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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,441.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Burden Hours: 4,323.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) manages the shrimp fishery in
federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf) under the Shrimp Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Regulations
implementing the FMP require owners
and operators (permit holders) of
federally permitted shrimp vessels, if
selected by NMFS, to carry an electronic
logbook (ELB) on their vessel and
participate in the NMFS-sponsored
electronic logbook reporting program.
ELBs provide a more precise means of
estimating fishing effort than paper
logbooks. Using ELBs to estimate fishing
effort serves an important role to help
estimate bycatch across the Gulf shrimp
fleet.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: 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: December 15, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Greater Atlantic
Region Gear Identification
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.

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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
comment on continuing information

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collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 27,
2017.

DATES:

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 JJessup@
doc.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Cynthia Hanson, Greater
Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; (978) 281–9180, or
cynthia.hanson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection. Regulations at 50 CFR
648.84(a),(b), and (d), 648.123(b)(3),
648.144(b)(1), 648.264(a)(5), and
697.21(a) and (b) require that Federal
Fisheries permit holders using certain
types of fishing gear, mark the gear with
specified information for the purposes
of vessel and gear identification (e.g.,
hull identification number, Federal
fishing permit number, etc.). The
regulations also specify how the gear is
to be marked for the purposes of
visibility (e.g., buoys, radar reflectors,
etc.).
The quantity of gear in this collection
is distinguished by the number of
attached end lines associated with each
string of hooks, pots, or traps. As such,
a single Federal permit holder may be
responsible for marking several strings
of a given gear type, or may use multiple
different gear types that require
marking. These gear marking
requirements aid in fishery law
enforcement, make the gear more visible
to other vessels to aid in navigation, and
provide other fisherman with
information regarding the gear type
being used to help prevent gear
conflicts.
No information is submitted to the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) as a result of this collection.
The vessel’s hull identification number
or other means of identification
specified in the regulations must be
affixed to the buoy or other part of the
gear as specified in the regulations.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0351.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (extension of
a current information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,339.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
minute per string of gear.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,848.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $53,390 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: December 21, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council)—Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings/
scoping meetings and question & answer
session via Webinar.
AGENCY:

II. Method of Collection

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The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will

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