[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21178]


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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; Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota 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: Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0590.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.33.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 18.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    NMFS Greater Atlantic Region manages the golden tilefish fishery of 
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Northeastern United States, 
through the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council prepared the FMP pursuant to the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). 
The regulations implementing the FMP are specified at 50 CFR part 648 
subpart N.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at Sec.  648.294 form 
the basis for this collection of information. NMFS requests information 
from tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) permit holders to process 
applications that ensure IFQ allocation holders are provided a 
statement of their annual catch quota, and for enforcement purposes, to 
ensure vessels are not exceeding an individual quota allocation. In 
conjunction with the application, NMFS also collects IFQ share 
accumulation information to ensure that IFQ allocation holders do not 
acquire an excessive share of the total limited access privileges, as 
required by section 303A(d)(5)(C) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    NMFS requests transfer application information to process and track 
requests from allocation holders to transfer quota allocation 
(permanent and temporary) to another entity. NMFS also collects 
information for cost recovery purposes as required under the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. Cost recovery is used to collect fees to recover the costs 
directly related to management, data collection and analysis, and 
enforcement of IFQ programs. Lastly, NMFS collects landings information 
to ensure that the amounts of tilefish landed and ex-vessel prices are 
properly recorded for quota monitoring purposes and the calculation of 
IFQ fees. Having this information results in an increasingly more 
efficient and accurate database for management and monitoring of 
fisheries of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual and as requested.
    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, Section 303).
    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 0648-0590.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-21178 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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