[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64874-64875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22648]
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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: Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0590.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours per Response: IFQ Allocation Permit Application, 30
minutes; IFQ Holder Cap Form, 5 minutes; IFQ Transfer Form, 5 minutes;
IFQ Cost Recovery, 2 hours; IFQ Reporting Requirements, 2 minutes.
Burden Hours: 42.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater Atlantic Region
manages the golden tilefish fishery of the Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ) of the Northeastern United States, through the Tilefish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
prepared the FMP pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The regulations implementing
the FMP are specified at 50 CFR part 648 subpart N.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at Sec. 648.294 form
the basis for this collection of information. NMFS requests information
from tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit holders in order to
process applications to ensure that IFQ allocation holders are provided
a statement of their annual catch quota, and for enforcement purposes,
to ensure vessels are not exceeding an individual quota allocation. In
conjunction with the application, NMFS also collects IFQ share
accumulation information to ensure that an IFQ allocation holder does
not acquire an excessive share of the total limited access privileges,
as required by section 303A(d)(5)(C) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS requests transfer application information to process and track
requests from allocation holders to transfer quota allocation
(permanent and temporary) to another entity. NMFS also collects
information for cost recovery purposes as required under the Magnuson-
Stevens Act to collect fees to recover the costs directly related to
management, data collection and analysis, and enforcement of IFQ
programs. Lastly, NMFS collects landings information to ensure that the
amounts of tilefish landed and ex-vessel prices are properly recorded
for quota monitoring purposes and the calculation of IFQ fees,
respectively. Having this information results in an increasingly more
efficient and accurate database for management and monitoring of
fisheries of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
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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 15, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-22648 Filed 9-20-16; 8:45 am]
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