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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 10, 2018 / Notices
Dated: April 5, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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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: Monitoring Programs for Vessels
in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0500.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 268.
Average Hours Per Response: For
providers: 15 minutes for observer
training/briefing/debriefing registration,
notification of observer physical
examination, observer status reports,
other reports on observer harassment,
safety concerns, or performance
problems, catch monitor status reports,
and other catch monitor reports on
harassment, prohibited actions, illness
or injury, or performance problems; 5
minutes for observer safety checklist
submission to NMFS, observer provider
contracts, observer information
materials, catch monitor provider
contracts, and catch monitor
informational materials; 10 minutes for
certificate of insurance; 7 minutes for
catch monitor training/briefing
registration, notification of catch
monitor physical examination, and
catch monitor debriefing registration.
For vessels: 10 minutes for fishing
departure reports and cease-fishing
reports.
Burden Hours: 619.
Needs and Uses: In 2011, NMFS
mandated observer requirements for the
West Coast groundfish trawl catch
shares program. For all fishery sectors,
observers must be obtained through
third-party observer provider companies
operating under permits issued by
NMFS. The regulations at §§ 660.140
(h), 660.150 (j), 660.160 (g), specify
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trawl vessels and define the
responsibilities for observer providers,
including reporting requirements.
Regulations at § 660.140 (i) specify
requirements for catch monitor coverage
for first receivers. Data collected by
observers are used by NMFS to estimate
total landed catch and discards, monitor
the attainment of annual groundfish
allocations, estimate catch rates of
prohibited species, and as a component
in stock assessments. These data are
necessary to comply with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act requirements to
prevent overfishing. In addition,
observer data is used to assess fishing
related mortality of protected and
endangered species.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually, 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: April 5, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Washington and
Oregon Charter Vessel Survey
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 June 11, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
SUMMARY:

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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 Jerry Leonard, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 2725
Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98112.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for a new
information collection.
The Northwest Fisheries Science
Center will conduct a cost and earnings
survey of active marine charter fishing
vessel companies in Washington and
Oregon. The data collected will be used
by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) to address statutory and
regulatory mandates to determine the
quantity and distribution of net benefits
derived from living marine resources as
well as to predict the economic impacts
from proposed management options on
charter fishing businesses, shore side
industries, and fishing communities. In
particular, these economic data
collection programs contribute to legally
mandated analyses required under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MFCMS), the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA), and Executive
Order 12866 (E.O. 12866).
II. Method of Collection
An initial screening interview will be
completed via telephone, and active
marine charter vessels will receive a
subsequent mixed-mode (telephone,
mail, and in-person) survey.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
320.
Estimated Time per Response: Initial
telephone screen: 2 minutes; follow-up
detailed survey: 22 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 64.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information

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