Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 2014 / Notices 73045 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Coral Reef 

Conservation Program Administration 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before February 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Jenny Waddell at (301) 563– 

1150, or Jenny.Waddell@noaagov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

The Coral Reef Conservation Act of 

2000 (Act) was enacted to provide a 

framework for conserving coral reefs. 

The Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program, under the Act, provides funds 

to broad-based applicants with 

experience in coral reef conservation to 

conduct activities to protect and 

conserve coral reef ecosystems. The 

information submitted by applicants is 

used to determine if a proposed project 

is consistent with the NOAA coral reef 

conservation priorities and the priorities 

of authorities with jurisdiction over the 

area where the project will be carried 

out. As part of the application, NOAA 

requires a Data and Information Sharing 

Plan in addition to the standard 

required application materials. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information will be collected 

electronically by email or by the secure 

web based tool grants.gov. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0448. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 70 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $35 in recording/reporting costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28718 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD639 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut 

and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota 

Cost Recovery Programs 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of standard prices 

and fee percentage. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes individual 

fishing quota (IFQ) standard prices and 

fee percentage for the IFQ cost recovery 

program in the halibut and sablefish 

fisheries of the North Pacific. The fee 

percentage for 2014 is 2.6%. This action 

is intended to provide holders of halibut 

and sablefish IFQ permits with the 2014 

standard prices and fee percentage to 

calculate the required payment for IFQ 

cost recovery fees due by January 31, 

2015. 

DATES: Effective December 9, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Troie Zuniga, Fee Coordinator, 907– 

586–7105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NMFS Alaska Region administers the 

halibut and sablefish individual fishing 

quota (IFQ) program in the North 

Pacific. The IFQ program is a limited 

access system authorized by the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the 

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. 

Fishing under the IFQ program began in 

March 1995. Regulations implementing 

the IFQ program are set forth at 50 CFR 

part 679. 

In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

was amended to, among other things, 

require the Secretary of Commerce to 

‘‘collect a fee to recover the actual costs 

directly related to the management and 

enforcement of any . . . individual 

quota program.’’ This requirement was 

further amended in 2006 to include 

collection of the actual costs of data 

collection, and to replace the reference 

to ‘‘individual quota program’’ with a 

more general reference to ‘‘limited 

access privilege program’’ at section 

304(d)(2)(A). This section of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act also specifies an 

upper limit on these fees, when the fees 

must be collected, and where the fees 

must be deposited. 

On March 20, 2000, NMFS published 

regulations implementing the IFQ cost 

recovery program (65 FR 14919), which 

are set forth at § 679.45. Under the 

regulations, an IFQ permit holder incurs 

a cost recovery fee liability for every 

pound of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish 

that is landed on his or her IFQ 

permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is 

responsible for self-collecting the fee 

liability for all IFQ halibut and IFQ 

sablefish landings on his or her 

permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is also 

responsible for submitting a fee liability 

payment to NMFS on or before the due 

date of January 31 of the year following 

the year in which the IFQ landings were 

made. The dollar amount of the fee due 


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