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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Tilefish Individual Fishing
Quota 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 April 21,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.

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Title: Tilefish Individual Fishing
Quota Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0590.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular
submission—extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours per Response: 0.33.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 18.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
NMFS Greater Atlantic Region
manages the golden tilefish fishery of
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of
the Northeastern United States, through
the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
regulations implementing the FMP are
specified at 50 CFR part 648 subpart N.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at § 648.294 form the basis
for this collection of information. NMFS
requests information from tilefish
individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit
holders to process applications that
ensure IFQ allocation holders are
provided a statement of their annual
catch quota, and for enforcement
purposes, to ensure vessels are not
exceeding an individual quota
allocation. In conjunction with the
application, NMFS also collects IFQ
share accumulation information to
ensure that IFQ allocation holders do
not acquire an excessive share of the
total limited access privileges, as
required by section 303A(d)(5)(C) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS requests transfer application
information to process and track
requests from allocation holders to
transfer quota allocation (permanent
and temporary) to another entity. NMFS
also collects information for cost
recovery purposes as required under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Cost recovery is
used to collect fees to recover the costs
directly related to management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement of IFQ programs. Lastly,
NMFS collects landings information to
ensure that the amounts of tilefish
landed and ex-vessel prices are properly
recorded for quota monitoring purposes
and the calculation of IFQ fees. Having
this information results in an
increasingly more efficient and accurate
database for management and
monitoring of fisheries of the
Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
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households; Business or other for-profit
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Frequency: Annual and as requested.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq, Section 303).
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 0648–0590.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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 Pacific Halibut
Fisheries: Charter
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before November 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
SUMMARY:

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Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0575 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Gabrielle
Aberle, 709 W 9th Street, Juneau, AK
99801, 907–586–7356, gabrielle.aberle@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Region, is requesting
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Pacific
halibut charter fishery off Alaska.
Management of and regulations for
Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus
stenolepis) in Alaska are developed on
the international, Federal, and state
levels by the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC), the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
the NMFS Alaska Region, and the State
of Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G). The IPHC and NMFS manage
fishing for Pacific halibut through
regulations established under authority
of the Convention between the United
States Halibut Fishery of the Northern
Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16
U.S.C. 773), and section 303(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
NMFS manages the charter halibut
fishery off Alaska under the Charter
Halibut Limited Access Program
(CHLAP; 75 FR 554, January 5, 2010)
and the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing
Plan (CSP; 78 FR 75844, December 12,
2013). This information collection is
necessary for NMFS to manage and
administer the charter halibut fishery
under the CHLAP and the CSP.
Regulations that implement this
information collection are at 50 CFR 300
subpart E and 50 CFR 679.5(l)(7).
Information on the CHLAP and the CSP
is on the NMFS Alaska Region website
at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
alaska/resources-fishing/sport-halibutfishing-alaska.
The CHLAP established new Federal
Charter Halibut Permits (CHPs) for
operators in the sport charter halibut
fishery in IPHC regulatory Areas 2C
(Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf
of Alaska). All charter halibut vessel
operators in Areas 2C and 3A with
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on board during every charter vessel
fishing trip. As the period to obtain a
CHP, other than a military CHP or
community CHP, ended in 2010, CHPs
may now only be obtained through
transfer. This information collection
contains the applications used to
annually register CHPs, to apply for new
military CHPs, and to transfer CHPs.
The application for a community CHP is
approved under OMB Control Number
0648–0665. Information collected by
these applications includes permit
holder information or applicant
information, and depending on the
form, may include CHP identification,
CHP ownership information and
affiliation, a survey question on the use
of the CHP, and transaction information
for transfer of a CHP.
The CSP authorizes annual transfers
of commercial halibut individual fishing
quota (IFQ) as guided angler fish (GAF)
to qualified CHP holders for harvest by
charter vessel anglers in Area 2C or 3A.
GAF enables CHP holders to lease a
limited amount of IFQ from commercial
quota share holders to allow charter
vessel anglers to harvest halibut in
addition to, or instead of, the halibut
harvested under the daily bag limit for
charter anglers.
This information collection includes
the application used to transfer Area 2C
or 3A commercial halibut IFQ to a CHP
holder for use as GAF or for the CHP
holder to return unused GAF to the IFQ
permit holder from which it was
obtained. Information collected by this
application includes permit holder
information, IFQ permit information,
CHP information, GAF permit
information, and transaction
information. NMFS, on approving the
transfer of IFQ to GAF, issues a GAF
permit, which authorizes the holder to
allow charter vessel anglers to retain
GAF halibut caught in the IPHC
regulatory area specified on the permit.
This information collection also
includes the GAF landing report and the
GAF permit log. The GAF landing report
is submitted by GAF permit holders and
collects information on each GAF
halibut retained by an angler on a
charter vessel fishing trip in Area 2C or
3A. The GAF permit log is printed on
the back of each GAF permit and is used
by the permit holder to record the GAF
landing report confirmation number and
information on GAF halibut after a trip
in which GAF halibut were retained.
This information collection includes
the logbook reporting requirements for
the charter halibut fishery. The charter
halibut sector in Areas 2C and 3A is
managed to charter catch limits
established under the CSP. Charter
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halibut caught and kept by charter
vessel anglers in the ADF&G Saltwater
Charter Logbook. Logbook reporting is
the basis for estimating annual charter
harvests of halibut relative to the charter
catch limits.
II. Method of Collection
The information is collected by mail,
fax, and electronically. The forms are
available on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/permit/alaska-sport-charterhalibut-applications-and-reportingforms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0575.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit organizations; Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
656.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application for Annual Registration of
CHPs: 15 minutes; Application for
Military CHP: 30 minutes; Application
for Transfer of CHP: 2 hours;
Application for Transfer (Lease)
Between IFQ and GAF: 1.5 hours; GAF
Landing Report: 5 minutes; GAF Permit
Log: 2 minutes; ADF&G Saltwater Sport
Fishing Charter Trip Logbook: 4
minutes; and Appeals: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,494 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $84,090 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Northern Pacific
Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773c);
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

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Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska American Fisheries
Act (AFA) Permits
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 June 27,
2023, 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: Alaska American Fisheries Act
(AFA) Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0393.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 27.
Average Hours per Response: AFA
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Removed Vessel Application, 1 hour;
Application for Transfer of Bering Sea
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations, 1
hour; Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit, 2
hours; AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification, 4 hours;
Application for Approval as an Entity to
Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon
PSC Allocation, 8 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 246
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska
Regional Office, is requesting extension
of a currently approved information
collection that contains applications for
permits and transfers necessary for
NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery
under the American Fisheries Act
(AFA).
NMFS manages the BSAI pollock
fishery under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the AFA (16
U.S.C. 1851). The regulations
implementing the AFA Program are at
50 CFR part 679, subpart F. The
reporting requirements at 50 CFR part
679 form the basis for this collection of
information.
The AFA was signed into law in
October 1998. The purpose of the AFA
was to tighten U.S. ownership standards
that had been exploited under the Antireflagging Act, and to provide the BSAI
pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct
their fishery in a more rational manner
while protecting non-AFA participants
in the other fisheries. The AFA
established sector allocations in the
BSAI pollock fishery, determined
eligible vessels and processors, allowed
the formation of cooperatives, set limits
on the participation of AFA vessels in
other fisheries, and imposed special
catch weighing and monitoring
requirements on AFA vessels.
Any vessel used to engage in directed
fishing for a non-western Alaska
community development quota (nonCDQ) allocation of pollock in the Bering
Sea and any shoreside processor,
stationary floating processor, or
mothership that receives pollock
harvested in a non-CDQ directed
pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must
have a valid AFA permit on board the
vessel or at the facility location at all
times while non-CDQ pollock is being
harvested or processed.
Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA
mothership, and AFA inshore
processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery
had a one-time application deadline of
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an indefinite expiration date. Therefore,
except for participants that require
annual or replacement permits, all AFA
entities required to have a permit are
already permitted.
The type of information collected in
this collection includes information on
the applicants, transferors, transferees,
permits, vessels, and Chinook salmon
PSC transfer data. This information
collection contains the following AFA
permitting and transfer requirements:
• The AFA Permit: Rebuilt,
Replacement, or Removed Vessel
Application is used by an owner of an
AFA vessel to notify NMFS the vessel
has been rebuilt; to request an AFA
permit for a replacement catcher vessel,
catcher/processor, or mothership; or to
request removal of an AFA catcher
vessel that is a member of an inshore
cooperative and assign its catch history
to another vessel or vessels in the same
cooperative.
• The Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is
used annually by each AFA inshore
catcher vessel cooperative to obtain an
AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative
Permit and identify the vessels and
processors that will be participating in
the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the
start of each fishing year.
• The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification is used by an AFA
inshore cooperative that intends to
contract with a non-member vessel to
harvest a portion of the cooperative’s
annual pollock allocation to notify
NMFS of vessels that might be reporting
with an alternative cooperative ID.
• The Application for Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon Prohibited Species Catch (PSC)
Allocation is used by an entity
representing the catcher/processor
sector or the mothership sector to
request approval to receive transferable
Chinook salmon PSC allocations on
behalf of members of the sector. Once
approved, an entity is not required to
reapply for or renew its status. Entities
also use this form to update their
contact and other information related to
the entity and its members.
• The Application for Transfer of
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC
Allocations is used by an authorized
representative of the catcher/processor
sector, the mothership sector, an inshore
cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer
Chinook salmon PSC allocations to
another entity’s account.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.

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