83 FR 42644 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 164 (August 23, 2018)

Page Range		42644-42644
FR Document		2018-18171

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands 
Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and Reporting

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 22, 
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 Walter Ikehara, (808) 725-5175 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a current information collection.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires any U.S. 
citizen issued a Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit to 
complete logbooks and submit them to NMFS (50 CFR 665). The Special 
Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit is authorized under the Fishery 
Ecosystem Plans for American Samoa Archipelago, Hawaiian Archipelago, 
Mariana Archipelago, and Pacific Remote Island Areas. The information 
in the logbooks is used to obtain fish catch/fishing effort data on 
coral reef fishes and invertebrates harvested in designated low-use 
marine protected areas and on those listed in the regulations as 
potentially-harvested coral reef taxa in waters of the U.S. exclusive 
economic zone in the western Pacific region. These data are needed to 
determine the condition of the stocks, whether the current management 
measures are having the intended effects, and to evaluate the benefits 
and costs of changes in management measures. The logbook information 
includes interactions with protected species, including sea turtles, 
monk seals, and other marine mammals, which are used to monitor and 
respond to incidental takes of endangered and threatened marine 
species.

II. Method of Collection

    Reports are submitted to NMFS in the form of paper logbook sheets 
and paper transshipment forms within 30 days of each landing of coral 
reef harvest. No electronic forms or web-based reporting is currently 
available. Notifications are submitted via telephone.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0462.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Pre-trip and pre-landing 
notifications, 3 minutes; logbook reports, 30 minutes; transshipment 
reports, 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 18.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $100 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: August 19, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Treaty, decisions of the Commission, directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725– IV. Request for Comments
and other U.S. law. In total, NMFS has 5175 or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
tentatively identified two no-action SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the proposed collection of information
alternatives, three action alternatives is necessary for the proper performance
related to controls on the type and I. Abstract
of the functions of the agency, including
amount of fishing (Table 1), and three This request is for extension of a whether the information shall have
alternatives related to the allocation and current information collection. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
use of fishing privileges. NMFS plans to The National Marine Fisheries Service agency’s estimate of the burden
analyze the environmental (NMFS) requires any U.S. citizen issued (including hours and cost) of the
consequences of implementing each of a Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing proposed collection of information; (c)
the alternatives by assessing the direct, Permit to complete logbooks and submit ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
indirect, and cumulative effects of each them to NMFS (50 CFR 665). The clarity of the information to be
to the human environment in the Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Permit is authorized under the Fishery burden of the collection of information
By evaluating alternatives that span Ecosystem Plans for American Samoa on respondents, including through the
the full range of reasonably foreseeable Archipelago, Hawaiian Archipelago, use of automated collection techniques
future management measures, the Mariana Archipelago, and Pacific or other forms of information
environmental impacts of future Remote Island Areas. The information technology.
management actions not explicitly in the logbooks is used to obtain fish Comments submitted in response to
analyzed could be estimated relative to catch/fishing effort data on coral reef this notice will be summarized and/or
those calculated in this EIS. fishes and invertebrates harvested in included in the request for OMB
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. designated low-use marine protected approval of this information collection;
Dated: August 20, 2018. areas and on those listed in the they also will become a matter of public
Margo B. Schulze-Haugen,
regulations as potentially-harvested record.
coral reef taxa in waters of the U.S. Dated: August 19, 2018.
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
exclusive economic zone in the western Sarah Brabson,
Pacific region. These data are needed to
[FR Doc. 2018–18194 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
determine the condition of the stocks,
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whether the current management
measures are having the intended BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

effects, and to evaluate the benefits and
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
costs of changes in management
measures. The logbook information DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration includes interactions with protected National Oceanic and Atmospheric
species, including sea turtles, monk Administration
Proposed Information Collection; seals, and other marine mammals,
Comment Request; Pacific Islands which are used to monitor and respond Proposed Information Collection;
Region Coral Reef Ecosystems to incidental takes of endangered and Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Logbook and Reporting threatened marine species. Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Permit
AGENCY: National Oceanic and II. Method of Collection Form
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Reports are submitted to NMFS in the AGENCY: National Oceanic and
Commerce. form of paper logbook sheets and paper Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
ACTION: Notice. transshipment forms within 30 days of Commerce.
each landing of coral reef harvest. No ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of
electronic forms or web-based reporting
Commerce, as part of its continuing The Department of
SUMMARY:
is currently available. Notifications are
effort to reduce paperwork and Commerce, as part of its continuing
submitted via telephone.
respondent burden, invites the general effort to reduce paperwork and
public and other Federal agencies to III. Data respondent burden, invites the general
take this opportunity to comment on public and other Federal agencies to
OMB Control Number: 0648–0462.
proposed and/or continuing information take this opportunity to comment on
Form Number(s): None.
collections, as required by the proposed and/or continuing information
Type of Review: Regular submission
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. collections, as required by the
(extension of a currently approved
DATES: Written comments must be Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
information collection).
submitted on or before October 22, Affected Public: Business or other for- DATES : Written comments must be
2018. profit organizations; individuals or submitted on or before October 22,
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments households. 2018.
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Estimated Time Per Response: Pre-trip to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, and pre-landing notifications, 3 Paperwork Clearance Officer,
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, minutes; logbook reports, 30 minutes; Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the transshipment reports, 15 minutes. 14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
internet at docpra@doc.gov). Estimated Total Annual Burden Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hours: 18. internet at docpra@doc.gov).
Requests for additional information or Estimated Total Annual Cost to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
copies of the information collection Public: $100 in recordkeeping/reporting Requests for additional information or
instrument and instructions should be costs. copies of the information collection

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Written comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2018.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725-5175 or [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 42644

83 FR 42644 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 164 (August 23, 2018)

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