41214 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2017 / Notices 

Estimated Time per Response: Share 

Transfer Receipt form, Cost Recovery 

Fee Submission form, 1 minute; Share 

Transfer form, IFQ Close Account form, 

Cost Recovery Fee Submission form, 

Landing Transaction Correction Request 

form, Landing Location Submission 

form, Transfer Allocation form, Cost 

Recovery Fee payment through pay.gov, 

3 minutes; Notification of Landing form, 

5 minutes; Landing Transaction Report 

form, 6 minutes; IFQ Online Account 

Application form, 15 minutes; 

Wreckfish Quota Share Transfer form, 

18 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,322. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $150 in recordkeeping/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: August 25, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18372 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Greater Atlantic Observers 

Providers’ Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0546. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 515. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for approval of observer 

service provider and applicant response 

to denial of application for approval of 

observer service provider, 10 hours 

each; observer service provider request 

for observer training, 30 minutes; 

observer deployment report and 

observer availability reports, 10 minutes 

each; safety refusal report, 30 minutes; 

submission of raw observer data and 

biological samples, 5 minutes each; 

observer debriefing, 2 hours; rebuttal of 

pending removal from list of approved 

observer service providers, 8 hours; 

vessel request to observer service 

provider for procurement of a certified 

observer, 25 minutes; vessel request for 

waiver of observer coverage requirement 

and observer contact list updates, 5 

minutes each; observer availability 

updates, 1 minute; service provider 

material submissions and service 

provider contracts, 30 minutes each. 

Burden Hours: 5,250. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) has 

the responsibility for the conservation 

and management of marine fishery 

resources. Much of this responsibility 

has been delegated to the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA)/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 carry out the 

conservation and management 

objectives is to collect data from users 

of the resource. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 648.11(g) 

require observer service providers to 

comply with specific requirements in 

order to operate as an approved 

provider in the Atlantic sea scallop 

(scallop) fishery. Observer service 

providers must comply with the 

following requirements: Submit 

applications for approval as an observer 

service provider; formally request 

observer training by the Northeast 

Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP); 

submit observer deployment reports and 

biological samples; give notification of 

whether a vessel must carry an observer 

within 24 hours of the vessel owner’s 

notification of a prospective trip; 

maintain an updated contact list of all 

observers that includes the observer 

identification number; observer’s name 

mailing address, email address, phone 

numbers, homeports or fisheries/trip 

types assigned, and whether or not the 

observer is ‘‘in service.’’ The regulations 

also require observer service providers 

submit any outreach materials, such as 

informational pamphlets, payment 

notification, and descriptions of 

observer duties as well as all contracts 

between the service provider and 

entities requiring observer services for 

review to NMFS/NEFOP. Observer 

service providers also have the option to 

respond to application denials, and 

submit a rebuttal in response to a 

pending removal from the list of 

approved observer providers. These 

requirements allow NMFS/NEFOP to 

effectively administer the scallop 

observer program. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: Daily and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: August 25, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18371 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Programmatic Environmental; 

Assessment for the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric, Administration 

National Data Buoy Center 

AGENCY: National Weather Service 

(NWS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

DATES: The Draft PEA is available for 

public review and comment for 30 days 

after posting. It can be accessed at 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/pea/ndbc_

draft_pea.pdf. 

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