[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25244-25245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11316]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region
Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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 July 31, 2017.
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]).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Jennifer Watson, (907) 586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Scale and catch weighing requirements address performance standards
designed to ensure that all catch delivered to the processor is
accurately weighed and accounted for. Scale and catch-weighing
monitoring is required for Western Alaska Community Development Quota
Program (CDQ) catcher/processors (C/Ps), American Fisheries Act (AFA)
C/Ps, AFA motherships, AFA shoreside processors and stationary floating
processors, Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program trawl C/Ps, non-AFA
trawl C/Ps participating in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)
trawl fisheries, and longline C/Ps participating in BSAI Pacific cod
fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has identified three
primary objectives for monitoring catch. First, monitoring must ensure
independent verification of catch weight, species composition, and
location data for every delivery by a catcher vessel or every pot by a
C/P. Second, all catch must be weighed accurately using NMFS-approved
scales to determine the weight of total catch. Third, the system must
provide a verifiable record of the weight of each delivery. To
effectively manage fisheries, NMFS must have data that will provide
reliable independent estimates of the total catch.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms.
Methods of submittal include email, online, mail, and facsimile
transmission. Daily flow scale and hopper scale tests are reported
using an electronic logbook. Printed reports are generated
automatically by software. Video monitoring systems record and store
video data automatically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0330.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
Estimated Time per Response: 6 minutes for at-sea flow scales
inspection request; 45 minutes for record of daily flow scale test and
record of daily hopper scale test; 1 minute for groundfish catch weight
printed report, groundfish audit trail printed report, groundfish
calibration log printed report, groundfish fault log printed report,
crab catch weight printed report, crab audit trail printed report, and
State of Alaska scale printed report; 1 hour for electronic bin
monitoring system, record and store data; 2 hours for observer sampling
station inspection request, bin video monitoring inspection request,
flow scale video monitoring inspection request, Chinook salmon bycatch
video monitoring inspection request, and freezer longline video
monitoring inspection request; 30 minutes for notification of Pacific
cod freezer longline monitoring option; 16 hours for crab catch
monitoring plan (CMP); 8 hours for CMP addendum; 5 minutes for CMP
inspection request and catch monitoring and control plan (CMCP)
inspection request; 40 hours for CMCP; 8 hours for CMCP addendum; 2
minutes to notify observer of flow scale test and notify observer of
hopper scale test; and 5 minutes to notify observer of pollock, CDQ, or
rockfish program deliveries.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,037.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $895,706 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 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: May 26, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11316 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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