[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54330-54331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24990]
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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: Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Activity
Submissions.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0471.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 49.
Average Hours per Response: 2 hours for a scientific research plan;
40 minutes for an application for an EFP, Display Permit, SRP, LOA, or
Shark Research Permit; 1 hour for an interim report; 40 minutes for an
annual fishing report; 15 minutes for an application for an amendment;
5 minutes for notification of departure phone calls to NMFS
Enforcement; 10 minutes for calls to request and observer; and 2
minutes for ``no-catch'' reports.
Burden Hours: 143.
Needs and Uses: Exempted fishing permits (EFPs), scientific
research permits (SRPs), display permits, letters of acknowledgment
(LOAs), and shark research fishery permits are issued under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
and/or the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) (16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.). Issuance of EFPs and related permits is necessary for the
collection of Highly Migratory Species (HMS) for public display and
scientific research that requires exemption from regulations (e.g.,
seasons, prohibited species, authorized gear, and minimum sizes) that
otherwise may prohibit such collection. Display permits are issued for
the collection of HMS for the purpose of public display, and a limited
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number of shark research fishery permits are issued for the collection
of fishery-dependent data for future stock assessments and cooperative
research with commercial fishermen to meet the shark research
objectives of the Agency.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government; federal
government.
Frequency: Annually and within 5 days of fishing.
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: November 14, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24990 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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