60-day FRN

FRN 2016-13519.pdf

Electronic Monitoring Systems for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) (formerly entitled "Vessel Monitoring Systems for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species")

60-day FRN

OMB: 0648-0372

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 110 / Wednesday, June 8, 2016 / Notices
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Paperwork Reduction Act: NOAA has
determined that this action does not
impose an information collection
burden under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
Dated: May 31, 2016.
W. Russell Callender,
Assistant Administrator, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016–13568 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Electronic
Monitoring Systems and Vessel
Monitoring Systems (VMS) for Atlantic
Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

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

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proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 8, 2016.
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]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen,
(301) 427–8503 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
VMS and electronic monitoring
systems collect important information
on fishing effort, catch, and the
geographic location of fishing effort and
catch for certain sectors of the Atlantic
HMS fleet. Data collected through these
programs are used in both domestic and
international fisheries management,
including for law enforcement, stock
assessments, and quota management
purposes. Atlantic HMS vessels
required to use VMS are pelagic
longline, purse seine, bottom longline
(directed shark permit holders in North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia),
and gillnet (directed shark permit
holders consistent with the
requirements of the Atlantic large whale
take reduction plan requirements at 50
CFR 229.39.(h)) vessels. In addition to
VMS, pelagic longline vessels are also
required to have electronic monitoring
systems to monitor catch and account
for bluefin tuna harvest and discards.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Office of Law Enforcement
(OLE) monitors fleet adherence to gearand time-area restrictions with VMS
position location data. Gear restricted
areas and time-area closures are
important tools for Atlantic HMS
management that have been
implemented to reduce bycatch of
juvenile swordfish, sea turtles, and
bluefin tuna, among other species.
Electronic monitoring data from the
pelagic longline fleet includes bluefin
tuna discard and harvest information.
These data are used by NMFS to
accurately monitor bluefin tuna catch by
the pelagic longline fleet, to ensure
compliance with Individual Bluefin
Quota (IBQ) limits and requirements,

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and to ensure that the Longline category
bluefin tuna quota is not over-harvested.
VMS reporting of bluefin tuna catch is
used to monitor the status of IBQ
allocations in real-time.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed
under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and the Atlantic Tunas
Conservation Act (ATCA). Under the
MSA, management measures must be
consistent with ten National Standards,
and fisheries must be managed to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild
overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary
of Commerce shall promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to implement measures
adopted by the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
II. Method of Collection
First-time VMS respondents must
install a VMS unit and submit an
activation checklist to NMFS via mail.
Hail-out, hail-in, hourly position
reports, and bluefin tuna catch reports
must be submitted to NMFS via the
VMS communication system. First-time
electronic monitoring respondents must
have an electronic monitoring system
installed by a NMFS contractor.
Electronic monitoring data must be
submitted after each pelagic longline
trip via mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0372.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations; individuals or
households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
311.
Estimated Time per Response: Four
hours for initial VMS installation; 5
minutes per VMS initial activation
checklist; 2 minutes per VMS hail-out/
hail-in declaration; 6 hours for
electronic monitoring installation; 5
minutes for VMS pelagic longline
bluefin tuna catch reporting;15 minutes
for VMS purse seine bluefin tuna catch
records; 1 minute for dockside review of
bluefin tuna catch records previously
submitted via VMS; 2 hours for
electronic monitoring data retrieval.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 20,402.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $389,416 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

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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: June 2, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–13519 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DOD–2016–OS–0011]

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Defense
has submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by July 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Licari, 571–372–0493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title, Associated Form and OMB
Number: Vietnam War Commemoration
Program Partner Events; DD Form 2956,
DD Form 2957, Vietnam War 50th
Commemoration Certificate of Honor (1)
‘‘In Memory Of’’ (DD Form x711), (2)
‘‘Former Vietnam POW’’ (DD Form
x712), and (3) ‘‘Unaccounted For’’ (DD
Form x713); OMB Control Number
0704–0500.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 12,000.
Responses per Respondent: 7.
Annual Responses: 22,000.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.

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Annual Burden Hours: 5,500.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirement is necessary to
notify the United States of America
Vietnam War Commemoration Program
of Commemorative Partner’s planned
events. Information is submitted for
inclusion on the Program’s events
calendar and to request event support in
the form of materials and/or speakers
from the program. The information
collection is necessary to obtain, vet,
record, process and provide Certificates
of Honor to be presented on behalf of a
grateful nation by partner organizations.
Additionally, this collection is
necessary for the partner organizations
to communicate to the Commemoration
program the results of their events and
lessons learned.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions;
Federal Government; State, local, or
tribal government, and individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
Comments and recommendations on
the proposed information collection
should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_
[email protected]. Please
identify the proposed information
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the
Docket ID number and title of the
information collection.
You may also submit comments and
recommendations, identified by Docket
ID number and title, by the following
method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, Docket
ID number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick
Licari.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD
Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center
Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09,
Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.

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Dated: June 3, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016–13561 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DOD–2016–OS–0069]

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by August 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Department of Defense, Office
of the Deputy Chief Management
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and
Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350–
1700.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
SUMMARY:

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