[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 61669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21405]



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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 American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0393.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for Application for AFA 
Permit Application: Rebuild, Replace, or Remove Vessel; 2 hours for 
Application for AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit; 4 hours 
for Vessel Contract Fishing Notification; 8 hours for Application for 
Approval as an Entity Eligible to Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon 
PSC Allocation; 1 hour for Application to Transfer of Bering Sea 
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation.
    Burden Hours: 135.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council developed regulations under the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and the American Fisheries Act (AFA) to govern commercial 
fishing for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) 
pollock according to the requirements of the AFA. These regulations are 
necessary to achieve the AFA's objective of decapitalization and 
rationalization of the BSAI pollock fishery.
    With exceptions noted below, all participants in the AFA pollock 
fishery are already permitted and the permits are issued with an 
indefinite expiration date. The permanent AFA permits are: AFA catcher 
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA mothership, and AFA inshore 
processor. The permit exceptions are issued annually--the inshore 
vessel cooperative permit and inshore vessel contract fishing permit. 
In addition, the AFA vessel replacement application may be submitted to 
NMFS at any time.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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: September 1, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-21405 Filed 9-6-16; 8:45 am]
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