82_FR_9751 82 FR 9726 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Special Subsistence Permits and Harvest Logs for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off Alaska

82 FR 9726 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Special Subsistence Permits and Harvest Logs for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)

Page Range9726-9726
FR Document2017-02591

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 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 9726]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02591]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Special 
Subsistence Permits and Harvest Logs for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off 
Alaska

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 April 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 instruments and instructions 
should be directed to Rachel Baker, (907) 586-7425 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    This information collection describes special permits issued to 
participants in the Pacific halibut subsistence fishery in waters off 
the coast of Alaska and any appeals resulting from denials. The 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) designed the permits to work 
in conjunction with other halibut harvest assessment measures. 
Subsistence fishing for halibut has occurred for many years among the 
Alaska Native people and non-Native people. Special permits are 
initiated in response to the concerns of Native and community groups 
regarding increased restrictions in International Pacific Halibut 
Commission Area 2C and include Community Harvest Permits, Ceremonial 
Permits, and Educational Permits.
    A Community Harvest Permit allows the community or Alaska Native 
tribe to appoint one or more individuals from its respective community 
or tribe to harvest subsistence halibut from a single vessel under 
reduced gear and harvest restrictions.
    Ceremonial and Educational Permits are available exclusively to 
Alaska Native tribes. Eligible Alaska Native tribes may appoint only 
one Ceremonial Permit Coordinator per tribe for Ceremonial Permits or 
one authorized Instructor per tribe for Educational Permits.
    Except for enrolled students fishing under a valid Educational 
Permit, special permits require persons fishing under them to also 
possess a Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) (see OMB 
No. 0648-0460) which identifies those persons who are currently 
eligible for subsistence halibut fishing. Each of the instruments is 
designed to minimize the reporting burden on subsistence halibut 
fishermen while retrieving essential information.

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include online, email of electronic forms, mail, 
and facsimile transmission of paper forms. Educational Permits may not 
be applied for online.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0512.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; state, local, or tribal 
government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
    Estimated Time per Response: Permit applications, 10 minutes; 
Community harvest log, 30 minutes; Ceremonial or educational harvest 
log, 30 minutes; Appeal for permit denial, 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $21 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: February 3, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-02591 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                      (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium.                   I. Abstract                                             Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                      Finished carbon steel flanges are currently                                                                 households; state, local, or tribal
                                                    classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010                  This request is for extension of a
                                                                                                            currently approved information                        government.
                                                    and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff                                                                       Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                                    Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They             collection.
                                                                                                                                                                  33.
                                                    may also be entered under HTSUS                            This information collection describes                Estimated Time per Response: Permit
                                                    subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070.              special permits issued to participants in
                                                    The HTSUS subheadings are provided for                                                                        applications, 10 minutes; Community
                                                                                                            the Pacific halibut subsistence fishery in            harvest log, 30 minutes; Ceremonial or
                                                    convenience and customs purposes; the                   waters off the coast of Alaska and any
                                                    written description of the scope is                                                                           educational harvest log, 30 minutes;
                                                                                                            appeals resulting from denials. The                   Appeal for permit denial, 4 hours.
                                                    dispositive.
                                                                                                            National Marine Fisheries Service                       Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                    Appendix II                                             (NMFS) designed the permits to work in                Hours: 17.
                                                    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                                            conjunction with other halibut harvest                  Estimated Total Annual Cost to
                                                    Decision Memorandum                                     assessment measures. Subsistence                      Public: $21 in recordkeeping/reporting
                                                                                                            fishing for halibut has occurred for                  costs.
                                                    1. Summary
                                                    2. Background
                                                                                                            many years among the Alaska Native
                                                                                                            people and non-Native people. Special                 IV. Request for Comments
                                                    3. Period of Investigation
                                                    4. Scope of the Investigation                           permits are initiated in response to the                 Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
                                                    5. Scope Comments                                       concerns of Native and community                      the proposed collection of information
                                                    6. Application of Facts Available and Use of            groups regarding increased restrictions               is necessary for the proper performance
                                                         Adverse Inference                                  in International Pacific Halibut                      of the functions of the agency, including
                                                    7. Calculation of All-Others Rate                       Commission Area 2C and include                        whether the information shall have
                                                    8. Verification                                         Community Harvest Permits,                            practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
                                                    9. Conclusion                                           Ceremonial Permits, and Educational                   agency’s estimate of the burden
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–02606 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am]              Permits.                                              (including hours and cost) of the
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                     A Community Harvest Permit allows                  proposed collection of information; (c)
                                                                                                            the community or Alaska Native tribe to               ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                            appoint one or more individuals from                  clarity of the information to be
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  its respective community or tribe to                  collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
                                                                                                            harvest subsistence halibut from a single             burden of the collection of information
                                                    National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                            vessel under reduced gear and harvest                 on respondents, including through the
                                                    Administration
                                                                                                            restrictions.                                         use of automated collection techniques
                                                    Proposed Information Collection;                           Ceremonial and Educational Permits                 or other forms of information
                                                    Comment Request; Special                                are available exclusively to Alaska                   technology.
                                                    Subsistence Permits and Harvest Logs                    Native tribes. Eligible Alaska Native                    Comments submitted in response to
                                                    for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off Alaska                tribes may appoint only one Ceremonial                this notice will be summarized and/or
                                                                                                            Permit Coordinator per tribe for                      included in the request for OMB
                                                    AGENCY:National Oceanic and                             Ceremonial Permits or one authorized                  approval of this information collection;
                                                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                      Instructor per tribe for Educational                  they also will become a matter of public
                                                    Commerce.                                               Permits.                                              record.
                                                                                                               Except for enrolled students fishing                 Dated: February 3, 2017.
                                                    ACTION:   Notice.
                                                                                                            under a valid Educational Permit,                     Sarah Brabson,
                                                    SUMMARY:    The Department of                           special permits require persons fishing
                                                                                                                                                                  NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
                                                    Commerce, as part of its continuing                     under them to also possess a
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–02591 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    effort to reduce paperwork and                          Subsistence Halibut Registration
                                                                                                                                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                    respondent burden, invites the general                  Certificate (SHARC) (see OMB No.
                                                    public and other Federal agencies to                    0648–0460) which identifies those
                                                    take this opportunity to comment on                     persons who are currently eligible for
                                                                                                            subsistence halibut fishing. Each of the              CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
                                                    proposed and/or continuing information                                                                        COMMUNITY SERVICE
                                                    collections, as required by the                         instruments is designed to minimize the
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                        reporting burden on subsistence halibut
                                                                                                                                                                  Proposed Information Collection;
                                                                                                            fishermen while retrieving essential
                                                    DATES:Written comments must be                                                                                Comment Request
                                                                                                            information.
                                                    submitted on or before April 10, 2017.                                                                        AGENCY: Corporation for National and
                                                                                                            II. Method of Collection
                                                    ADDRESSES:    Direct all written comments                                                                     Community Service.
                                                    to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental                           Respondents have a choice of either                ACTION: Notice.
                                                    Paperwork Clearance Officer,                            electronic or paper forms. Methods of
                                                    Department of Commerce, Room 6616,                      submittal include online, email of                    SUMMARY:    The Corporation for National
                                                    14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,                       electronic forms, mail, and facsimile                 and Community Service (CNCS), as part
                                                    Washington, DC 20230 (or via the                        transmission of paper forms.                          of its continuing effort to reduce
                                                                                                                                                                  paperwork and respondent burden,
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                                                    Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).                           Educational Permits may not be applied
                                                                                                            for online.                                           conducts a pre-clearance consultation
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              program to provide the general public
                                                    Requests for additional information or                  III. Data                                             and federal agencies with an
                                                    copies of the information collection                      OMB Control Number: 0648–0512.                      opportunity to comment on proposed
                                                    instruments and instructions should be                    Form Number: None.                                  and/or continuing collections of
                                                    directed to Rachel Baker, (907) 586–                      Type of Review: Regular submission                  information in accordance with the
                                                    7425 or rachel.baker@noaa.gov.                          (extension of a currently approved                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              collection).                                          (PRA95) . This program helps to ensure


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2017.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instruments and instructions should be directed to Rachel Baker, (907) 586-7425 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 9726 

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