[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35150-35151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14320]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NMFS Alaska 
Region American Fisheries Act Reports

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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 August 18, 2014.

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 Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586-7008 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    On October 21, 1998, the President signed into law The American 
Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 (AFA). The AFA

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established a limited access program for the inshore sector of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery that is based on 
the formation of fishery cooperatives around each inshore pollock 
processor. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issues a single 
pollock allocation to each cooperative and the cooperative may make 
sub-allocations of pollock to each individual vessel owner in the 
cooperative.
     With respect to the fisheries off Alaska, the AFA Program 
is a suite of management measures that fall into four general 
regulatory categories:
     Limit access into the fishing and processing sectors of 
the BSAI pollock fishery and that allocate pollock to such sectors (50 
CFR 679.64).
     Govern the formation and operation of fishery cooperatives 
in the BSAI pollock fishery, including filing of cooperative contracts 
(50 CFR 679.61 and 679.62).
     Protection of other fisheries from spillover effects from 
the AFA (50 CFR 679.64).
     Govern catch measurement and monitoring in the BSAI 
pollock fishery, including filing of annual reports and completing and 
submitting inshore catcher vessel pollock cooperative catch reports (50 
CFR 679.63).

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, and mail and 
facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0401.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 11.
    Estimated Time per Response: AFA Cooperative Annual Report, 8 
hours; AFA Cooperative Catch Report, 5 minutes; Agent for Service of 
Process, 5 minutes; Salmon Bycatch Reduction Inter-cooperative 
Agreement (ICA) or Renewal Letter, 1 hour; Application for a Proposed 
Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and List of Participants, 40 hours; and 
Chinook Salmon IPA Annual Report, 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 425.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $56 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) W(hether 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: June 13, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-14320 Filed 6-18-14; 8:45 am]
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