[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23879]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Economic and Social Questionnaire for West Coast Fixed Gear 
Groundfish Limited Entry Vessel and Permit Owners.
    Agency Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: N/A.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Burden: 60.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Average Hour Per Response: .25.
    Needs and Uses: Data will be collected from vessel and permit 
owners on economic and social characteristics of firms harvesting in 
the West Coast limited entry fixed gear sablefish fishery. The fishery 
is currently managed as a derby fishery which has become intolerably 
short. The data to be collected is intended to assist the Council and 
Secretary of Commerce in evaluating the effects of alternatives to 
derby fishery management. These alternatives have substantial 
allocative implications. There is broad industry support for certain 
provisions in the alternatives, e.g. a requirement that the owner of 
the permit or vessel be on board the vessel during fishing operations. 
However, the information necessary to determine the degree to which 
such provisions would change or maintain the current practices is not 
available. The questions to be asked of vessel and permit owners in the 
fixed gear sablefish sector will cover the following topics: legal 
organization of ownership (e.g. individual, partnership, corporation, 
etc.), participation of the vessel owner in fishing operations, status 
of family members as participants in the fishing operation, number of 
employees, number of years of participation in the fishery, vessel's 
home port, number of dependents, dependence on fishing income, level of 
household income. Questions on other social characteristics (age, sex, 
marital status, education level) may also be asked.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Adele Morris, (202) 395-3122.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th & 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Adele Morris, OMB Desk Officer, Room 102, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-23879 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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