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 24th, 2020 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.
Title: Processed Products Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0018.
Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 88-13, 88-13C.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 398.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes, Monthly Meat and Oil Report; 30 minutes, Annual Survey of Seafood Processors.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 178.
Needs and Uses: This is a survey of seafood and industrial fish processing firms. Firms processing fish from certain fisheries must report on their annual volume, the wholesale value of products, and monthly employment figures. Data are used in economic analyses to estimate the capacity and extent to which processors utilize domestic harvest. These analyses are necessary to carry out the provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Form 88-13-Annual; Form 88-13c-Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for some Federal Permit holders in the Northeast, otherwise voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 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 0648-0018.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-24719 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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