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to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

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 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Alaska License Limitation 

Program for Groundfish, Crab, and 

Scallops 

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 September 

3, 2020 (85 FR 54999), during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Alaska License Limitation 

Program for Groundfish, Crab, and 

Scallops. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0334. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 105. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour 

each for Application for Transfer 

License Limitation Program Groundfish/ 

Crab License and Application for 

Transfer of Scallop LLP License; 4 hours 

for transfer appeals. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 56 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska 

Regional Office, is requesting renewal of 

the currently approved information 

collection for the Alaska License 

Limitation Program (LLP) for 

Groundfish, Crab, and Scallops. 

The License Limitation Program (LLP) 

restricts access to the commercial 

groundfish, crab, and scallop fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone off 

Alaska, except for certain areas where 

alternative programs exist. The intended 

effect of the LLP is to limit the number 

of participants and reduce fishing 

capacity in fisheries off Alaska. More 

information on the LLP can be found on 

the NMFS Alaska Region website and at 

50 CFR 692, 679.4(g) and (k), and 

679.7(i). 

An LLP license is required for vessels 

participating in directed fishing for LLP 

groundfish species in the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) or Gulf of 

Alaska (GOA), or fishing in any BSAI 

LLP crab fisheries. An LLP license is 

also required for any vessel deployed in 

scallop fisheries in Federal waters off 

Alaska (except for some diving 

operations). 

Vessels participating in directed 

fishing for LLP groundfish species in the 

GOA or BSAI, or fishing in any BSAI 

LLP crab fisheries, must be named on a 

valid copy of the LLP license that is on 

board the vessel, with some exceptions. 

An LLP groundfish or crab license 

authorizes the license holder to deploy 

the vessel in fisheries in accordance 

with the specific area and species 

endorsements, the vessel and gear 

designations, the maximum length 

overall (MLOA) specified on the license, 

and any exemption from the MLOA 

specified on the license. 

An LLP scallop license authorizes the 

person named on the license to catch 

and retain scallops in compliance with 

State of Alaska regulations using a 

vessel that does not exceed the MLOA 

specified on the license and the gear 

designation specified on the license. 

Unlike the LLP groundfish license, the 

scallop license is not vessel specific. A 

valid copy of the LLP scallop license 

must be on board the vessel. 

The LLP originally collected basic 

information so that NMFS could 

determine which owners of vessels were 

issued LLP licenses. To receive an LLP 

license, an eligible applicant needed to 

apply during the application periods 

established when the program was 

implemented. As the application 

periods and selection process for the 

LLP licenses have ended, an LLP license 

may now only be obtained through 

transfer. 

This information collection collects 

information necessary for transfer of 

LLP licenses for groundfish, crabs, and 

scallops. This collection contains the 

two applications used for those transfers 

and the transfer appeals process. 

An LLP license holder uses a transfer 

application to transfer an LLP license to 

a person who meets the eligibility 

requirements. The transfer applications 

collect information on the transferor, the 

transferee, and the LLP license to be 

transferred. The groundfish and crab 

transfer application also collects 

information on the rockfish quota share 

to be transferred, the vessel currently 

named on the LLP license, the vessel to 

be named on the LLP license, and 

ownership interest and transaction data. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 

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 0648–0334. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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