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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Statement of Financial
Interests, Regional Fishery
Management Councils
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0192 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Sean
Lawler, Policy Analyst (Contractor),
1315 East West Hwy., Bldg. SSMC3,
Silver Spring, MD 20910–3282. (301)
427–8561, and sean.lawler@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an
approved information collection. The
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Office of Sustainable Fisheries
(OSF) is the sponsor for this request.
The Magnuson Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorize the
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Management Councils to manage
fisheries within regional jurisdictions.
Section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act requires that affected individuals,
including Council members appointed
by the Secretary of Commerce, Scientific
and Statistical Committee (SSC)
members appointed by a Council, and
individuals nominated by the State
Governor, Territorial Governor or Tribal
Government for possible appointment as
a Council member (50 CFR 600.235),
must disclose their financial interest in
any Council fishery. Financial interests
include harvesting, processing,
lobbying, advocacy, or marketing
activity that is being, or will be,
undertaken within any fishery over
which the Council concerned has
jurisdiction. Information on financial
interests must be disclosed on NOAA
Form 88–195, Statement of Financial
Interests, under OMB collection 0648–
0192. The information collected is used
to assess potential conflicts of interest
and to make determinations about when
recusals from Council voting decisions
are necessary to avoid such conflicts.
NMFS and Council offices are required
to maintain current Statement of
Financial Interests forms on file that are
publicly available for transparency.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected
electronically. Paper forms will be
accepted if needed.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0192.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88–
195.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
330.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 248 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: MSA Section 302(j)
and 50 CFR 600.235.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,

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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this information
collection request. Before including
your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska American Fisheries
Act (AFA) Permits
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on June 16,
2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

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Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act
(AFA) Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0393.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 79
respondents.
Average Hours per Response: AFA
Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or
Removed Vessel Application, 1 hour;
Application for Transfer of Bering Sea
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations, 1
hour; Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit, 2
hours; AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification, 4 hours;
Application for Approval as an Entity to
Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon
PSC Allocation, 8 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 246
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska
Regional Office, is requesting extension
of a currently approved information
collection that contains applications for
permits and transfers necessary for
NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery
under the American Fisheries Act
(AFA).
NMFS manages the BSAI pollock
fishery under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the AFA (16
U.S.C. 1851). The regulations
implementing the AFA Program are at
50 CFR part 679, subpart F. The
reporting requirements at 50 CFR part
679 form the basis for this collection of
information.
The AFA was signed into law in
October 1998. The purpose of the AFA
was to tighten U.S. ownership standards
that had been exploited under the Antireflagging Act, and to provide the BSAI
pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct
their fishery in a more rational manner
while protecting non-AFA participants
in the other fisheries. The AFA
established sector allocations in the
BSAI pollock fishery, determined
eligible vessels and processors, allowed
the formation of cooperatives, set limits
on the participation of AFA vessels in
other fisheries, and imposed special
catch weighing and monitoring
requirements on AFA vessels.
Any vessel used to engage in directed
fishing for a non-western Alaska
community development quota (nonCDQ) allocation of pollock in the Bering
Sea and any shoreside processor,
stationary floating processor, or
mothership that receives pollock
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pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must
have a valid AFA permit on board the
vessel or at the facility location at all
times while non-CDQ pollock is being
harvested or processed.
Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA
mothership, and AFA inshore
processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery
had a one-time application deadline of
December 1, 2000, and were issued with
an indefinite expiration date. Therefore,
except for participants that require
annual or replacement permits, all AFA
entities required to have a permit are
already permitted.
The type of information collected in
this collection includes information on
the applicants, transferors, transferees,
permits, vessels, and Chinook salmon
PSC transfer data. This information
collection contains the following AFA
permitting and transfer requirements:
• The AFA Permit: Rebuilt,
Replacement, or Removed Vessel
Application is used by an owner of an
AFA vessel to notify NMFS the vessel
has been rebuilt; to request an AFA
permit for a replacement catcher vessel,
catcher/processor, or mothership; or to
request removal of an AFA catcher
vessel that is a member of an inshore
cooperative and assign its catch history
to another vessel or vessels in the same
cooperative.
• The Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is
used annually by each AFA inshore
catcher vessel cooperative to obtain an
AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel Cooperative
Permit and identify the vessels and
processors that will be participating in
the BSAI pollock fishery prior to the
start of each fishing year.
• The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification is used by an AFA
inshore cooperative that intends to
contract with a non-member vessel to
harvest a portion of the cooperative’s
annual pollock allocation to notify
NMFS of vessels that might be reporting
with an alternative cooperative ID.
• The Application for Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon Prohibited Species Catch (PSC)
Allocation is used by an entity
representing the catcher/processor
sector or the mothership sector to
request approval to receive transferable
Chinook salmon PSC allocations on
behalf of members of the sector. Once
approved, an entity is not required to
reapply for or renew its status. Entities
also use this form to update their
contact and other information related to
the entity and its members.
• The Application for Transfer of
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC
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representative of the catcher/processor
sector, the mothership sector, an inshore
cooperative, or a CDQ group to transfer
Chinook salmon PSC allocations to
another entity’s account.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery and Conservation Act;
American Fisheries Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0393.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket Number DARS–2026–0002; OMB
Control Number 0704–0369]

Information Collection Requirement;
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement; Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments regarding a proposed
extension of an approved information
collection requirement.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD
announces the proposed extension of a
public information collection
requirement and seeks public comment
on the provisions thereof. DoD invites
comments on: whether the proposed

SUMMARY:

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