[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 48301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Alaska Cooperative Progress Report on the Incidental Catch 
of Pacific Halibut.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0697.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Average Hours per Response: Bycatch Avoidance Progress report, 40 
hours; Prohibited Species Catch; Amendment 80 Halibut Prohibited 
Species Catch Management Plan, 12 hours.
    Burden Hours: 264.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The purpose of this collection is for each sector in the Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) groundfish fisheries to 
inform the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council) of 
their progress on voluntary, non-regulatory methods they are using 
within their fishery cooperatives to reduce halibut mortality and to 
report the effectiveness of those actions in absolute reductions in 
halibut mortality.
    At its June 2015 meeting, the Council requested that, in addition 
to providing the BSAI Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Progress 
Report, Amendment 80 cooperatives provide their 2016 Halibut PSC 
Management Plans at the December 2015 Council meeting. Since 2011, all 
vessels and companies participating in the Amendment 80 sector have 
been affiliated with one of two Amendment 80 cooperatives, the Alaska 
Seafood Cooperative or the Alaska Groundfish Cooperative. The plans 
should be designed not just to accommodate the revised hard caps, but 
to bring savings to levels below the hard cap.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: August 7, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19805 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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