Notice2026-03472
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program
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Published
February 23, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8440-8441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03472]
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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 Cod Trawl Cooperative 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 July 18, 2025, 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: Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0811.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension and revision of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 13 respondents.
Average Hours per Response: Application for PCTC Cooperative Quota:
2 hours; Application for Inter-Cooperative Transfer of CQ: 10 minutes;
Application for Transfer of PCTC QS for Processors: 2 hours; and
Notification of Intent to Process PCTC: 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a renewal and revision of a previously
approved collection for the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program (PCTC
Program). This collection contains ongoing information collection
requirements submitted by participating harvesters
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and processors for the following forms: (1) Application for PCTC
Program Cooperative Quota (CQ), (2) Application for Inter-Cooperative
Transfer of CQ, (3) Application for Transfer of PCTC Program Quota
Share (QS) for Processors, and (4) Notification of Intent to Process
PCTC Program Pacific Cod. As part of this revision, NMFS is removing
the following forms which are no longer needed: (1) Application for
PCTC Program Quota Share (QS) and (2) Ninety-Day Transfer Window for
Non-Exempt American Fisheries Act (AFA) License Limitation Program
(LLP) holders. This revision also removes the formal appeal process for
CQ allocations, as this was only used during implementation of the
program.
The PCTC Program is a limited access privilege program for the
harvest of Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl
catcher vessel sector. This program is necessary to increase the value
of fishery, minimize bycatch to the extent practicable, provide for the
sustained participation of fishery-dependent communities, ensure the
sustainability and viability of the resource, and promote safety and
stability in the harvesting and processing sectors.
This information collection contains the collection instruments
necessary for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to implement
the PCTC Program and manage cooperative quota and quota share in this
fishery.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and as-needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
Legal Authority: NMFS manages the groundfish fisheries in the
Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Alaska under the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI FMP), the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish
of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP), and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act
of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c. The fishery management plans were prepared by
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council). The Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the Council to prepare and amend
fishery management plans for any fishery in waters under its
jurisdiction.
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="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://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 0648-0811.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-03472 Filed 2-20-26; 8:45 am]
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