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U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Regulations
governing United States fisheries and
implementing the FMP appear at 50
CFR part 660.
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 0648–0663.
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; Individual Fishing Quotas for
Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the
Alaska Fisheries
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 June 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,

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at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0272 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, National Marine Fisheries
Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668, (323) 372–0062,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is
requesting renewal of this currently
approved information collection that
contains requirements for the Pacific
Halibut and Sablefish Individual
Fishing Quota Program (IFQ Program).
Commercial halibut and sablefish
fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are
managed primarily under the IFQ
Program. The IFQ Program is managed
under the authority of the Northern
Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C.
773c; Halibut Act), with respect to
Pacific halibut, and the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.;
Magnuson-Stevens Act), with respect to
sablefish. Regulations implementing the
IFQ Program are set forth at 50 CFR part
679.
A key objective of the IFQ Program is
to support the social and economic
character of the fisheries and coastal
fishing communities where many of
these fisheries are based. Participation
in the IFQ Program is limited to persons
that hold quota share (QS), although
there are several very limited provisions
for ‘‘leasing’’ of annual IFQ. QS is a
transferable permit that was initially
issued to persons who owned or leased
vessels that made legal commercial
fixed-gear landings of Pacific halibut or
sablefish in the waters off Alaska from
1988 through 1990.
NMFS annually issues eligible QS
holders an IFQ fishing permit that
authorizes participation in the IFQ
fisheries. Those to whom IFQ permits
are issued may harvest their annual
allocation at any time during the eight
plus-month IFQ halibut and sablefish
seasons.
More information on the IFQ Program
is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/
sustainable-fisheries/pacific-halibutand-sablefish-individual-fishing-quotaifq-program.

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Some of the collection instruments in
this information collection are used by
participants in the Western Alaska
Community Development Quota (CDQ)
Program. The purpose of the CDQ
Program is to provide eligible western
Alaska villages with the opportunity to
participate and invest in fisheries in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI); to support
economic development in western
Alaska; to alleviate poverty and provide
economic and social benefits for
residents of western Alaska; and to
achieve sustainable and diversified local
economies in western Alaska. In fitting
with these goals, NMFS allocates a
portion of the annual catch limits for a
variety of commercially valuable marine
species in the BSAI to the CDQ Program.
Pacific halibut is one of these species.
More information on the CDQ Program
is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/
sustainable-fisheries/communitydevelopment-quota-cdq-program.
Information collection requirements for
the CDQ Program are also approved
under OMB Control Number 0648–0269.
This information collection for the
IFQ Program is required to manage
commercial halibut and sablefish
fishing under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, the Halibut Act, and under 50 CFR
parts 300 and 679.
This information collection contains
the forms used by participants in the
IFQ Program to apply for, renew, or
replace permits; transfer or lease IFQ
and QS; determine compliance with IFQ
program requirements; and designate a
beneficiary for a QS holder. Two of the
permit applications are also used by
participants in the CDQ Program. This
information collection also contains
annual reports and other collections
submitted by telephone or other
methods and that do not have forms.
The type of information collected
includes information on the applicants,
transferors, transferees, permits, IFQ or
QS types and owners, beneficiaries,
vessels, business operations, medical
declarations, landings, gear types,
products, and harvests and harvest
areas.
This information is used to identify
and authorize participants in the halibut
and sablefish fisheries, to track and
transfer quota share, to limit transfers to
authorized participants, and to monitor
quota share balances and harvest in
these fisheries.
II. Method of Collection
The information is collected primarily
by mail, delivery, fax, email, telephone,
or eFISH. eFISH is the NMFS Alaska

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Region online Fisheries Information
System. The forms and applications are
available as fillable pdfs on the NMFS
Alaska Region website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/alaskaifq-halibut-sablefish-and-cdq-halibutprogram-fishery-applications-andreporting.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0272.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,441.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application for IFQ/CDQ Hired Master
Permit, 1 hour; Application for IFQ/
CDQ Registered Buyer Permit, 30
minutes; Application for Replacement
of Certificates or Permits, 30 minutes;
Application for Eligibility to Receive
QS/IFQ by Transfer, 2 hours; QS Holder:
Identification of Ownership Interest, 2
hours; Application for Transfer of QS, 2
hours; Application for Transfer of QS/
IFQ by Self Sweep Up, 2 hours;
Application for Medical Transfer of IFQ,
1.5 hours; Application for Temporary
Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish IFQ, 2
hours; (emergency) Application for
Temporary Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish
IFQ, 2 hours; Annual Report for CDQ
IFQ Transfers, 40 hours; QS/IFQ
Beneficiary Designation Form, 30
minutes; Appeals, 4 hours; IFQ
Administrative Waiver, 6 minutes; Prior
Notice of Landing, 15 minutes; IFQ
Departure Report, 15 minutes;
Transshipment Authorization, 12
minutes; Dockside sales, 6 minutes;
Application for a Non-profit
Corporation to be Designated as a
Recreational Quota Entity, 200 hours;
Application for Transfer of Quota Share
To or From a Recreational Quota Entity,
2 hours; Recreational Quota Entity
Annual Report, 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,236 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $28,225 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary,
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits,
Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; Northern
Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C.
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IV. Request for Comments

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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.
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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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Deletions
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Deletions from the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:

This action deletes product(s)
and service(s) from the Procurement List
that were furnished by nonprofit
agencies employing persons who are
blind or have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Date added to and deleted from
the Procurement List: May 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325,
Washington, DC 20024.
SUMMARY:

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Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703)
489–1322, or email CMTEFedReg@
AbilityOne.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Deletions
On 3/1/2024, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled published notice of
proposed deletions from the
Procurement List. This notice is
published pursuant to 41 U.S.C.
8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3.
After consideration of the relevant
matter presented, the Committee has
determined that the product(s) and
service(s) listed below are no longer
suitable for procurement by the Federal
Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506
and 41 CFR 51–2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. The action will not result in
additional reporting, recordkeeping or
other compliance requirements for small
entities.
2. The action may result in
authorizing small entities to furnish the
product(s) and service(s) to the
Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in
connection with the product(s) and
service(s) deleted from the Procurement
List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following product(s)
and service(s) are deleted from the
Procurement List:
Product(s)
NSN(s)—Product Name(s):
5350–00–187–6272—Cloth, Abrasive,
Aluminum-oxide, 100 Grit, Jean Back,
Grey, 50 Yard, 1″, BX/10
5350–00–187–6283—Cloth, Abrasive,
Aluminum-oxide, 100 Grit, Jean Back,
Grey, 50 Yard, 11⁄2″, BX/10
5350–00–187–6281—Cloth, Abrasive,
Aluminum-oxide, 150 Grit, Jean Back,
Grey, 50 Yard, 11⁄2″, BX/10
5350–00–229–3080—Cloth, Abrasive,
Aluminum-oxide, 240 Grit, Jean Back,
Grey, 50 Yard, 3″, BX/10
5350–00–229–3094—Cloth, Abrasive,
Aluminum-oxide, 150 Grit, Jean Back,
Grey, 50 Yard, 3″
Authorized Source of Supply: Louisiana
Association for the Blind, Shreveport,
LA
Contracting Activity: GSA/FSS GREATER
SOUTHWEST ACQUISITI, FORT

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