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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; West Coast Region
Groundfish Trawl Fishery Monitoring
and Catch Accounting Program
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on December
22, 2020 (85 FR 83517) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: West Coast Region Groundfish
Trawl Fishery Monitoring and Catch
Accounting Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0619.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 153
Average Hours per Response: For 5
existing observer providers: 2 hours for
preparation and submission of the
annual observer provider permit
renewal application. For 1 new observer
provider: 10 hours for observer provider
permit application preparation and
submission. For 1 observer provider: 4
hours for a written response and
submission of an appeal if an observer
provider permit is denied. For 45 catch
monitors: 1 hour for submission of
qualifications to work as a catch
monitor. For 5 catch monitors: 4 hours
for a written response and submission of
an appeal if a catch monitor permit is
denied. For 16 vessels in the
Mothership or Catcher/Processor fleet,
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requirements for use of at-sea scales,
including daily testing reports (30
minutes), daily catch and cumulative
weight reports (10 minutes), audit trail
(1 minute), calibration log (2 minutes),
and fault log (3 minutes).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 447
hours.
Needs and Uses: As part of its fishery
management responsibilities, the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) collects information to
determine the amount and type of catch
taken by fishing vessels. This collection
supports monitoring requirements
including scale test requirements for
first receivers in the Pacific Coast
groundfish fishery’s shorebased
individual fishery quota (IFQ) program;
and mothership and catcher/processors
in the at-sea whiting fisheries. The
collection also supports permits for
businesses that provide certified
observer and certified catch monitor
services. The respondents are
principally shorebased first receivers,
catch monitor and observer service
providers, mothership processors, and
catcher/processors, which are
companies/partnerships.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Reporting on occasion,
daily, weekly, or annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0619.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; West Coast Region Vessel
Monitoring System Requirement in the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on January 11,
2021, (86 FR 1947), during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: West Coast Region Vessel
Monitoring System Requirement in the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0573.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(revision of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Average Hours per Response: Four
hours to install and activate a VMS unit;
one hour to maintain a VMS unit, five
minutes to complete and fax a check-in
report or to complete an exemption
report; four minutes for a declaration
report.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,021.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
a revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection. The
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) implemented a Vessel
Monitoring Program in 2004, consistent
with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Under
this program described at 50 CFR 660.13
and 660.14, all commercial fishing
vessels fishing in the exclusive
economic zone off the West Coast that
take and retain groundfish in federal
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with groundfish on board, are required
to have a working vessel monitoring
system (VMS). To support the VMS
monitoring program, the following
information must be submitted to
NMFS: (1) VMS installation/activation
certification reports, (2) position reports,
(3) exemption reports, and (4)
declaration reports. The VMS, along
with the fishing declaration reporting
requirements, allows for monitoring and
enforcement of areas closed to fishing
by gear type as traditional enforcement
methods (such as aerial surveillance,
boarding at sea via patrol boats, landing
inspections and documentary
investigation) are especially difficult to
use when the closed areas are largescale and the lines defining the areas are
irregular.
The collection is being revised to
remove the position report from the
collection with regard to burden. The
position reports are automatically
transmitted location signals from the
VMS unit that do not require any action
on the part of the captain or crew.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Installation/Activation/
Maintenance once every four years;
exemption reports are optional
(estimated 2/year for 500 participants);
declaration reports are estimated to be
sent by each participant 20 times per
year.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.13 and
660.14.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0573.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Chinook Salmon
Economic Data Report (EDR)
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on January 13,
2021 (86 FR 2646), during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Chinook Salmon
Economic Data Report (EDR).
OMB Control Number: 0648–0633.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 150.
Average Hours per Response:
Compensated Transfer Report: 40 hours;
Vessel Fuel Survey: 4 hours; Vessel
Master Survey: 4 hours; CTR
Verification Audit: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 600
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska
Regional Office, is requesting extension
of the currently approved information
collection for the Alaska Chinook
Salmon Economic Data Report (the
EDR). The EDR collects economic data
for the Alaska Chinook Salmon
Economic Data Report Program.
NMFS manages the Bering Sea
pollock fishery under the American
Fisheries Act (AFA) (16 U.S.C. 1851).
AFA fishing vessels harvest pollock in
the Bering Sea pollock fishery using
pelagic (midwater) trawl gear, which
consists of large nets towed through the
water by the vessel. At times, Chinook
salmon and pollock occur in the same
locations in the Bering Sea;
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incidentally caught in the nets as
pollock is harvested. This incidental
catch is called bycatch and is also called
prohibited species catch (PSC).
The EDR Program provides NMFS and
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) with data to evaluate
the effectiveness of Chinook salmon
bycatch management measures for the
Bering Sea pollock fishery that were
implemented under Amendment 91 to
the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area (75
FR 53026, August 30, 2010). The EDR
consists of three data collections that are
submitted annually by owners and
operators of catcher vessels, catcher/
processors, motherships, and the
Western Alaska Community
Development Quota Program groups
qualified to participate in the Bering Sea
pollock fishery (50 CFR 679.65). The
EDR Program also includes a means for
NMFS to verify the data submitted in
these three collections.
NMFS and the Council use the
information to determine the
effectiveness of the Incentive Plan
Agreement (IPA) (see OMB Control No.
0648–0401), the IPA incentives, the PSC
limits, and the performance standard in
terms of minimizing salmon bycatch in
times of high and low levels of salmon
abundance. NMFS and the Council also
use the data to evaluate how
Amendment 91 affects where, when,
and how pollock fishing and salmon
bycatch occur and to study and verify
conclusions drawn by industry in the
IPA annual reports.
The EDR is submitted annually by
each person who held AFA pollock
quota share in the previous calendar
year or was an owner or leaseholder of
an AFA permitted vessel in the previous
calendar year.
The EDR requirements are located at
50 CFR 679.65.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
Legal Authority: American Fisheries
Act (16 U.S.C. 1851); Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/

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