[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62493-62494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25224]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Modification
Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16
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 14,
2012.
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 JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Allison Murphy, (978) 281-9122 or
Allison.murphy@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for revision and extension of a current information
collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the responsibility for
the conservation and management of marine fishery resources. We,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the Regional Fishery Management
Councils are delegated the majority of this responsibility. The New
England Fishery Management Council (Council) develops management plans
for fishery resources in New England.
In 2010, we implemented a new suite of regulations for the
Northeast (NE) multispecies fishery through Amendment 16 to the
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (Amendment 16). This action
updated status determination criteria for all regulated NE multispecies
or ocean pout stocks; adopted rebuilding programs for NE multispecies
stocks newly classified as being overfished and subject to overfishing;
revised management measures, including significant revisions to the
sector management measures, necessary to end overfishing, rebuild
overfished regulated NE multispecies and ocean pout stocks, and
mitigate the adverse economic impacts of increased effort controls. It
also implemented new requirements under Amendment 16 for establishing
acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch limits (ACLs), and
accountability measures (AMs) for each stock managed under the FMP,
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Revisions:
Not all measures that were included in Amendment 16 were ultimately
approved, including the Gulf of Maine Sink Gillnet Pilot Program, which
would have necessitated a Letter of Authorization (LOA) had it been
approved. Therefore, we propose to remove this requirement from the
information collection. In addition, Framework 47 to the Multispecies
FMP removed Restricted Gear Requirements from the regulations.
Therefore the requirement to declare into these areas via vessel
monitoring system (VMS), or to receive an LOA are also proposed to be
removed from this information collection.
In an attempt to consolidate reporting requirements that are
mandated by the NE multispecies regulation, we propose moving some
requirements out of OMB Control No. 0648-0202, Northeast Region Permit
Family of Forms, and into this collection, including: The Days-at-Sea
(DAS) Transfer Program, Expedited Submission of Proposed Special Access
Programs (SAPs), and North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Reporting Requirements.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must submit either paper forms via postal service, or
electronic forms submitted via the internet or vessels' vessel
monitoring system (VMS).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0605.
Form Number: None.
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Type of Review: Regular submission (revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,482.
Estimated Time per Response: Sector operations plan and associated
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis, 640 hours;
monitoring service provider response to application disapproval, 10
hours; Data entry for sector discard monitoring system, 3 minutes;
Sector weekly catch report, 4 hours; Sector annual report, 12 hours;
Notification of expulsion from a sector, 30 min; Request to transfer
Annual Catch Entitlement (ACE), 5 minutes; VMS certification form, 10
minutes; VMS confirmation call, 5 minutes; VMS area and DAS
declaration, 5 minutes; VMS trip-level catch reports and Daily VMS
catch reports, 15 minutes; Pre-trip hail report to a dockside
monitoring (DSM) service provider, 2 minutes; Trip-end hail report to a
DSM service provider, 15 minutes; Confirmation of DSM trip-end hail
report, 2 minutes; Forward trip start/end hails to NMFS, 2 minutes;
Notification to vessel/sector/NMFS of monitor emergency, 5 minutes;
DSM/roving service provider data entry, 3 minutes; Dockside/roving or
at-sea monitor deployment report, 10 minutes; DSM/roving or at-sea
monitoring (ASM) service provider catch report to NMFS upon request,
minutes; Dockside/roving or at-sea monitor report of harassment and
other issues, 30 minutes; Copy of DSM/roving or ASM service provider
contract or information materials upon request, 30 minutes; OLE
debriefing of dockside/roving or at-sea monitors, 2 hours; ASM Pre-Trip
Notification and Vessel notification of selection for at-sea monitoring
coverage, 5 minutes each; NMFS ASM Database and Data Entry, 30 minutes
n; Observer program pre-trip notification, 2 minutes; Copy of the
dealer weigh-out slip or dealer signature of the dockside monitor
report, 2 minutes; DAS Transfer Program, 5 min; Expedited Submission of
Proposed SAPs, 20 hr; NAFO Reporting Requirements, 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 78,719.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $3,486,168.
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 9, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-25224 Filed 10-12-12; 8:45 am]
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