51218 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2017 / Notices 

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: Annual Northern Seal 

Subsistence Harvest Reporting and St. 

George Harvest Management Plan. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0699. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 2. 

Average Hours per Response: 20. 

Burden Hours: 40. 

Needs and Uses: The subsistence 

harvest of northern fur seals is 

cooperatively managed by the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA) National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the Tribal Governments of St. Paul and 

St. George Islands (Pribilof Islands) 

under section 119 of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1388 

(MMPA) and governed by regulations 

under section 102 of the Fur Seal Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1152 (FSA) found in 50 CFR 

part 216 subpart F, Taking for 

Subsistence Purposes. The regulations, 

laws, and cooperative agreement are 

focused on conserving northern fur seals 

through cooperative effort and 

consultation regarding effective 

management of human activities related 

to the subsistence harvests of northern 

fur seals and Steller sea lions. 

Affected Public: State, local and tribal 

governments; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefit. 

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: October 31, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23950 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am] 

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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: For-Hire Telephone Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0709. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 33,923. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 

minutes, 30 seconds. 

Burden Hours: 1,283. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The For-Hire 

Telephone Survey (FHTS) is conducted 

for the National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) to estimate fishing 

effort and catch on for-hire vessels (i.e., 

charter boats and head boats). These 

data are required to carry out provisions 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, 

regarding conservation and management 

of fishery resources. 

NOAA Fisheries designed and 

implemented the FHTS to collect 

fishing effort information from for-hire 

vessel representatives through log sheet 

submission, the internet, or by 

telephone interview. For-hire vessels are 

randomly selected for the FHTS from a 

comprehensive sample frame developed 

and maintained by NMFS. A sample of 

10% of the vessels on the FHTS frame 

are selected for reporting each week. 

Each interview collects information 

about the vessel, the number and type 

of trips the vessel made during the 

reporting week, the number of anglers 

on each trip, and other trip-level 

information. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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: October 31, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23949 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF764 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Shark Management Measures; 

2018 Research Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its request 

for applications for the 2018 shark 

research fishery from commercial shark 

fishermen with directed or incidental 

shark limited access permits. The shark 

research fishery allows for the collection 

of fishery-dependent and biological data 

for future stock assessments and to meet 

the research objectives of the Agency. 

The only commercial vessels authorized 

to land sandbar sharks are those 

participating in the shark research 

fishery. Shark research fishery 

permittees may also land other large 

coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal 

sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks. 

Commercial shark fishermen who are 

interested in participating in the shark 

research fishery need to submit a 

completed Shark Research Fishery 

Permit Application in order to be 

considered. 

DATES: Shark Research Fishery 

Applications must be received no later 

than December 4, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit completed 

applications to the HMS Management 

Division at: 

• Mail: Attn: Guy ́ DuBeck, HMS 

Management Division (F/SF1), NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 


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