[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27463]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: Alaska Quota Cost Recovery Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0711.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,047.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 minute for cost recovery fee, 
observer coverage fee, and Value and Volume Report; 4 hours for Appeals 
for any person who receives an IAD for incomplete payment of a fee 
liability.
    Burden Hours: 97.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of an 
existing information collection.
    Three existing collections are being merged into this collection: 
OMB control numbers 0648-0727, 0648-0758, and 0648-0764.
    The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation Act both authorizes 
and requires the collection of cost recovery fees for Limited Access 
Privilege (LAP) programs and Western Alaska Community Development Quota 
(CDQ) programs. The cost recovery fees may not exceed three percent of 
the ex-vessel value, and must recover costs associated with the 
management, data collection, and enforcement of these programs that are 
directly incurred by government agencies tasked with overseeing these 
fisheries.
    In addition, NMFS collects observer coverage fees to support the 
funding and deployment of observers on vessels and in plants in the 
partial observer coverage category. The observer coverage fee must be 
paid by permit holders in the partial observer coverage category, i.e., 
small catcher/processors, catcher vessels, shoreside processors, and 
stationary floating processors named on a Federal Fisheries Permit, or 
a person named on a Registered Buyer permit.
    Processors that receive and purchase landings of IFQ halibut or 
sablefish, rockfish, groundfish, and crab subject to observer and/or 
cost recovery fees must submit an Ex-vessel Value and Volume report 
under 50 CFR 679.5 or 50 CFR 680.5 that provides information on the 
pounds purchased and value paid. NMFS uses this information to 
establish the total ex-vessel value of the fishery, to calculate 
standard prices, and to establish annual fee percentages in each 
fishery.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6827213a29373b1d0a05011b1b0107062807050a460d0718460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246b6d76657b775146494d57574d4b4a644b49460a414b540a434b52">[email protected]</span></a> or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: December 14, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27463 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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