Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 24 / Monday, February 8, 2021 / Notices 8609 

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; Greater Atlantic Region 

Dealer Purchase Reports 

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 October 28, 

2020, (85 FR 68307) during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Northeast Regional Dealer 

Purchase Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0229. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 680. 

Average Hours per Response: 4 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,673. 

Needs and Uses: Federally permitted 

dealers, and any individual acting in the 

capacity of a dealer, must submit to the 

Regional Administrator or to the official 

designee a detailed report of all fish 

purchased or received for a commercial 

purpose, other than solely for transport 

on land by one of the available 

electronic reporting mechanisms 

approved by National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS). The information 

obtained is used by economists, 

biologists, and managers in the 

management of the fisheries. The data 

collection parameters are consistent 

with the current requirements for 

Federal dealers under the authority of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

This is an extension request of the 

current approval. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, Tribal 

government; Federal government. 

Frequency: Weekly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

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 0648–0229. 

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 Region Permit Family 

of Forms 

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 November 

30, 2020, (85 FR 76536) 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: Alaska Region Permit Family of 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0206. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 484. 

Average Hours per Response: FFP 

application, 21 minutes; FPP 

application, 25 minutes; EFP 

application, 100 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 474 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska 

Region, is requesting extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection for the applications for the 

Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP), the 

Federal Processor Permit (FPP), and the 

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP). 

NMFS requires an FFP or FPP for 

participation in the groundfish fisheries 

of the exclusive economic zone off 

Alaska. NMFS issues an EFP to allow 

groundfish fishing activities that would 

otherwise be prohibited under 

regulations for groundfish fishing. EFPs 

are issued to support projects that could 

benefit the groundfish fisheries and the 

environment and result in gathering 

information not otherwise available 

through research or commercial fishing 

operations. Regulations governing these 

permits are at 50 CFR 600.745, 679.4, 

and 679.6. 

Operators of vessels and managers of 

processors must have a permit on board 

or on site when fishing, receiving, 

buying, or processing groundfish and 

non-groundfish species. The permit 

information provides harvest gear types; 

descriptions of vessels, shoreside 

processors, and stationary floating 

processors; and expected fishery activity 

levels. The information requested on the 

permit applications is used for fisheries 

management and regulatory compliance 

by NMFS Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, NMFS Restricted Access 

Management Program, NMFS Observer 

Program, NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement, the U.S. Coast Guard, and 

the North Pacific Fisheries Management 

Council. 

Section 303(b)(1) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act specifically recognizes 

the need for permit issuance. Requiring 

a permit for marine resource users is 

one of the regulatory steps taken to carry 

out conservation and management 

objectives. Permit issuance is essential 

in fishery resources management for 

identification of the participants and 

expected activity levels and for 

regulatory compliance. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 


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