Notice2023-02568
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Designation of Fishery Management Council Members and Application for Reinstatement of State Authority
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Published
February 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7948-7949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02568]
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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; Designation of Fishery Management Council Members and
Application for Reinstatement of State Authority
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 November 7, 2022, 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: Designation of Fishery Management Council Members and
Application for Reinstatement of State Authority.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0314.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 275.
Average Hours per Response: 80 hours for a nomination for Council
appointment; 16 hours for background
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documentation for nominees; 1 hour to designate a principal state
fishery official(s) or for a request to reinstate authority.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,607.
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. This collection pertains to several sections of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act related to the Councils. Section 302(b)
provides for appointment of Council members nominated by State
Governors, Territorial Governors, or Tribal Governments and for
designation of a principal state fishery official for the purposes of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Section 306(b)(2) provides for a request by a
state for reinstatement of state authority over a managed fishery.
Nominees for Council membership must provide their State Governor,
Territorial Governor, or Tribal Government leadership with background
documentation, which is then submitted to NOAA, on behalf of the
Secretary of Commerce to review qualifications for Council membership.
The information collected with these actions is used to ensure that the
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act are being met in regard to
Council membership and state authority.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Act section 302(b), section
306(b)(2), and 50 CFR 600.215.
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 0648-0314.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-02568 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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