Notice2022-28215
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Statement of Financial Interests, Regional Fishery Management Councils
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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 79868-79869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28215]
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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; Statement of Financial Interests, Regional Fishery Management
Councils
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 23, 2022 (87 FR 58064) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
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Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Statement of Financial Interests for Regional Fishery
Management Councils.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0192.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-195.
Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 330.
Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 248 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the establishment of
eight Regional Fishery Management Councils to manage fisheries within
regional jurisdictions. Section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
requires that affected individuals, including Council members appointed
by the Secretary of Commerce, Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) members appointed by a Council, and individuals nominated by the
State Governor, Territorial Governor or Tribal Government for possible
appointment as a Council member (50 CFR 600.235), must disclose their
financial interest in any Council fishery. Financial interests include
harvesting, processing, lobbying, advocacy, or marketing activity that
is being, or will be, undertaken within any fishery over which the
Council concerned has jurisdiction. Information on financial interests
must be disclosed on NOAA Form 88-195, Statement of Financial
Interests, under OMB collection 0648-0192. The information collected is
used to assess potential conflicts of interest and to make
determinations about when recusals from Council voting decisions are
necessary to avoid such conflicts. NOAA Fisheries and Council offices
are required to maintain current Statement of Financial Interests forms
on file that are publically available for transparency. The Statement
of Financial Interests form is being revised at this time for
consistency with the final rule to clarify guidance on council members'
financial disclosures and voting recusals (50 CFR 600.235; as amended
at 85 FR 56177, Sept. 11, 2020).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Act section 302(j) and 50 CFR
600.235.
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 0648-0192.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-28215 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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