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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 193 / Friday, October 6, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region Permit Family of Forms
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 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:

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SUMMARY:

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

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(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.

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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.
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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.
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

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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of time change of a
public hearing.
AGENCY:

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.
SUMMARY:

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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