[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26864-26865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12333]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Fishing Capacity Reduction Demonstration Program.
    Agency Form Number(s): None Assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Burden: 1,210 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,050.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 1 and 16 hours depending on 
the information requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The Fishing Capacity Reduction Demonstration 
Program is a $2 million demonstration program which seeks to reduce 
permanently the fishing capacity within the northeast groundfish 
fishery through the removal of full-time vessels and permits from the 
multispeciies fishery. Applicants must provide information on vesssel 
[[Page 26865]] ownership, catch history, financial information, and a 
bid for the amount for which Federal fishing permits will be 
surrendered. NOAA will use the information to select the vessels to be 
removed. A vessel selected to participate must be scrapped by the 
owner.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 482-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 15, 1995
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-12333 Filed 5-18-95; 8:45 am]
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