83_FR_50840 83 FR 50645 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports

83 FR 50645 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Amendment 80 Permits and Reports

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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

Page Range50645-50646
FR Document2018-21522

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 50645-50646]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21522]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region 
Amendment 80 Permits and 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 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 pracomments@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Stephanie Warpinski, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area allocates several 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl 
groundfish fisheries among trawl fishery sectors, established a limited 
access privilege program, and facilitated the formation of harvesting 
cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/
processor sector.
    The Amendment 80 Program encourages the formation of cooperatives 
and cooperative fishing practices among all persons holding Amendment 
80 quota share (QS) permits. The cooperatives that receive allocations 
of cooperative quota (CQ) allow vessel operators to make operational 
choices to improve fishery returns, reduce prohibited species catch 
usage, and reduce fish discards.
    This information collection is necessary to manage participation in 
the Amendment 80 Program. This collection contains applications used by 
persons to apply for QS, to apply for an Amendment 80 limited access 
fishery permit, and to transfer QS; by cooperatives to apply for CQ and 
transfer CQ; by cooperatives or CDQ groups to exchange CQ for one 
eligible flatfish species with CQ of a different eligible flatfish 
species; and by Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace their vessels. 
Additionally, this collection includes the process used to appeal an 
application that is denied.

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, and faxed or mailed to 
NMFS. The Flatfish Exchange Application must be submitted online 
through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login. The Application for 
Inter-cooperative Transfer of Amendment 80 CQ is submitted to NMFS 
through eFISH with the option to mail, fax, or deliver the application. 
The appeals letter must be submitted by mail or delivery. All other 
elements of this collection may be submitted to NMFS by mail, fax, or 
delivery.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0565.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours each for Application for 
Amendment 80 QS, Application for Amendment 80 CQ Permit, Application 
for Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery Permit, Application to Transfer 
Amendment 80 QS, Application for Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement, and 
Application for Inter-cooperative Transfer of Amendment 80 CQ; 4 hours 
for Amendment 80 appeals letter; 5 minutes for Flatfish Exchange 
Application.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 130 hours.

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    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $129 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: September 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-21522 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
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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. Amendment 80 quota share (QS) Hours: 130 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:13 Oct 05, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1

50646 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2018 / Notices Estimated Total Annual Cost to Protected Species (APPS) home page, sources up to 74 green, 90 Kemp’s Public: $129 in recordkeeping and https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then ridley, 72 leatherback, one unidentified, reporting costs. selecting File No. 22218 from the list of and 115 loggerhead sea turtles annually available applications. for study; each animal may be IV. Request for Comments These documents are also available recaptured two times a year for Comments are invited on: (a) Whether upon written request or by appointment monitoring and removing gear. These the proposed collection of information in the Permits and Conservation animals may be observed via manned is necessary for the proper performance Division, Office of Protected Resources, and unmanned aircraft prior to capture, of the functions of the agency, including NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room and examined, measured, marked, whether the information shall have 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone biologically sampled, and have up to practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the (301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. two transmitters attached prior to agency’s estimate of the burden Written comments on this application release. Animals may be temporarily (including hours and cost) of the should be submitted to the Chief, observed via a remotely operated proposed collection of information; (c) Permits and Conservation Division, at vehicle underwater after release. Sea ways to enhance the quality, utility, and the address listed above. Comments may turtle parts, tissues and carcasses from clarity of the information to be also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 500 animals annually may be received, collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 713–0376, or by email to imported or exported for study. burden of the collection of information NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please Dated: October 3, 2018. on respondents, including through the include the File No. in the subject line Julia Marie Harrison, use of automated collection techniques of the email comment. or other forms of information Those individuals requesting a public Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National technology. hearing should submit a written request Marine Fisheries Service. Comments submitted in response to to the Chief, Permits and Conservation [FR Doc. 2018–21852 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] this notice will be summarized and/or Division at the address listed above. The BILLING CODE 3510–22–P included in the request for OMB request should set forth the specific approval of this information collection; reasons why a hearing on this they also will become a matter of public application would be appropriate. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: September 28, 2018. Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, (301) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Sarah Brabson, 427–8401. Administration NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the Announcement for the Upcoming [FR Doc. 2018–21522 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am] authority of the Endangered Species Act Small Business Innovation Research BILLING CODE P of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. Program (SBIR) Notice of Funding 1531 et seq.) and the regulations Opportunity and Procurement Award DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE governing the taking, importing, and Changes for Fiscal Year 2019 and exporting of endangered and threatened Beyond National Oceanic and Atmospheric species (50 CFR parts 222–226). AGENCY: National Oceanic and Administration The applicant requests a 10-year Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), RIN 0648–XG499 permit to conduct research on sea Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Research (OAR), Technology Endangered Species; File No. 22218 in its coastal and estuarine Partnerships Office (TPO), Department environments from North Carolina to of Commerce (DOC). AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Maine and international waters. The Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and ACTION: Notice of awards process change objectives of the research are to (1) and announcement of upcoming Small Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), identify sea turtle stocks and breeding Commerce. Business Innovation Research grants population origins for juvenile through opportunity for FY 2019. ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. adult life stages, (2) improve knowledge of sea turtle life history, vital rates, and The U.S. Department of Commerce, SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that sex ratios, (3) identify important marine National Oceanic and Atmospheric the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science habitats, (4) estimate sea turtle Administration (NOAA) will be Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, distribution and abundance, (5) assess processing all Small Business MA 02543 [Responsible Party: Dr. Jon anthropogenic impacts to sea turtles, Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Hare], has applied in due form for a and (6) provide data to assist in agency awards as grants beginning in FY 2019. permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), mitigation and monitoring efforts. Our goals are: Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Researchers request 100 takes of each 1. To transition the SBIR award leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), species and 75 unidentified sea turtles process from acquisition (Contracts) to loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and annually for harassment during aerial financial assistance (Grants), in order to: unidentified hardshell sea turtles for (manned and unmanned) and vessel a. Expand the scope of SBIR research purposes of scientific research. surveys for sighting, counting, and projects, allowing more creativity on the DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email monitoring animals and methods that part of interested small businesses and amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 comments must be received on or before do not result in capture—remote generating interest beyond ‘‘veteran’’ November 8, 2018. scanning for PIT tags, remote suction SBIR participants; and ADDRESSES: The application and related cup tagging, observation, photography, b. Streamlining the award and funds documents are available for review by photogrammetry, and tracking. distribution processes, refining NOAA’s selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public Researchers request to capture (by hand, internal operations and facilitating Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on dip net, cast net, encirclement net, hoop prompt and seamless payments for the Applications and Permits for net or seine) or obtain from other legal participating small businesses. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:13 Oct 05, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1


Document Created: 2018-10-06 00:58:26
Document Modified: 2018-10-06 00:58:26
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 Stephanie Warpinski, 907-586-7228.
FR Citation83 FR 50645 
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