Federal Register Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 9, 2016 / Notices

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 206.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $21,024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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: March 3, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–05227 Filed 3–8–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Fishery Observer
Retention Survey
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 May 9, 2016.
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).

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Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jane DiCosimo, NOAA
Fisheries Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East-West Highway,
SSMC3, Room 12551, Silver Spring,
MD, 20910, (301) 427–8109 or
Jane.DiCosimo@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
NOAA Fisheries utilizes observers to
collect information on catch, bycatch,
fishing efforts, biological characteristics,
interactions with protected species, and
socioeconomic information from United
States (U.S.) commercial fishing and
processing vessels. More information on
the observer population is needed to
support the Agency’s conservation and
management goals, to strengthen and
improve fishery management decisionmaking, and to satisfy legal mandates
under the Reauthorization of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (MSA), the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), the
Endangered Species Act, and the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), Executive Order 12866 (EO
12866), and other pertinent statutes.
The National Observer Program (NOP)
is conducting a survey of fishery
observers in order to investigate
incentives and disincentives for
remaining an observer and to identify
their subsequent career choices. The
data will be used by the NOP and
regional observer programs to improve
observer recruitment and retention
rates. The survey results will be used by
regional program managers to evaluate
current observer provider contract
requirements to increase observer
retention. With a greater understanding
of these data observer retention may
increase as a result of improved
recruitment for observers. Improved
retention of qualified and experienced
observers is expected to reduce training
efforts and costs, and improve data
quality. Observers are often the only
independent data collection source for
federal agency and scientists to collect
at-sea data and are crucial in fishery
management.
II. Method of Collection
Data will be collected via an
electronic voluntary survey. We plan to
distribute approximately 2000 surveys
to the universe of active and former
observers. The data will be collected
anonymously and will not be released

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for public use, except in aggregate
without identification as to its source.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (request for a
new information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 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: March 3, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–05228 Filed 3–8–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE298

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permit; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments;
correction.
AGENCY:

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