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electronically to https://meetings.

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

Dated: January 16, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01031 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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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; Southeast 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 August 22, 

2023 (88 FR 57103) during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Southeast Region Permit Family 

of Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0205. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[revision and extension of a current 

information collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 9,883. 

Average Hours per Response: 

• Vessel EEZ Permit Application, 

including Golden Tilefish Endorsement 

and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 50 

minutes; 

• Wreckfish Permit Application, 55 

minutes; 

• Dealer Permit Application, 30 

minutes; 

• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting 

and Reporting—New Permit—Deposit or 

Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of 

Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal 

Permit Application, including Site 

Evaluation Report, 70 minutes; 

• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting 

and Reporting—Renew Permit—Deposit 

or Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of 

Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal 

Permit Application, 50 minutes. 

• Vessel Operator Card Application 

for Dolphin and Wahoo, or Rock 

Shrimp, 30 minutes; 

• Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters 

Vessel Permit Application, 50 minutes; 

• Permit Holder Change of 

Information, 5 minutes; 

• Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Permit 

Consolidation, 5 minutes; 

• Duplicate Permit, Card, or Decal, 5 

minutes; 

• Notifications of Lost or Stolen Traps 

or Authorization for Retrieval (golden 

crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny 

lobster), 10 minutes; 

• Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit 

Notification, 10 minutes; 

• Annual Landings Report for Gulf of 

Mexico Shrimp, 20 minutes; 

• Vessel Permit Transfers and 

Notarizations, 10 minutes; and 

• International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) Number Registration, 30 minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,033. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast 

Regional Office (SERO), Permits Office 

administers Federal fishing permits in 

the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 

of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico 

(Gulf), and South Atlantic under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 

1801. The SERO Permits Office 

proposes to extend and to revise parts 

of the current collections-of-information 

approved under OMB Control Number 

0648–0205. 

The NMFS Southeast Region manages 

the U.S. Federal fisheries in the 

Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic 

under the fishery management plans 

(FMPs) for each region. The regional 

fishery management councils prepared 

the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. The regulations 

implementing the FMPs, including 

those that have recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements, are located at 50 

CFR part 622. 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form 

the basis for this collection of 

information. The NMFS Southeast 

Region requests information from 

fishery participants. This information, 

upon receipt, results in an increasingly 

more efficient and accurate database for 

management and monitoring of the 

Federal fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf, 

and South Atlantic. 

The SERO Permits Office proposes to 

extend and to revise the collection-ofinformation approved under OMB 

Control Number 0648–0205. NMFS 

proposes to revise the Federal permit 

applications for Vessels Fishing in the 

EEZ (Vessel EEZ), Change of 

Information Form, Vessel Fishing in the 

Colombian Treaty Waters, Duplicate 

Federal Fishery Permits, Operator Card 

or Decal, Aquacultured Live Rock (new 

permit), Aquacultured Live Rock 

(permit renewal), Harvest of 

Aquacultured Live Rock in the EEZ, 

Southeast Region Issued Operator Card, 

Consolidate Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish 

permits, Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish 

in the South Atlantic States (Wreckfish), 

and the Annual Dealer permit. 

The proposed revisions to the 

specified application forms are 

administrative and would combine two 

socio-economic questions into one, 

along with making them optional 

instead of required. The revisions would 

also update the payment method of Floy 

tags. Instead of the permit holder 

sending a check to NMFS with the 

application, Floy Tag, Inc., will begin 

reaching out to the permit holder for 

payment once the permit is issued. 

NMFS estimates that the proposed 

revisions would not change the annual 

number of respondents or responses, or 

annual costs to affected permit 

applicants from estimates in the 

currently approved collection. Across 

the application forms, NMFS estimates 

these revisions would not increase the 

overall time burden. 

The SERO Permits Office also 

proposes to modify the limited access 

permits by updating the form field name 

related to the selling price of the permit, 

along with removing the section related 

to the permit’s selling price. NMFS does 

not anticipate these revisions will 

materially change the time burden to the 

applicants. 

The SERO Permits Office also 

proposes to modify the Vessel EEZ 

application to include a checkbox and 

language related to the compliance of 

regulatory requirements. NMFS does not 

anticipate these revisions to the form 

will materially change the time burden 

to the applicants. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations, and individuals 

or households. 

Frequency: Annual and periodic. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 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 


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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 0648–0205. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

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; Fishermen’s Contingency 

Fund 

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 March 19, 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– 

0082 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 Moni 

Banerjee, Chief, Financial Services 

Division, NOAA National Marine 

Fisheries Service, (301) 427–8716 or 

moni.banerjee@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

United States (U.S.) commercial 

fishermen may file claims for 

compensation for losses of, or damage 

to, fishing gear or vessels, plus 50 

percent of resulting economic losses, 

attributable to oil and gas activities on 

the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. To 

obtain compensation, applicants must 

comply with requirements set forth in 

50 CFR part 296. 

The requirements include a ‘‘report’’ 

within 15 days of the date the vessel 

first returns to port after the casualty 

incident to gain a presumption of 

eligible causation, and an ‘‘application’’ 

within 90 days of when the applicant 

first became aware of the loss and/or 

damage. 

The report is NOAA Form 88–166 and 

it requests identifying information such 

as: Respondent’s name; address; social 

security number; and casualty location. 

The information in the report is usually 

completed by NOAA during a telephone 

call with the respondent. 

The application is NOAA Form 88– 

164 and it requires the respondent to 

provide information on the property and 

economic losses and/or damages 

including type of damage; purchase date 

and price of lost/damaged gear; and 

income from recent fishing trips. It also 

includes an affidavit by which the 

applicant attests to the truthfulness of 

the claim. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents may telephone NOAA 

and provide the information for the 

report verbally or submit a paper or 

electronic report. Respondents have a 

choice of either electronic or paper 

forms for the application. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0082. 

Form Number: NOAA Forms 88–164, 

88–166. 

Type of Review: Extension of a current 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes for a report and 7 hours, 45 

minutes for an application. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 160. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Public: $500 in recordkeeping and filing 

costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Title IV of the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act 

Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1841) 

authorizes the Fishermen’s Contingency 

Fund (Fund or FCF) program to 

compensate U.S. commercial fishermen 

for losses of, or damages to, fishing gear 

or vessels, plus 50% of resulting gross 

economic loss, attributable to oil and 

gas activities on the OCS. Program 

requirements are set forth in 50 CFR 

part 296. 

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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