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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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21288 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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; 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 § 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] 

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; Alaska Pacific Halibut 

Fisheries: Charter 

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 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 


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