Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2023 / Notices 75561 

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 0648–0361. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24367 Filed 11–2–23; 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; Northeast Region Dealer 

Purchase Reports 

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 January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0229 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to David 

Ulmer, Fishery Reporting Specialist, 

Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930, (757–563–3621/ 

978–559–1552), David.Ulmer@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request to extend a currently 

approved information collection. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is 

responsible for the stewardship of the 

Nation’s living marine resources and 

their habitats within the United States 

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The 

mandates and authorities are derived 

from numerous statutes, most 

significantly the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), and the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA). 

Under the MSA, the Secretary of 

Commerce has the responsibility for 

conservation and management of the 

nation’s marine fishery resources. Much 

of this responsibility has been delegated 

to NMFS. In an effort to achieve the 

goals of the MSA, several fisheries are 

now being managed by harvest limits 

including quotas, annual target total 

allowable catches (TAC) and domestic 

annual harvest (DAH) limits. These 

fisheries often have short fishing 

seasons and require in-season 

management measures, such as closures 

and trip limits, to ensure that harvest 

levels established in each Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) are not 

exceeded. Therefore, as more fisheries 

are being managed by harvest limits, the 

timely collection of data from dealers 

and vessel owners and operators is and 

will continue to be a necessary 

component of most management 

regimes, as evidenced in several FMPs. 

All federal permitted dealers of 

Atlantic mackerel, squid, butterfish, 

Atlantic sea scallop, Atlantic surfclam, 

ocean quahog, Northeast (NE) 

multispecies, monkfish, summer 

flounder, scup, black sea bass, Atlantic 

bluefish, spiny dogfish, Atlantic herring, 

skates, tilefish, hagfish, American 

lobster must have been issued and have 

in their possession a federal dealer 

permit in order to purchase such species 

from fishing vessels. Federal permitted 

dealers in the above fisheries are 

required to submit certain information 

regarding their fish purchases to NMFS. 

Trip-level (trip by trip) reports provide 

the comprehensive data that are 

necessary for successful long-term 

management of each fishery. 

In all fisheries requiring mandatory 

reporting, ’negative reporting’ by dealers 

is required if no fish was purchased 

during the reporting period. Negative 

reports are necessary in order to 

accurately identify dealers who have not 

purchased fish as opposed to those who 

have failed to report their purchases 

All large vessel at-sea processors of 

Atlantic mackerel that have been issued 

and have in their possession a federal 

at-sea processor permit may purchase 

mackerel from fishing vessels at sea for 

processing provided the large vessel did 

not harvest the mackerel. These Federal 

permitted vessels are also required to 

submit certain information regarding 

their fish purchases to NMFS. 

The information collected is used by 

several offices of NMFS, the Northeast 

Fishery Management Council, the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council, 

and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (ASMFC) to monitor quotamanaged species, ensuring that 

conservation and management actions 

may be taken in a timely manner. 

Accurate and timely landings reports 

are especially important for monitoring 

commercial landings by species and 

evaluating the effectiveness of each FMP 

in achieving its fishing mortality targets. 

In addition to the uses specifically 

relating to management of individual 

species, the statistics collected through 

these reports will be incorporated into 

the NMFS databases which are used in 

many analyses by various offices of 

NMFS, the Regional Fishery 

Management Councils, the United States 

Coast Guard (USCG), state fishery 

enforcement agencies, the Departments 

of State and Commerce, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), the 

Corps of Engineers, Congressional staffs, 

the fishing industry, and the public. The 

data also serve as inputs to a variety of 

uses such as biological analyses and 

stock assessments, and in support of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review’’, 

quota and allocation selections and 

monitoring, economic profitability 

profiles, trade and import tariff 

decisions, allocation of grant funds 

among states, and identification of 

ecological interactions among species. 

Data used are also utilized for 

monitoring and evaluating ESA and 

MMPA actions. 

II. Method of Collection 

Dealers submit purchase information 

through an electronic process by one of 

the following: the web-based system as 

administered by the Atlantic Coast 

Cooperative Statistics Program, a 

computer-based trip ticket program 

approved by the NMFS or through a 

NMFS approved proprietary 

mechanism. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0229. 

Form Number(s): None. 


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75562 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2023 / Notices 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government; Federal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

878. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes per trip. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 28,390 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: 536,003. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, Code of Federal Regulations Title 

50 Part 648. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24378 Filed 11–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Application for State Digital 

Equity Capacity Grant Program and 

Tribal Digital Equity Planning and 

Capacity Programs 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

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 help 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 January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

mail to Arica Cox, Telecommunications 

Policy Analyst, Grants Management and 

Compliance, Office of Internet 

Connectivity and Growth, National 

Telecommunication and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Room 4826, Washington, DC 

20230, or by email to broadbandusa@

ntia.gov. Please reference ‘‘Digital 

Equity Application Forms Comment’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. Do 

not submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Arica 

Cox, Telecommunications Policy 

Analyst, Grants Management and 

Compliance, via email at acox@ntia.gov; 

broadbandusa@ntia.gov; or via 

telephone at (202) 482–2048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act, 2021 (Infrastructure Act or 

Act), Public Law 117–58, 135 Stat. 429 

(November 15, 2021) (Infrastructure Act 

or Act), also known as the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law, provided $65 billion 

of funding for programs to close the 

digital divide and ensure that all 

Americans have access to affordable, 

reliable, high-speed internet. NTIA 

administers six broadband connectivity 

grant programs funded by the Act, 

including the State Digital Equity 

Planning Grant (SDEPG) and the State 

Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program 

(SDECG). The SDEPG provides federal 

funding for grants to eligible applicants 

for the purpose of developing Digital 

Equity Plans. Through these Plans, 

entities will, among other things, 

identify barriers to digital equity in the 

State and strategies for overcoming 

those barriers. The purpose of SDECG is 

to promote the achievement of digital 

equity, support digital inclusion 

activities, and build capacity for efforts 

by States, U.S. territories and 

possessions, Indian Tribes, Alaska 

Native entities, and Native Hawaiian 

organizations relating to the adoption of 

broadband. The SDECG provides new 

federal funding for grants to eligible 

applicants for the purpose of 

implementing the State Digital Equity 

Plan and pursuing digital inclusion 

activities consistent with the State 

Digital Equity Plan. Further, the Tribal 

Digital Equity Planning and Capacity 

Program will provide funding for grants 

to Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, 

and Native Hawaiian organizations to 

develop their own digital equity plans 

and pursue digital inclusion activities, 

consistent with the SDEPG and the 

SDECG. 

NTIA will use the information 

collected from each applicant to 

effectively review the proposed 

applications and budgets from States 

and U.S. Territories and Possessions for 

the State Digital Equity Capacity 

Program, and from Indian Tribes, Alaska 

Native entities, and Native Hawaiian 

organizations for the Tribal Digital 

Equity Planning and Capacity Program. 

II. Method of Collection 

NTIA will collect data through both 

electronic and mail submission. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0660–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): TBD. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

for a new information collection. 

Affected Public: States, territories or 

possessions of the United States, Indian 

Tribes, Alaska Native entities, and 

Native Hawaiian organizations applying 

for Infrastructure Act Broadband Grant 

Program funding. 


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