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permits provide NMFS with a way to
monitor participation in Federal
fisheries.
Section 303(b)(1) of the MagnusonStevens Act specifically recognizes the
need for permit issuance. The
requirement of a permit for marine
resource users is one of the regulatory
steps taken to carry out conservation
and management objectives. The
issuance of a permit is an essential
ingredient in the management of fishery
resources needed for identification of
the participants, expected activity
levels, and for regulatory compliance
(e.g., withholding of permit issuance
pending collection of unpaid penalties).
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include mail and facsimile
transmission.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0206.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other
profit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
662.
Estimated Time Per Response: Federal
Fisheries Permit, 21 minutes; Federal
Processor Permit, 25 minutes; and
Exempted Fishing Permit, 20 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 319 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $864 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.

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Dated: July 24, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska American
Fisheries Act Report
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 25,
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]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Stephanie Warpinski, (907)
586–7228 or stephanie.warpinski@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
On October 21, 1998, the President
signed into law The American Fisheries
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 (AFA). The AFA
authorizes the formation of fishery
cooperatives in all sectors of the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands Management
Area (BSAI) pollock fishery, grants
antitrust exemptions to cooperatives in
the mothership sector, and imposes
operational limits on fishery
cooperatives in the BSAI pollock
fishery. The National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) issues a single pollock
allocation to each cooperative, and the
cooperative may make sub-allocations of
pollock to each individual vessel owner
in the cooperative.

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With respect to the fisheries off
Alaska, the AFA Program is a suite of
management measures that fall into four
general regulatory categories:
• Limit access into the fishing and
processing sectors of the BSAI pollock
fishery and that allocate pollock to such
sectors (50 CFR 679.64).
• Govern the formation and operation
of fishery cooperatives in the BSAI
pollock fishery, including filing of
cooperative contracts (50 CFR 679.61
and 679.62).
• Protection of other fisheries from
spillover effects from the AFA (50 CFR
679.64).
• Govern catch measurement and
monitoring in the BSAI pollock fishery,
including filing of annual reports and
completing and submitting inshore
catcher vessel pollock cooperative catch
reports (50 CFR 679.63).
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0401.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
Estimated Time Per Response: AFA
Annual Cooperative Report, AFA
Annual Cooperative Catch Report, and
AFA Cooperative Contract, 8 hours
each; Incentive Plan Agreement, 50
hours; IPA Annual Report, 40 hours;
and IPA appeals, 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 366 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $89 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.

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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: July 24, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–15811 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska License
Limitation Program (LLP) for
Groundfish, Crab, and Scallops
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 25,
2017.
SUMMARY:

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 Kurt Iverson, (907) 586–7228
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

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I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
The License Limitation Program (LLP)
restricts access to the commercial
groundfish fisheries, commercial crab
fisheries, and commercial scallop
fisheries in the Exclusive Economic
Zone off Alaska except for certain areas
where alternative programs exist. The
intended effect of the LLP is to limit the
number of participants and reduce
fishing capacity in fisheries off Alaska.

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For a vessel designated on an LLP
license, the LLP license authorizes the
type of fishing gear that may be used by
the vessel, the maximum size of the
vessel, an area endorsement, and
whether the vessel may catch and
process fish at sea or if it is limited to
delivering catch without at-sea
processing. LLP licenses that allow
vessels to catch and process at-sea are
assigned a catcher/processor
endorsement. LLP licenses specify the
maximum length overall (MLOA) of the
vessel to which that LLP license may be
assigned. The LLP may also include a
species endorsement for Pacific cod in
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI) and Gulf of
Alaska (GOA).
An LLP license is required for vessels
participating in directed fishing for LLP
groundfish species in the BSAI or GOA,
or fishing in any BSAI LLP crab
fisheries. An LLP license is also
required for any vessel deployed in
scallop fisheries in Federal waters off
Alaska (except for some diving
operations).
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal are mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0334.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
79.
Estimated Time Per Response:
Request to Extinguish Pacific Cod
Sideboard Limits for Hook-and-Line
Catcher/Processors in the Western or
Central GOA, 30 minutes; Application
for Transfer of Groundfish/Crab LLP
License, 1 hour; Application for
Transfer of Scallop LLP License, 1 hour;
and Transfer appeals, 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 130 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $657 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

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(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: July 24, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–15812 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Crab
Arbitration
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 25,
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]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Stephanie Warpinski, (907)
586–7228 or stephanie.warpinski@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.

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