Notice2023-26517
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Salmon Bycatch Minimization Information Collection
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Published
December 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26517]
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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; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Salmon Bycatch Minimization
Information Collection
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 25, 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: Pacific Coast Groundfish Salmon Bycatch Minimization.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0794.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 14.
Average Hours per Response: SMP proposal (10 hours), SMP amendment
(3 hours), Administrative appeals for disapproved SMP (6 hours), SMP
postseason report (8 hours).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 113 burden hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection. On February 23, 2021, NMFS published
in the Federal Register a final rule (86 FR 10857) allowing a Pacific
whiting sector cooperative or group of vessels to develop a Salmon
Mitigation Plan (SMP) to promote reduction in Chinook salmon bycatch.
The rule also established that vessels with a NMFS-approved SMP have
access to the Chinook salmon bycatch reserve regardless of NMFS
implementing other in season measures to minimize salmon bycatch. The
associated regulations are found at 50 CFR part 660. OMB approved the
collection-of-information requirements contained in the final rule on
March 10, 2021, under OMB Control Number 0648-0794 (Pacific Coast
Groundfish Salmon Bycatch Minimization).
The public reporting burden for the submission of SMPs and post-
season reports includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. NMFS estimates
receiving up to six SMP proposals, six SMP post-season reports, and one
amended SMP, per year over the next three years. NMFS estimates
receiving one administrative appeal for a disapproved SMP over the next
three years. Public reporting burden is estimated to average 10 hours
per response for the SMP proposal, 3 hours per response for an amended
SMP, 6 hours per response for an administrative appeal of a disapproved
SMP, and 8 hours per response for the SMP postseason report.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.
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 0648-0794.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-26517 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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