Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 193 / Friday, October 6, 2017 / Notices 46771 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Pacific Islands 

Region Permit Family of Forms 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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 December 5, 

2017. 

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 pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725– 

5175, or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart F, 

require that a vessel must be registered 

to a valid federal fishing permit to fish 

with longline gear for Pacific pelagic 

management unit species (PMUS), land 

or transship longline caught PMUS, or 

receive longline caught PMUS from a 

longline vessel, within the Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) of United States 

(U.S.) islands in the central and western 

Pacific, to fish with pelagic squid jig 

gear for PMUS within the Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) of United States 

(U.S.) islands in the central and western 

Pacific, or to fish with troll and 

handline gear for PMUS within the EEZ 

around each of the Pacific Remote 

Island Areas (PRIA), in areas not 

prohibited to fishing. 

Regulations at 50 CFR parts 665, 

Subparts D and E, require that the 

owner of a vessel used to fish for, land, 

or transship bottomfish management 

unit species (BMUS) using a large vessel 

(50 ft or longer) around Guam, fish 

commercially for BMUS in the EEZ 

around the Northern Mariana Islands, or 

use a vessel to fish for BMUS within the 

EEZ around each of the PRIA, in areas 

not prohibited to fishing, must register 

it to a valid federal fishing permit. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subparts 

B, C, D, and E, require that a vessel used 

to fish for precious corals within the 

EEZ of U.S. islands in the central and 

western Pacific, must be registered to a 

valid federal fishing permit for a 

specific precious coral permit area. 

The collection is revised by merging 

currently approved information 

collections OMB Control Numbers 

0648–0584, Northern Mariana Islands 

Commercial Bottomfish Fishery Permit, 

0648–0586, Pacific Islands Crustacean 

Permit, and 0648–0589, Pacific Islands 

Pelagic Squid Jig Fishing Permit, into 

OMB Control No. 0648–0490 Pacific 

Islands Region Permit Family of Forms. 

NMFS approved new two-tier 

processing fees for most permits, 

resulting in revised cost estimates. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include email of electronic 

forms, or online applications when 

implemented, and mail and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0490. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individuals, or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

354. 

Estimated Time per Response: Hawaii 

longline limited entry permits: Renewal 

on paper application—30 minutes; 

renewal online—15 minutes; transfer— 

1 hour, closed area exemption and 

permit appeals—2 hours; American 

Samoa longline limited entry permits: 

Renewal and additional permit 

application—45 minutes, transfer—1 

hour 15 minutes, permit appeals—2 

hours; all other permits: Paper—30 

minutes, online—15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 169. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $14,000 in application 

processing fees and recordkeeping/ 

mailing 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: October 3, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21579 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF704 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of time change of a 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its 171st Council meeting to take 

actions on fishery management issues in 

the Western Pacific Region. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held on October 17 to October 19, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The 171st Council meeting 

will be held at Governor H. Rex Lee 

Auditorium (Fale Laumei), Utulei, 

American Samoa, phone: (684) 633– 

5155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; phone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original notice published in the Federal 

Register on September 22, 2017 (82 FR 

44382). The Public Hearing on 

American Samoa Fisheries originally 

scheduled on Tuesday, October 17, 

2017, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. has changed 


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