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will be recorded on paper, scanned in, 

and stored according to vessel name. 

This information will only be accessed 

if there is an enforcement issue. The 

final change is also within the West 

Coast Groundfish Observer Program. 

They have introduced a new phone app 

that captains are using to declare 

upcoming fishing trips and NMFS is 

using to let them know if they have been 

selected for observer coverage. 

Additionally, some forms have been 

removed from this OMB Control 

Number as they are completed based 

upon direct observation by an employee 

or agent of the sponsoring agency and 

are therefore exempt from the PRA 

requirements. (5 CFR 1320.3(h)(3)). A 

list of all forms—those requiring OMB 

approval and those that do not—is being 

submitted with the revision package. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: The frequency depends on 

the observer program. Some programs 

require observers on every trip while 

other programs require observers at a 

lower frequency as assigned through a 

random stratified design. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Some 

questions are voluntary, others are 

mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA) provides 

authority to require observer coverage 

on a vessel or at a fish processing plant 

for the purpose of collecting information 

necessary for fishery conservation and 

management. Observers are also 

authorized to be deployed under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) to collect information on 

species protected under those 

authorities. Section 303(b)(8) of the 

MSA states that any fishery 

management plan which is prepared by 

any Council, or by the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary), with respect to 

any fishery, may require that one or 

more observers be carried on board a 

vessel of the United States engaged in 

fishing for species that are subject to the 

plan, for the purpose of collecting data 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of the fishery; Sec. 403(a) 

requires the Secretary to promulgate 

regulations for fishing vessels that carry 

observers; and Sec. 403(b)(1) requires 

the Secretary to establish programs to 

ensure that each observer receives 

adequate training in collecting and 

analyzing the information necessary for 

the conservation and management 

purposes. Similar authority to place 

observers on fishing vessels is provided 

by Sec. 118 of the MMPA (50 U.S.C. Part 

229) and Parts 222 and 223 (U.S.C.) of 

the ESA. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

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 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 –0593. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA628] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Trawl Rationalization Program; 2021 

Cost Recovery Fee Notice 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice, 2021 cost recovery fee 

percentages and average mothership 

cooperative program pricing. 

SUMMARY: This action provides 

participants in the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Trawl Rationalization 

Program with the 2021 cost recovery fee 

percentages and the average mothership 

(MS) price per pound to be used in the 

catcher/processor (C/P) coop program to 

calculate the fee amount for the 

upcoming calendar year. For the 2021 

calendar year, NMFS announces the 

following fee percentages by sector 

specific program: 2.5 percent for the 

Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota 

(IFQ) Program; 1.3 percent for the MS 

Co-op Program; and 0.2 percent for the 

C/P Co-op Program. For 2021, the MS 

pricing to be used as a proxy by the C/ 

P Co-op Program is $0.09/lb for Pacific 

whiting. 

DATES: Applicable January 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keeley Kent, (206) 247–8252, 

keeley.kent@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) authorizes and requires NMFS to 

collect fees to recover the costs directly 

related to the management, data 

collection and analysis, and 

enforcement directly related to and in 

support of a limited access privilege 

program (LAPP) (16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(2)), 

also called ‘‘cost recovery.’’ Cost 

recovery fees recover the actual costs 

directly related to the management, data 

collection and analysis, and 

enforcement of the programs (Section 

303A(e)). Section 304(d) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act mandates that 

cost recovery fees not exceed 3 percent 

of the annual ex-vessel value of fish 

harvested by a program subject to a cost 

recovery fee, and that the fee be 

collected either at the time of landing, 

filing of a landing report, or sale of such 

fish during a fishing season or in the last 

quarter of the calendar year in which 

the fish is harvested. 

The Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl 

Rationalization Program is a LAPP, 

implemented in 2011, and consists of 

three sector-specific programs: the 

Shorebased IFQ Program, the MS Co-op 

Program, and the C/P Co-op Program. In 

accordance with the MSA, and based on 

a recommended structure and 

methodology developed in coordination 

with the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council), NMFS began 

collecting mandatory fees of up to 3 

percent of the ex-vessel value of 

groundfish from each program 

(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op 

Program, and C/P Co-op Program) in 

2014. NMFS collects the fees to recover 

the incremental costs of management, 

data collection and analysis, and 

enforcement of the Groundfish Trawl 

Rationalization Program. Additional 

background can be found in the cost 

recovery proposed rule (78 FR 7371; 

February 1, 2013) and final rule (78 FR 

75268; December 11, 2013). The details 

of cost recovery for the Groundfish 

Trawl Rationalization Program are in 

regulation at 50 CFR 660.115 (Trawl 

fishery—cost recovery program), 

§ 660.140 (Shorebased IFQ Program), 

§ 660.150 (MS Co-op Program), and 

§ 660.160 (C/P Co-op Program). 

By December 31 of each year, NMFS 

announces the next year’s fee 

percentages and the applicable MS 

pricing for the C/P Co-op Program. To 

calculate the fee percentages, NMFS 

used the formula specified in regulation 

at § 660.115(b)(1), where the fee 


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percentage by sector equals the lower of 

3 percent or direct program costs (DPC) 

for that sector divided by total ex-vessel 

value (V) for that sector multiplied by 

100 (Fee percentage = the lower of 3 

percent or (DPC/V) × 100). 

‘DPC,’ as defined in the regulations at 

§ 660.115(b)(1)(i), are the actual 

incremental costs for the previous fiscal 

year directly related to the management, 

data collection and analysis, and 

enforcement of each program 

(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op 

Program, and C/P Co-op Program). 

Actual incremental costs means those 

net costs that would not have been 

incurred but for the implementation of 

the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization 

Program, including both increased costs 

for new requirements of the program 

and reduced costs resulting from any 

program efficiencies or adjustments to 

costs from previous years. 

‘‘V’’, as specified at § 660.115(b)(1)(ii), 

is the total ex-vessel value, as defined at 

§ 660.111, for each sector from the 

previous calendar year. To determine 

the ex-vessel value for the Shorebased 

IFQ Program, NMFS used the ex-vessel 

value for calendar year 2019 as reported 

in the Pacific Fisheries Information 

Network (PacFIN) from Shorebased IFQ 

electronic fish tickets as this was the 

most recent complete set of data. To 

determine the ex-vessel value for the 

MS Co-op Program and the C/P Co-op 

Program, NMFS used the retained catch 

estimates (weight) for each sector as 

reported in the North Pacific Observer 

Program database multiplied by the 

average price of Pacific whiting as 

reported in PacFIN from the Shorebased 

IFQ sector in 2019. NMFS does not 

collect pricing data for these two sectors 

so it uses the Shorebased IFQ sector 

price data as a proxy. 

The fee calculations for the 2021 fee 

percentages are described below. 

IFQ Program: 

• 2.5 percent = the lower of 3 percent 

or ($1,482,104.69/$60,388,316.00) × 100. 

MS Co-op Program: 

• 1.3 percent = the lower of 3 percent 

or ($137,542.72/$10,625,816.30) × 100. 

C/P Co-op Program: 

• 0.2 percent = the lower of 3 percent 

or ($44,255.85/$23,703,577.63) × 100. 

MS Average Pricing 

MS pricing is the average price per 

pound that the C/P Co-op Program will 

use to determine the fee amount due for 

that sector. In the absence of MS price 

data, NMFS calculates MS pricing using 

Pacific whiting price data from the 

Shorebased IFQ Program in PacFIN. The 

C/P sector value (V) is calculated by 

multiplying the retained catch estimates 

(weight) of Pacific whiting harvested by 

the vessel registered to a C/P-endorsed 

limited entry trawl permit by the MS 

pricing. NMFS has calculated the 2021 

MS pricing to be used as a proxy by the 

CP Co-op Program as: $0.09/lb for 

Pacific whiting. 

Cost recovery fees are submitted to 

NMFS by fish buyers via Pay.gov 

(https://www.pay.gov/). Fees are only 

accepted in Pay.gov by credit/debit card 

or bank transfers. Cash or checks cannot 

be accepted. Fish buyers registered with 

Pay.gov can login in the upper righthand corner of the screen. Fish buyers 

not registered with Pay.gov can go to the 

cost recovery forms directly from the 

website below. The links to the Pay.gov 

forms for each program (IFQ, MS, or C/ 

P) are listed below: 

IFQ: https://www.pay.gov/public/ 

form/start/58062865; 

MS: https://www.pay.gov/public/ 

form/start/58378422; and 

C/P: https://www.pay.gov/public/ 

form/start/58102817. 

As stated in the preamble to the cost 

recovery proposed and final rules, in the 

spring of each year, NMFS will release 

an annual report documenting the 

details and data used for the fee 

percentage calculations. Annual reports 

are available at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/ 

sustainable-fisheries/west-coastgroundfish-trawl-catch-shareprogram#cost-recovery. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 

U.S.C.773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 

Dated: December 4, 2020. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–17] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, Transmittal 

20–17 with attached Policy Justification. 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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