Notice2022-28214
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Atlantic Herring Amendment 5 Data Collection
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Published
December 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79873-79874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28214]
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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; Atlantic Herring Amendment 5 Data Collection
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 September 30, 2022 (87 FR 59402) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Atlantic Herring Amendment 5 Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0674.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 622.
Average Hours per Response: For participants in the Atlantic
herring fishery, 5 minutes for a pre-trip notification; 1 minute for a
trip cancellation notification; 5 minutes for a call to request an IFM
observer to access groundfish closed areas; 1 minute for a trip
cancellation notification for groundfish closed areas; 5 minutes for
the submission of a released catch affidavit; and 1 minute for the
submission of species pounds to the observer.
For IFM service providers, 10 minutes for submission of a monitor
deployment report; 20 minutes for the submission of an ASM availability
report; 30 minutes for the submission of a safety refusal; 5 minutes
for the submission of raw monitor data; 2 hours for a monitor
debriefing; 30 minutes for the submission of other reports; 1 hour for
the submission of biological samples; 10 hours for the submission of a
new service provider application; 10 hours for an applicant response to
a service provider denial; 30 minutes to request monitor training; 8
hours to rebut removal from the list of approved IFM service providers;
10 minutes to process request for an ASM; 5 minutes to notify
unavailability of ASMs; 10 minutes to process request for an IFM
observer in groundfish closed area; 5 minutes to notify unavailability
of IFM observers; 5 minutes for the submission of monitor contact list
updates; 5 minutes for the submission of monitor availability updates;
30 minutes for submission of service provider materials; and 30 minutes
for the submission of service provide contracts.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,848.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently
approved collection associated with the Atlantic herring fishery.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater Atlantic Region
manages these fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the
Northeastern United States through the Atlantic Herring Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The New England 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 and the recordkeeping and
reporting requirements at Sec. 648.11 form the basis for this
collection of information.
In 2014, NMFS implemented Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring FMP
to improve the collection of real-time and accurate catch information
for the Atlantic herring fishery; enhance the monitoring and sampling
of catch at-sea; and address bycatch issues, in particular bycatch of
river herrings and shads, through responsible management.
In 2020, NMFS implemented the New England Industry Funded
Monitoring (IFM) Omnibus Amendment to increase monitoring in certain
FMPs, above levels required by the Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM), to assess the amount and type of catch and to
reduce variability around catch estimates. This amendment created a
structure by which industry funding would be used in conjunction with
available federal funding to pay for additional monitoring to meet FMP-
specific coverage targets and required IFM in the Atlantic herring
fishery.
We request the continued collection of the following information to
improve monitoring and the collection of catch information in the
Atlantic herring fishery:
<bullet> Observer notification requirement for permitted herring
vessels to facilitate SBRM and IFM coverage;
<bullet> Requirement for vessel captains to submit a Released Catch
Affidavit form documenting the discarding of unsampled catch;
<bullet> A requirement that Category A and B Atlantic herring
permit holders pay for vessel at-sea monitoring costs, estimated to be
up to $710 per sea day, on trips selected for IFM coverage (50%
coverage target);
<bullet> The option for Category A and B Atlantic herring permit
holders that fish with midwater trawl gear to obtain an IFM observer
allowing the vessel to fish in groundfish closed areas and pay for the
vessel's at-sea monitoring costs, estimated to be up to $818 per sea
day; and
<bullet> Requirements for IFM monitor service providers to submit
reports to NMFS on behalf of Category A or B Atlantic herring permitted
vessels or for meeting service provider responsibilities for service
provider approval and to facilitate accurate catch monitoring.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: As-needed.
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Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
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
<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 0648-0674.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-28214 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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