[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 17046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06305]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data Collection

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0679.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (Revision to an approved information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 10,035.
    Average Hours per Response: Pre-trip notification to observer 
program/Change from call to web based system, 5 minutes; Trip 
Cancellation notification to observer program/change from call to web-
based, 1 minute; Released Catch Affidavit, 5 minutes; and Vessel Permit 
Swap Form, 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 765.84.
    Needs and Uses: The information collections under OMB Control No. 
0648-0679, are used by several offices of NMFS, the United States Coast 
Guard, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the New England 
Fishery Management Council, state fishery management agencies, academic 
institutions, and other fishery research and management organizations 
to evaluate current management programs and future management 
proposals. In most cases, aggregated summaries are made available, but 
for law enforcement, mailings, or resource allocation problems, 
individual permit information is often required. All information 
collections are necessary for improved monitoring of the Atlantic 
mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish fisheries. There are changes to this 
collection due to the duplication of collection accounting of the 
Northeast region permit family of forms, 0648-0202, and those 
information collections are being removed from this OMB Control Number. 
These information collection include: Any forms related to Vessel 
Monitoring Systems (VMS); VMS Power Down Exemption; Exemption Programs 
Authorized for Federal Permit Holders, such as transfers at sea for 
Atlantic mackerel; permit applications; replacement/upgrades; and 
confirmation of permit history. The collection accounting for VTR 
submission has been added to the 0679-0212 collection. There are no 
changes to the information collections other than updated permit holder 
numbers.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, dependent on fishing activity.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (MSA).
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
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.

    Dated: March 23, 2020.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-06305 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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