Notice2023-16417
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program
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Published
August 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50846-50847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16417]
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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; Western Alaska Community Development Quota 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 May 16, 2023 (88 FR 31245), 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: Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program
OMB Control Number: 0648-0269.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 6.
Average Hours per Response: CDQ Vessel Registration System, 10
minutes; Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and PSQ Transfer Request, 30 minutes;
Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations, 5
hours; Appeals, 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 36 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved
information collection that contains four components necessary for NMFS
to manage the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (CDQ
Program). No changes were made to this collection other than updates to
reflect the most current data available and minor editorial changes to
the forms to increase clarity.
NMFS and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council manage the
groundfish fisheries in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are managed
under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area.
The CDQ Program is an economic development program authorized under
the Magnuson Stevens Act to provide eligible western Alaska villages
with the opportunity to participate and invest in fisheries in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, to support economic
development in western Alaska, to alleviate poverty and provide
economic and social benefits for residents of western Alaska, and to
achieve sustainable and diversified local economies in western Alaska.
This information collection is used by NMFS to manage the small
vessel CDQ fisheries, transfer quota among the CDQ groups, and
authorize the use of alternative harvest regulations under certain
circumstances.
This information collection contains the following four components:
<bullet> The CDQ Vessel Registration System is an online system
used by the CDQ groups to add small hook-and-line catcher vessels to
the CDQ vessel registration list. Registered vessels are exempt from
the requirements to obtain and carry a License Limitation Program
license under regulations at 50 part 679. This system is also used to
remove vessels from the CDQ vessel registration list.
<bullet> The Groundfish/Halibut CDQ and Prohibited Species Quota
(PSQ) Transfer Request form is used to transfer annual amounts of
groundfish and halibut CDQ and PSQ, except Bering Sea Chinook salmon,
between two CDQ groups. This form is completed by the transferring and
receiving CDQ groups.
<bullet> The Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest
Regulations is used by a CDQ group, an association representing CDQ
groups, or a voluntary fishing cooperative to request approval to use
non CDQ harvest regulations when the CDQ regulations are more
restrictive than the regulations otherwise required for participants in
non-CDQ groundfish fisheries.
<bullet> An appeals process is provided for an applicant who
receives an adverse initial administrative determination related to its
Application for Approval of Use of Non-CDQ Harvest Regulations.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
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
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entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number
0648-0269.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-16417 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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