Notice2023-21178
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program
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Published
September 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21178]
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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; Tilefish Individual Fishing 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 April 21, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0590.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours per Response: 0.33.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 18.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
NMFS Greater Atlantic Region manages the golden tilefish fishery of
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Northeastern United States,
through the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic
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
subpart N.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at Sec. 648.294 form
the basis for this collection of information. NMFS requests information
from tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit holders to process
applications that ensure IFQ allocation holders are provided a
statement of their annual catch quota, and for enforcement purposes, to
ensure vessels are not exceeding an individual quota allocation. In
conjunction with the application, NMFS also collects IFQ share
accumulation information to ensure that IFQ allocation holders do not
acquire an excessive share of the total limited access privileges, as
required by section 303A(d)(5)(C) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS requests transfer application information to process and track
requests from allocation holders to transfer quota allocation
(permanent and temporary) to another entity. NMFS also collects
information for cost recovery purposes as required under the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. Cost recovery is used to collect fees to recover the costs
directly related to management, data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of IFQ programs. Lastly, NMFS collects landings information
to ensure that the amounts of tilefish landed and ex-vessel prices are
properly recorded for quota monitoring purposes and the calculation of
IFQ fees. Having this information results in an increasingly more
efficient and accurate database for management and monitoring of
fisheries of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual and as requested.
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, 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 0648-0590.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-21178 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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