids in the vicinity of Director, Office of Protected Resources, cooperative (coop) programs for the at- Willamette Falls, and describes the National Marine Fisheries Service. sea mothership (MS) and catcher/ expected benefits of potential taking of [FR Doc. 2017–24352 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] processor (C/P) trawl fleets (whiting pinnipeds. The application also BILLING CODE 3510–22–P only). Fixed allocations to the limited documents the state’s past non-lethal entry trawl fleet were developed VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:32 Nov 08, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09NON1.SGM 09NON1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 216 / Thursday, November 9, 2017 / Notices 52041 through a parallel process with agency’s estimate of the burden vessel subject to this section in block Amendment 21 to the FMP. The (including hours and cost) of the Arabic numerals at least 10 inches regulations implementing the program proposed collection of information; (c) (25.40 centimeters) in height for vessels were effective January 1, 2011; all of the ways to enhance the quality, utility, and more than 25 feet (7.62 meters) but necessary tracking systems to make the clarity of the information to be equal to or less than 65 feet (19.81 program operational became active on collected; and (d) ways to minimize the meters) in length; and 18 inches (45.72 January 11, 2011, the date fishing began burden of the collection of information centimeters) in height for vessels longer under the new program. Since that time, on respondents, including through the than 65 feet (19.81 meters) in length. the Council and NMFS have been use of automated collection techniques Markings must be legible and of a color addressing implementation issues as or other forms of information that contrasts with the background. The they arise. To achieve individual technology. display of the identifying number aids accountability for catch and bycatch and Comments submitted in response to in fishery law enforcement. This track total catch, the shorebased IFQ this notice will be summarized and/or requirement does not apply to Program is subject to 100 percent included in the request for OMB recreational charter vessels. monitoring both at-sea and dockside. In approval of this information collection; Affected Public: Business or other for- addition to 100 percent monitoring at- they also will become a matter of public profit organizations; individuals or sea, motherships and catcher/processors record. households. are subject to flow scale requirements Dated: November 6, 2017. Frequency: Biennially. that include daily testing, reporting, and Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Sarah Brabson, an annual inspection. obtain or retain benefits. NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. This information collection request II. Method of Collection [FR Doc. 2017–24382 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow This collection utilizes both BILLING CODE 3510–22–P the instructions to view Department of electronic and paper forms, depending Commerce collections currently under on the specific item. Methods of review by OMB. submittal include email of electronic DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Written comments and forms, and mail and facsimile recommendations for the proposed National Oceanic and Atmospheric information collection should be sent transmission of paper forms. Administration within 30 days of publication of this III. Data notice to OIRA_Submission@ Submission for OMB Review; OMB Control Number: 0648–0619. omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Comment Request Form Number(s): None. Dated: November 6, 2017. Type of Review: Regular (extension of The Department of Commerce will Sarah Brabson, a current information collection). submit to the Office of Management and NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. Affected Public: Business or other for- Budget (OMB) for clearance the [FR Doc. 2017–24425 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] profit organizations. following proposal for collection of Estimated Number of Respondents: information under the provisions of the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 155. Paperwork Reduction Act. Estimated Time per Response: 10 Agency: National Oceanic and hours for a Provider permit, 2 hours for Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE an annual renewal, 4 hours each for Title: West Coast Region Highly appeals and catch monitoring plans; 1 Migratory Species Vessel Identification Department of the Army; Corps of hour each for a catch monitor Requirements. Engineers qualification inseason testing of OMB Control Number: 0648–0361. Availability of Norfolk Harbor shorebased scales; 2 hours for an Form Number(s): None. Navigation Improvements Draft inspection; 10 minutes each for first Type of Request: Regular (extension of General Reevaluation Report/ receiver reports and electronic fish a currently approved information Environmental Assessment tickets ; 1 minute for Pacific whiting collection). disposition recordkeeping; 30 minutes Number of Respondents: 1,700. AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. for daily at-sea scale testing reports, 10 Average Hours per Response: All but Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. minutes for daily at-sea scale catch and purse seine vessels, 45 minutes; purse ACTION: Notice of availability. cumulative weight reports, 1 minute seine vessels, 1 hour, 15 minutes. each for at-sea scale audit trail, at-sea Burden Hours: 644. SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of scale calibration log, and at-sea scale Needs and Uses: This request is for Engineers (USACE) in association with fault log, and 0 minutes for at-sea scale extension of a current information the nonfederal sponsor, the Virginia video monitoring. collection. Regulations at 50 CFR Port Authority, an agent of the Estimated Total Annual Burden 660.704 require that all commercial Commonwealth of Virginia, announces Hours: 1,826. fishing vessels with permits issued the availability of the Norfolk Harbor Estimated Total Annual Cost to under authority of the National Marine Navigation Improvements Draft General Public: $14,628 in recordkeeping/ Fishery Service’s (NMFS) Fishery Reevaluation Report/Environmental reporting costs. Management Plan for United States Assessment (GRR/EA) for public review (U.S.) West Coast Highly Migratory and comment. The purpose of this Draft sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES IV. Request for Comments Species Fisheries display the vessel’s GRR/EA is to identify whether the Comments are invited on: (a) Whether official number (U.S. Coast Guard original authorized plan is still in the the proposed collection of information documentation number or state federal interest and to evaluate is necessary for the proper performance registration number). The numbers must alternatives that have the potential to of the functions of the agency, including be of a specific size and format and improve the current and future whether the information shall have located at specified locations. The operational efficiency of commercial practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the official number must be affixed to each vessels currently using the Norfolk VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:32 Nov 08, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09NON1.SGM 09NON1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2018.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to the West Coast Regional Office--7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115, Keeley Kent, telephone number ((206) 526-4655), or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 52040 
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