83_FR_50839 83 FR 50644 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program

83 FR 50644 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 195 (October 9, 2018)

Page Range50644-50645
FR Document2018-21815

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 83 Issue 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50644-50645]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21815]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska 
Community Quota Entity (CQE) 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 December 10, 
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 Gabrielle Aberle, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    The Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program provides eligible 
communities in Alaska the means for starting or supporting commercial 
fisheries activities that will result in an ongoing, regionally based, 
fisheries-related economy. Under the Community Quota Entity Program, 46 
eligible communities are authorized to form nonprofit entities called 
CQEs to participate in certain Federal limited access privilege 
programs.
    Under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) CQE Program, CQEs may 
purchase commercial halibut and sablefish quota share (QS) for lease to 
residents of the eligible community. Under the Charter Halibut Limited 
Access Program, CQEs may request community charter halibut permits 
(CHPs) for use in southeast Alaska and the central Gulf of Alaska. 
Under the License Limitation Program (LLP), CQEs may request non-trawl 
groundfish LLP licenses endorsed for Pacific cod in the central or 
western Gulf of Alaska.
    This information collection contains the applications and reporting 
requirements for CQEs. This collection contains applications used by a 
nonprofit corporation to become a CQE; by CQEs to receive nontrawl 
groundfish LLP licenses and CHP permits; by CQEs to transfer or receive 
IFQ QS; by CQEs to transfer IFQ to an eligible community resident or 
non-resident; and by CQEs to transfer between commercial halibut IFQ 
and halibut guided angler fish (GAF). In addition, this collection 
contains two reporting requirements: An annual report and an 
authorization letter. Annually each CQE must submit a report describing 
its business operations and fishing activities for each eligible 
community it represents. CQEs requesting LLP groundfish licenses must 
annually submit an authorization letter that assigns each community LLP 
license to a user and vessel.

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II. Method of Collection

    The applications are available as fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska 
Region website at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries-applications that may be downloaded, printed, faxed or mailed to NMFS. 
The CQE annual report must be mailed. The CQE authorization letter may 
be submitted as an attachment to an email.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0665.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 200 hours for Application for a Non-
profit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE; 2 hours each for 
Application to transfer QS IFQ to or from a CQE, Application for CQE to 
Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident, and 
Application for Transfer between IFQ and GAF by a CQE; 20 hours for 
Application for a CQE to Receive a Nontrawl Groundfish LLP License; 40 
hours for CQE Annual Report; 1 hour each for Application for Community 
Charter Halibut Permit and CQE LLP Authorization Letter.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,884 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $264 in recordkeeping and 
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: October 3, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-21815 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-12-P

50644 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / Notices I. Abstract Affected Public: Individuals or ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments This request is for extension of a households. to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental currently approved information Estimated Number of Respondents: Paperwork Clearance Officer, collection. 100,000. Department of Commerce, Room 6616, Marine recreational anglers are Estimated Time per Response: 5 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, surveyed to collect catch and effort data, minutes for intercepted anglers. Washington, DC 20230 (or via the fish biology data, and angler Estimated Total Annual Burden internet at pracomments@doc.gov). socioeconomic characteristics. These Hours: 8,333. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: data are required to carry out provisions Estimated Total Annual Cost to Requests for additional information or of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting copies of the information collection Conservation and Management Act (16 costs. instrument and instructions should be U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, IV. Request for Comments directed to Gabrielle Aberle, 907–586– regarding conservation and management 7228. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether of fishery resources. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the proposed collection of information Marine recreational fishing catch and effort data are collected through a is necessary for the proper performance I. Abstract combination of mail surveys, telephone of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have This request is for extension of a surveys and on-site intercept surveys currently approved information with recreational anglers. Amendments practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden collection. to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery The Community Quota Entity (CQE) Conservation and Management Act (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) Program provides eligible communities (MSA) require the development of an in Alaska the means for starting or improved data collection program for ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be supporting commercial fisheries recreational fisheries. To partially meet activities that will result in an ongoing, these requirements, NOAA Fisheries collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information regionally based, fisheries-related designed and implemented a new economy. Under the Community Quota Access-Point Angler Intercept Survey on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques Entity Program, 46 eligible communities (APAIS) in 2013 to ensure better are authorized to form nonprofit entities coverage and representation of or other forms of information technology. called CQEs to participate in certain recreational fishing activity. Federal limited access privilege The APAIS intercepts marine Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or programs. recreational fishers at public-access sites Under the Individual Fishing Quota in coastal counties from Maine to included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; (IFQ) CQE Program, CQEs may purchase Mississippi and Hawaii to obtain they also will become a matter of public commercial halibut and sablefish quota information about the just-completed record. share (QS) for lease to residents of the day’s fishing activity. Respondents are eligible community. Under the Charter asked about the time and type of fishing, Dated: October 3, 2018. Halibut Limited Access Program, CQEs the angler’s avidity and residence Sarah Brabson, may request community charter halibut location, and details of any catch of NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. permits (CHPs) for use in southeast finfish. Species identification, number, [FR Doc. 2018–21862 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] Alaska and the central Gulf of Alaska. and size are collected for any available BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Under the License Limitation Program landed catch. Data collected from the (LLP), CQEs may request non-trawl APAIS are used to estimate the catch groundfish LLP licenses endorsed for per angler of recreational saltwater DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Pacific cod in the central or western fishers. These APAIS estimates are Gulf of Alaska. combined with estimates derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric This information collection contains independent but complementary Administration the applications and reporting surveys of fishing effort, the Fishing requirements for CQEs. This collection Effort Survey and the For-Hire Survey, Proposed Information Collection; contains applications used by a to estimate total, state-level fishing Comment Request; Alaska Community nonprofit corporation to become a CQE; catch, by species, and participation. Quota Entity (CQE) Program by CQEs to receive nontrawl groundfish These estimates are used in the LLP licenses and CHP permits; by CQEs AGENCY: National Oceanic and development, implementation, and to transfer or receive IFQ QS; by CQEs Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), monitoring of fishery management to transfer IFQ to an eligible community Commerce. programs by the NMFS, regional fishery resident or non-resident; and by CQEs to ACTION: Notice. management councils, interstate marine transfer between commercial halibut fisheries commissions, and state fishery SUMMARY: The Department of IFQ and halibut guided angler fish agencies. Commerce, as part of its continuing (GAF). In addition, this collection II. Method of Collection effort to reduce paperwork and contains two reporting requirements: An respondent burden, invites the general annual report and an authorization Information will be collected through public and other Federal agencies to letter. Annually each CQE must submit onsite in-person interviews. amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 take this opportunity to comment on a report describing its business III. Data proposed and/or continuing information operations and fishing activities for each OMB Number: 0648–0659. collections, as required by the eligible community it represents. CQEs Form Number: None. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. requesting LLP groundfish licenses must Type of Review: Regular submission DATES: Written comments must be annually submit an authorization letter (extension of a current information submitted on or before December 10, that assigns each community LLP collection). 2018. license to a user and vessel. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:13 Oct 05, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / Notices 50645 II. Method of Collection Dated: October 3, 2018. permits. The cooperatives that receive Sarah Brabson, allocations of cooperative quota (CQ) The applications are available as allow vessel operators to make NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska operational choices to improve fishery [FR Doc. 2018–21815 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] Region website at https:// returns, reduce prohibited species catch BILLING CODE 3510–12–P alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries- usage, and reduce fish discards. applications that may be downloaded, This information collection is printed, faxed or mailed to NMFS. The necessary to manage participation in the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CQE annual report must be mailed. The Amendment 80 Program. This collection CQE authorization letter may be National Oceanic and Atmospheric contains applications used by persons to submitted as an attachment to an email. Administration apply for QS, to apply for an III. Data Amendment 80 limited access fishery Proposed Information Collection; permit, and to transfer QS; by OMB Control Number: 0648–0665. Comment Request; Alaska Region cooperatives to apply for CQ and Form Number(s): None. Amendment 80 Permits and Reports transfer CQ; by cooperatives or CDQ Type of Review: Regular submission AGENCY: National Oceanic and groups to exchange CQ for one eligible (extension of a current information Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), flatfish species with CQ of a different collection). Commerce. eligible flatfish species; and by Affected Public: Not-for-profit ACTION: Notice. Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace institutions; Individuals or households. their vessels. Additionally, this SUMMARY: The Department of collection includes the process used to Estimated Number of Respondents: Commerce, as part of its continuing appeal an application that is denied. 75. effort to reduce paperwork and Estimated Time Per Response: 200 II. Method of Collection respondent burden, invites the general hours for Application for a Non-profit public and other Federal agencies to The applications are available as Corporation to be Designated as a CQE; take this opportunity to comment on fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska 2 hours each for Application to transfer proposed and/or continuing information Region website at https:// QS IFQ to or from a CQE, Application collections, as required by the alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries- for CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. applications that may be downloaded, Community Resident or Non-resident, DATES: Written comments must be printed, and faxed or mailed to NMFS. and Application for Transfer between submitted on or before December 10, The Flatfish Exchange Application must IFQ and GAF by a CQE; 20 hours for 2018. be submitted online through eFISH on Application for a CQE to Receive a the NMFS Alaska Region website at Nontrawl Groundfish LLP License; 40 ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ hours for CQE Annual Report; 1 hour to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental webapps/efish/login. The Application each for Application for Community Paperwork Clearance Officer, for Inter-cooperative Transfer of Charter Halibut Permit and CQE LLP Department of Commerce, Room 6616, Amendment 80 CQ is submitted to Authorization Letter. 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, NMFS through eFISH with the option to Estimated Total Annual Burden Washington, DC 20230 (or via the mail, fax, or deliver the application. The Hours: 1,884 hours. internet at pracomments@doc.gov). appeals letter must be submitted by mail FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: or delivery. All other elements of this Estimated Total Annual Cost to Requests for additional information or collection may be submitted to NMFS Public: $264 in recordkeeping and copies of the information collection by mail, fax, or delivery. reporting costs. instrument and instructions should be IV. Request for Comments directed to Stephanie Warpinski, 907– III. Data 586–7228. OMB Control Number: 0648–0565. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Form Number(s): None. the proposed collection of information Type of Review: Regular submission is necessary for the proper performance I. Abstract (extension of a current information of the functions of the agency, including This request is for extension of a collection). whether the information shall have currently approved information Affected Public: Business or other for- practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the collection. profit organizations; Individuals or agency’s estimate of the burden Amendment 80 to the Fishery households. (including hours and cost) of the Management Plan for Groundfish of the Estimated Number of Respondents: proposed collection of information; (c) Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 33. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Management Area allocates several Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours clarity of the information to be Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands each for Application for Amendment 80 collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Management Area non-pollock trawl QS, Application for Amendment 80 CQ burden of the collection of information groundfish fisheries among trawl fishery Permit, Application for Amendment 80 on respondents, including through the sectors, established a limited access Limited Access Fishery Permit, use of automated collection techniques privilege program, and facilitated the Application to Transfer Amendment 80 or other forms of information formation of harvesting cooperatives in QS, Application for Amendment 80 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 technology. the non-American Fisheries Act (non- Vessel Replacement, and Application Comments submitted in response to AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector. for Inter-cooperative Transfer of this notice will be summarized and/or The Amendment 80 Program Amendment 80 CQ; 4 hours for included in the request for OMB encourages the formation of Amendment 80 appeals letter; 5 minutes approval of this information collection; cooperatives and cooperative fishing for Flatfish Exchange Application. they also will become a matter of public practices among all persons holding Estimated Total Annual Burden record. 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Document Created: 2018-10-06 00:58:39
Document Modified: 2018-10-06 00:58:39
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 December 10, 2018.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Gabrielle Aberle, 907-586-7228.
FR Citation83 FR 50644 
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