Notice2023-04770
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Region Amendment 80 Program
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Published
March 8, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14347-14348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04770]
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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; Alaska Region Amendment 80 Program
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 October 27, 2022 (87 FR 65038), during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska Region Amendment 80 Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0565.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 11.
Average Hours per Response: Application for A80 Quota Share: 2
hours; Application for A80 Limited Access Fishery Permit: 2 hours;
Application for A80 Cooperative Quota Permit: 2 hours; Application to
Transfer A80 Quota Share: 2 hours; Application for Inter-cooperative
Transfer of A80 Cooperative Quota: 2 hours; Application for A80 Vessel
Replacement: 2 hours; A80 appeals letter: 4 hours; Flatfish Exchange
Application: 5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 14 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved
information collection that contains applications for permits and
transfers necessary for NMFS to manage the Amendment 80 Program (A80
Program).
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., the Secretary of Commerce is responsible for
the
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conservation and management of marine fishery resources within the
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States through NOAA/NMFS.
NMFS Alaska Region manages the EEZ off Alaska under the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI FMP) and the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. The North Pacific Fishery Management
Council recommended A80 to the BSAI FMP in June 2006 (72 FR 52668,
September 14, 2007). A80 allocates several Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands (BSAI) nonpollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery
sectors, established a limited access privilege program (LAPP), and
facilitated the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-
American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector. More
information on the A80 Program is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-amendment-80-groundfish-trawl-fishery">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-amendment-80-groundfish-trawl-fishery</a>.
This collection contains applications used by an individual or
business entity to apply for A80 quota share, used by A80 quota
shareholders to transfer A80 quota share and to apply for an A80
limited access fishery permit, used by A80 cooperatives to apply for
cooperative quota and transfer cooperative quota, used by cooperatives
or Community Development Quota groups to exchange community quota for
one eligible flatfish species with community quota of a different
eligible flatfish species, and used by A80 vessel owners to replace
their vessels. This information collection also contains the appeals
process for an application that is denied.
The type of information collected includes information on the
applicants, transferors, transferees, permits, vessels, quota share,
cooperative quota, and flatfish harvest quota.
NMFS uses this information to establish eligibility to receive A80
quota share, cooperative quota, and permits; transfer and assign
harvest quota; replace vessels used in the A80 Program; determine A80
species initial total allowable catch assignments; determine which
vessels must be tracked for catch accounting; and review ownership and
control information to ensure that quota share and cooperative quota
use caps are not exceeded.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion; Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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 0648-0565.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04770 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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