Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 26 December 2018 |
| Citation | 83 FR 66249 |
| Record Number | 2018-27814 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Commerce Department,National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66249-66250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27814]
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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.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0605.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,334.
Average Hours Per Response: Sector operations plan and membership
list updates, 176 hr/response; Monitoring service provider initial
application, 10 hr/response; Monitoring service provider response to
application disapproval, 10 hr/response; Data entry for sector discard
monitoring system, 3 min/response; Sector weekly catch report, 4 hr/
response; Sector annual report, 12 hr/response; Notification of
expulsion from a sector, 30 min/response; Request to transfer Annual
Catch Entitlement (ACE), 5 min/response; Request to lease day-at-sea
(DAS), 5 min/response; request to downgrade, 5 min/response; VMS
certification form, 10 min/response; VMS confirmation call, 5 min/
response; VMS area and DAS declaration, 5 min/response; VMS trip-level
catch report; VMS daily catch reports when fishing in multiple broad
stock areas, 15 min/response; Daily VMS catch reports when fishing in
the U.S./Canada Management Area and CA II SAPs, 15 min/response; Daily
VMS catch reports when fishing in the CA I Hook Gear Haddock SAP, 15
min/response; Daily VMS catch reports when fishing in the Regular B DAS
Program, 15 min/response; Pre-trip hail report, 2 min/response; Trip-
end hail report, 15 min/response; Forward trip start/end hails to NMFS,
2 min/response; ASM Pre-Trip Notification, 2 min/response; Vessel
notification of selection for at-sea monitoring coverage, 5 min/
response; at-sea monitor deployment report, 10 min/response; at-sea
monitoring service provider catch report to NMFS upon request, 5 min/
response; at-sea monitor report of harassment and other issues, 30 min/
response; at-sea monitoring service provider contract upon request, 30
min/response; at-sea monitoring service provider information materials
upon request, 30 min/response; OLE debriefing of at-sea monitors, 2 hr/
response; ASM Database and Data Entry Requirements, 3 min/response;
Observer program pre-trip notification, 2 min/response; DAS Transfer
Program, 5min/response; Expedited Submission of Proposed SAPs, 20 hr/
response; NAFO Reporting Requirements, 10 min/response.
Burden Hours: 35,476.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current
information collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (MSA), the Secretary of Commerce has the
responsibility for the conservation and management of marine fishery
resources. We, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the Regional Fishery
Management Councils are delegated the majority of this responsibility.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) develops
management plans for fishery resources in New England.
In 2010, we implemented a new suite of regulations for the
Northeast (NE) multispecies fishery through Amendment 16 to the NE
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This action updated status
determination criteria for all regulated NE multispecies or ocean pout
stocks; adopted rebuilding programs for NE multispecies (groundfish)
stocks newly classified as being overfished and subject to overfishing;
revised management measures, including significant revisions to the
sector management measures (established under Amendment 13) necessary
to end overfishing, rebuild overfished regulated NE multispecies and
ocean pout stocks, and mitigate the adverse economic impacts of
increased effort controls. It also implemented new requirements under
Amendment 16 for establishing acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual
catch limits (ACLs), and accountability measures (AMs) for each stock
managed under the FMP, pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Sectors are a management tool in the NE groundfish fishery. A
sector consists
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of three of more limited access NE multispecies vessel permits, with
distinct ownership, who voluntarily enter into a contract to manage
their fishing operations and to share liability. A sector is granted an
annual allocation of most stocks of fish managed by the NE Multispecies
FMP. In return for increased operational flexibility, such as
exemptions from certain effort controls and the ability to pool and
trade quota, sectors have additional reporting and monitoring
requirements. The sector reporting and monitoring requirements, as
established by Amendment 16 and revised by subsequent framework
adjustments to the NE Multispecies FMP, are contained within this
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Weekly and on occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
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 OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: December 18, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27814 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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