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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88012-88013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25759]

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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; Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data Collection

    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 June 17, 2024, 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: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0679.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 10,035.
    Average Hours per Response: Pre-trip notification to observer 
program, 5 minutes; Trip Cancellation notification to observer program, 
1 minute; Released Catch Affidavit, 5 minutes; and Vessel Permit Swap 
Form, 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 766 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for renewal of an approved 
information collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the responsibility 
for the conservation and management of marine fishery resources. Much 
of this responsibility has been delegated to the NOAA's National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS). Under this stewardship role, the Secretary 
was given certain regulatory authorities to ensure the most beneficial 
uses of these resources. One of the regulatory steps taken to care out 
the conservation and management objectives is to collect information 
from users of the resources.
    This collection requires limited access mackerel and longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit holders to bring all catch aboard the 
vessel and make it available for sampling by an observer. If catch is 
not made available to an observer before discard, that catch is defined 
as slippage, and the vessel operator must complete a ``Released Catch 
Affidavit'' form within 48 hours of the end of the fishing trip which 
details why catch was slipped, estimates the quantity and species 
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the slipped catch, and records the time and location of the slipped 
catch.
    This collection also requires any vessel with a limited access 
mackerel permit intending to land over 20,000 lb of mackerel to contact 
NMFS at least 48 hours in advance of a fishing trip to request an 
observer. Vessels currently contact NMFS via phone, and selection 
notices or waivers are issued by NMFS via VMS. If service providers are 
unable to provide coverage, an owner, operator, or vessel manager may 
request a waiver by calling the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program. 
Additionally, if a fishing trip is cancelled, vessels must notify NMFS 
of the cancelled trip to prevent observers from being deployed to a 
cancelled trip.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individual or households, state, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: Pre-trip notification to observer program, on occasion; 
Trip Cancellation notification to observer program, on occasion; 
Released Catch Affidavit, on occasion; and Vessel Permit Swap Form, 
maximum of once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and 
Conservation Act.
    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 0648-0679.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-25759 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
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