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permit. The application collects rockfish 

cooperative identification information, 

LLP holder and ownership 

documentation for the members of the 

cooperative applying for QS, 

identification information for vessels of 

the cooperative members, shoreside 

processor associate identification 

information, certifications of the 

cooperative representative and 

processor associate(s) and required 

attachments. 

The Application for Inter-Cooperative 

Transfer of CQ is used by a rockfish 

cooperative to transfer CQ to another 

rockfish cooperative. The information 

collected includes information on the 

QS to be transferred. This information is 

used by NMFS to monitor transfers to 

ensure they do not exceed ownership or 

use caps for the fishery. 

The Rockfish Program vessel check-in 

report must be submitted before a vessel 

authorized to fish under the 

cooperative’s permit starts fishing for 

the cooperative, and a check-out report 

when a vessel stops fishing for the 

cooperative during the fishing season. 

The check-in and check-out reports are 

necessary so that NMFS’s catch 

accounting system can identify catch by 

a vessel that should accrue to a rockfish 

cooperative quota allocation from catch 

that occurs in other, non-Rockfish 

Program fisheries. 

A rockfish cooperative may choose to 

terminate its CQ permit through a 

termination of fishing report submitted 

to NMFS. This notifies NMFS that all 

vessels fishing for the cooperative have 

completed fishing in the Rockfish 

Program for the year. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information is collected by mail, 

fax, delivery, and electronically through 

eFISH on the NMFS Alaska Region 

website at https://

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/ 

login. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0545. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 7. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 

Application for Rockfish Cooperative 

Fishing Quota: 2 hours; Application for 

Inter-Cooperative Transfer of Rockfish 

Cooperative Quota: 10 minutes; 

Rockfish Program Vessel Check-In/ 

Check-Out and Termination of Fishing 

Report: 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 35 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $35 in recordkeeping and 

reporting costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; American Lobster—Annual 

Trap Transfer Program 

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 April 21, 

2023 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: American Lobster—Annual 

Trap Transfer Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0673. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a current information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 204. 

Average Hours Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 17. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The American lobster resource and 

fishery are cooperatively managed by 

the states and NMFS under the 

authority of the Atlantic Coastal 

Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 

according to the framework established 

by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (ASMFC) in Amendment 3 

of its Interstate Fishery Management 

Plan (ISFMP). This collection of 

information is in response to several 

addenda to Amendment 3 of the ISFMP 

that work to reduce trap fishing effort 

through limited entry fishing and trap 

allocation limit reductions. The Trap 

Transfer Program is intended to foster 

economic flexibility for the lobster 

industry while reducing fishing effort 

on the American lobster resource. The 

regulations implementing the FMP in 

the EEZ are specified at 50 CFR part 

697. 

This collection of information is being 

conducted to help mitigate the 

economic burden of scheduled trap 

allocation reductions in Lobster 

Conservation Management Areas 2 and 

3 on Federal lobster permit holders 

through the Annual Lobster Trap 

Transfer Program, which allows all 

qualified Federal lobster permit holders 

to buy and sell trap allocation from 

Areas 2, 3, or Outer Cape Cod. NMFS 

collects application forms from Lobster 

permit holders who wish to transfer trap 

allocation from these areas during a 2- 


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month period (from August 1 through 

September 30) each year; and the 

revised allocations resulting from the 

transfers become effective for each 

participating lobster permit at the start 

of the following Federal lobster fishing 

year, on May 1. Both the seller and 

buyer of the traps are required to sign 

the application form, date the 

document, and clearly show that the 

seller has sufficient allocation to 

transfer and that the buyer has sufficient 

room under the applicable trap cap. 

There were no modifications to this 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: As-needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Atlantic Coastal 

Fisheries Cooperative Management Act 

(16 U.S.C. 5101 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 0648–0673. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD350] 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 88 State of 

Florida’s State Reef Fish Survey (SRFS) 

Topical Working Group Scoping 

Webinar for Gulf of Mexico Red 

Grouper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 88 assessment of 

Gulf of Mexico red grouper will consist 

of a series of webinars. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 88 SRFS Topical 

Working Group Scoping Webinar will 

be held October 5, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 

11 a.m., eastern. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; phone: 

(843) 571–4366; email: Julie.neer@

safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report that compiles 

and evaluates potential datasets and 

recommends which datasets are 

appropriate for assessment analyses. 

The product of the Assessment Process 

is a stock assessment report that 

describes the fisheries, evaluates the 

status of the stock, estimates biological 

benchmarks, projects future population 

conditions, and recommends research 

and monitoring needs. The assessment 

is independently peer reviewed at the 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Summary 

documenting panel opinions regarding 

the strengths and weaknesses of the 

stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and State 

and Federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the 

webinar are as follows: 

Participants will discuss what SRFS 

data may be available for use in the 

assessment of Gulf of Mexico red 

grouper. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 

10 business days prior to each 

workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: September 14, 2023. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; NOAA Dr. Nancy Foster 

Scholarship Program 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 


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