[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37781-37782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14978]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northwest Region Federal Fisheries Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0203.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 586.
    Average Hours per Response: Limited entry permit LEP) renewal, 20 
minutes; LEP transfer, 30 minutes; ownership interest form, 10 minutes; 
Exempted Fishery Permit (EFP) proposal, 32 hours; pre-season plan, 16 
hours; data reports, 2 hours; summary reports, 24 hours.
    Burden Hours: 983.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    The Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801) provides that the 
Secretary of Commerce is responsible for the conservation and 
management of marine fisheries resources in Exclusive Economic Zone (3-
200 miles) of the United States (U.S.). NOAA Fisheries, Northwest 
Region manages the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery in the Exclusive 
Economic Zone (EEZ) off Washington, Oregon, and California under the 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. The regulations 
implementing the Pacific Groundfish Fishery require that those 
individuals participating in the limited entry fishery have a valid 
limited entry permit. Participation in the fishery and access to a 
limited entry permit has been restricted to control the overall harvest 
capacity.
    NOAA Fisheries seeks comment on the extension of permit information 
collections required for: (1) Renewal and transfer of Pacific Coast 
Groundfish limited entry permits; (2) implementation of certain 
provisions of the sablefish permit stacking program as provided for at 
50 CFR 660.231 and 660.25; and (3) issuing and fulfilling the terms and 
conditions of certain exempted fishing permits (EFPs).
    Revisions: (1) Addition of a mandatory question to the renewal form 
to determine if a permit owner registered to a permit is considered a 
small business as defined by the Small Business Act. This information 
assists regional staff in preparing initial and final regulatory 
flexibility analyses required as part of various rulemakings. (2) 
Certification statement on the ownership interest, transfer and renewal 
forms will include a clause that the individual making the 
certification

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(signing the form) is authorized to do so, and make them consistent 
with other certification statements on other forms.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, semi-annually, monthly and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: June 19, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-14978 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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