Notice2024-03944
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits
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Published
February 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14446-14447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03944]
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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 Crab Permits
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 20, 2023, 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 Crab Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 468.
Average Hours per Response: Application for Annual Crab IFQ Permit:
2.5 hours; Application for Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours; Application
for Annual Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours;
Application for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes;
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master (skipper) Permit: 1 hour;
Application for Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20 minutes;
Application for Transfer of Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for Transfer
of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab IFQ:
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting
Cooperatives: 2 hours; Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ:
2.5 hours; Application for Converted CPO QS and CPO IFQ: 30 minutes;
Application for CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/PQS or IFQ/IPQ by
Transfer: 2 hours; Application for Annual Exemption from Western
Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West Region Delivery Requirements: 2
hours; Application for Exemption from CR Crab North or South Region
Delivery Requirements: 20 hours; North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary Community Impact Report or IPQ
Holder Report (N or S Response Report): 2 hours; CDQ Group Notification
of Community Representative: 5 hours; Application to Become an ECCO:
2.5 hours; Application for Transfer of Crab QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO:
2 hours; ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI Crab Rationalization Program
QS Beneficiary Designation Form: 30 minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS
Decisions: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,450 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Crab Rationalization Program (CR
Program).
This information collection is necessary for NMFS to manage the CR
Program. The CR Program was implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 10174,
March 2, 2005). The CR Program is a limited access privilege program
that allocates the harvest of crab fisheries managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner
Crabs (FMP) among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities.
Regulations implementing the FMP and the CR Program are at 50 CFR part
680. Information on the CR Program is posted on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crab-rationalization-program">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crab-rationalization-program</a>.
This information collection includes the forms used by participants
in the CR Program to apply for or renew permits; transfer or lease
individual fishing quota (IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ), quota
share (QS), or processor quota share (PQS); and apply for exemption
from regional delivery requirements. This information collection also
includes the following reports for which no collection forms are used:
<bullet> The Community Impact Report or IPQ Holder Report is
submitted by a community entity or IPQ holder, respectively, and
provides documentation needed by NMFS to evaluate the efficacy of
privately administered contracts.
<bullet> The CDQ Group Notification of Community Representative is
submitted by the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ)
groups representing Saint Paul and Saint George to designate to NMFS a
single entity as the regional representative for these two communities.
<bullet> The Eligible Crab Community Organization (ECCO) Annual
Report is submitted by the ECCO. It details the use of the crab QS and
IFQ and is intended to ensure that the ECCO maintains the QS and IFQ to
benefit residents of eligible communities.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary; Required to Obtain or Retain
Benefits; Mandatory.
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
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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 0648-0514.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-03944 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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