Notice2021-24637
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
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November 12, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62793-62794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24637]
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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; Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms
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 July 6, 2021 (86 FR 35493) 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: Greater Atlantic Region Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0202.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Revision and extension of
current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 128,237.
Average Hours Per Response: Varies.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 19,833.
Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a
current information collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the
responsibility for the conservation and management of marine fishery
resources. Much of this responsibility has been delegated to NOAA's
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Under this stewardship role,
the Secretary was given certain regulatory authorities to ensure the
most beneficial uses of these resources. One of the regulatory steps
taken to carry out the conservation and management objectives is to
collect information from users of the resources.
The Secretary has enacted rules to issue permits to individuals and
organizations participating in federally controlled fisheries. Permits
are necessary to: (1) Register fishermen, fishing vessels, fish dealers
and
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processors; (2) list the characteristics of fishing vessels and/or
dealer/processor operations; (3) exercise influence over compliance
(e.g., withhold issuance pending collection of unpaid penalties); (4)
maintain contact lists for the dissemination of important information
to the industry; (5) register participants to be considered for limited
entry; and (6) provide a universe for data collection samples.
Identification of fishery participants, their gear types, vessels, and
expected activity levels is an effective and necessary tool in the
enforcement of fishery regulations.
This collection is being revised to introduce a new online
permitting system (FishOnline) to allow individuals and organizations
to apply and renew their fishing vessel permits, operator permits,
dealer permits, Letter of Authorization (LOA), and gillnet
certificates. Also, automatic VMS polling is also being removed from
the list of information collections as this does not pose any burden on
the vessel captain or crew.
This collection also includes the requirement for participants in
certain fisheries to use onboard vessel monitoring systems (VMS) and to
notify NMFS before fishing trips for the purpose of observer placement.
Other permitting in this collection includes the written request to
participate in any of the various exemption programs offered in the
Greater Atlantic region.
Exemption programs may allow a vessel to fish in an area that is
limited to vessels of a particular size, using a certain gear type, or
fishing for a particular species. This collection also contains
paperwork required for vessel owners to request gillnet and lobster
trap tags through the Greater Atlantic region permit office.
Lastly, vessel owners that own multiple vessels, but would like to
request communication from NMFS be consolidated into one mailing (and
not separate mailings for each vessel), may request the single letter
vessel owner option to improve efficiency of their business practice.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations are
primarily affected. Individuals or households, state, local or tribal
governments, and the Federal Government are also affected.
Frequency: on occasion, weekly, monthly, annually, every three
years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
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 0648-0202.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-24637 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
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