Notice2024-25759
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data Collection
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Published
November 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88012-88013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25759]
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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; Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data 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 June 17, 2024, 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: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data
Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0679.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 10,035.
Average Hours per Response: Pre-trip notification to observer
program, 5 minutes; Trip Cancellation notification to observer program,
1 minute; Released Catch Affidavit, 5 minutes; and Vessel Permit Swap
Form, 5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 766 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for renewal of an approved
information collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the responsibility
for the conservation and management of marine fishery resources. Much
of this responsibility has been delegated to the NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). Under this stewardship role, the Secretary
was given certain regulatory authorities to ensure the most beneficial
uses of these resources. One of the regulatory steps taken to care out
the conservation and management objectives is to collect information
from users of the resources.
This collection requires limited access mackerel and longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit holders to bring all catch aboard the
vessel and make it available for sampling by an observer. If catch is
not made available to an observer before discard, that catch is defined
as slippage, and the vessel operator must complete a ``Released Catch
Affidavit'' form within 48 hours of the end of the fishing trip which
details why catch was slipped, estimates the quantity and species
composition of
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the slipped catch, and records the time and location of the slipped
catch.
This collection also requires any vessel with a limited access
mackerel permit intending to land over 20,000 lb of mackerel to contact
NMFS at least 48 hours in advance of a fishing trip to request an
observer. Vessels currently contact NMFS via phone, and selection
notices or waivers are issued by NMFS via VMS. If service providers are
unable to provide coverage, an owner, operator, or vessel manager may
request a waiver by calling the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program.
Additionally, if a fishing trip is cancelled, vessels must notify NMFS
of the cancelled trip to prevent observers from being deployed to a
cancelled trip.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
individual or households, state, local, or tribal government.
Frequency: Pre-trip notification to observer program, on occasion;
Trip Cancellation notification to observer program, on occasion;
Released Catch Affidavit, on occasion; and Vessel Permit Swap Form,
maximum of once.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and
Conservation 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 entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0679.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-25759 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
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