Notice2021-11886
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Data Collections To Support Comprehensive Economic and Socio-Economic Evaluations of the Fisheries in Regions of the United States Affected by Catastrophic Events
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Published
June 7, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30286-30287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11886]
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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; Data Collections To Support Comprehensive Economic and Socio-
Economic Evaluations of the Fisheries in Regions of the United States
Affected by Catastrophic Events
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 March 2, 2021(86 FR 12174) 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: Data Collections to Support Comprehensive Economic and
Socio- Economic Evaluations of the Fisheries in Regions of the United
States Affected by Catastrophic Events.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0767.
Form Number(s): None.
[[Page 30287]]
Type of Request: Regular submission [revision of a currently
approved collection].
Number of Respondents: 7,184.
Average Hours per Response: Regional surveys of fishing operations:
30 minutes; Regional surveys of other fishing related businesses: 30
minutes; National surveys of fishing operations: 20 minutes; National
surveys of other fishing related businesses: 20 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,200.
Needs and Uses: The revised information collection will allow NMFS
to continue to collect information about the impacts of and recovery
from regional and national catastrophic events and the factors that
facilitated or impeded recovery. The impacts include insured and
uninsured damages/losses and changes in revenue, operating costs and
employment due to those events NMFS will collect this information from
the owners or operators of commercial and for hire fishing vessels and
from the owners or managers of other fishing related businesses. NMFS
needs this information to conduct the economic and socio-economic
evaluations of catastrophic regional fishery disasters mandated by SEC.
315(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(MSA). Those and/or subsequent evaluations based on this information
will be used by: (1) The Secretary of Commerce in determining if a
fisheries disaster should be declared; (2) the Department of Commerce
and NOAA in their deliberations regarding the disbursement of the
fishery disaster relief assistance proved by Congress; (3) NMFS to
inform agency leadership, state agencies, Congress, and constituents
about the long-term effects of catastrophic events and the factors that
facilitated or impeded recovery; and (4) NMFS to improve its ability to
conduct the analyses required by the MSA and other applicable law,
which will allow for better-informed, science-based fishery management
decisions making.
The proposed revisions would expand the coverage of the currently
approved information collection in two ways. First, they would expand
the types of catastrophic events from ``hurricanes and other climate
related natural disasters'' to events including hurricanes, tsunamis,
floods, freshwater intrusions, severe harmful algal blooms (e.g., red
tides), extreme temperatures, oil spills, and pandemics. Second, they
would extend the geographic scope from the ``Eastern, Gulf Coast and
Caribbean Territories of the United States'' to all regions and
territories of the United States. These proposed expansions are
reflected in the request to change the title from ``Assessment of the
Social and Economic Impact of Hurricanes and Other Climate Related
Natural Disasters on Commercial and Recreational Fishing Industries in
the Eastern, Gulf Coast and Caribbean Territories of the United
States'' to ``Data Collections to Support Comprehensive Economic and
Socio-Economic Evaluations of the Fisheries in Regions of the United
States Affected by Catastrophic Events.'' NMFS will improve the survey
instruments and collection methods based on lessons learned from
conducting and assessing the previous information collections. The
frequency of reporting will be from one to two times a year for each
catastrophic event.
Affected Public: Individuals or households and business or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: The frequency of reporting will be as needed from one to
four times a year for each catastrophic event.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act SEC. 315(c).
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0648-0767.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-11886 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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