Notice2024-20943
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Documentation of Fish Harvest
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Published
September 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75531-75532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20943]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Documentation of Fish Harvest
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
(PRA), on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite
the public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and
continuing information collections, which help us to assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
previously requested public comments for 60 days via a notice published
in the Federal Register on May 14, 2024. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Documentation of Fish Harvest.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0365.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current
information collection.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 379.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 63 hours.
Needs and Uses: The NMFS Southeast Regional Office proposes to
extend the information collection currently approved under OMB Control
Number 0648-0365.
The NMFS Southeast Regional Office manages commercial fishing in
Federal waters of the South Atlantic under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which is also
known as the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Federally permitted seafood dealers who process or sell snapper-
grouper species during seasonal fishery closures in the South Atlantic
for those applicable species must maintain documentation, as specified
in 50 CFR part 300 subpart K and 50 CFR 622.192(i), that such fish were
harvested from areas other than state or Federal waters in the South
Atlantic. The applicable snapper-grouper species are greater amberjack,
gag, black grouper, red grouper, scamp, red hind, rock hind,
yellowmouth grouper, yellowfin grouper, graysby, and coney. The
documentation includes information on the vessel that harvested the
fish, and where and when the fish were offloaded from the vessel. NMFS
requires the information for the enforcement of fishery regulations at
50 CFR 622, subpart I.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://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
0648-0365.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-20943 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
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