[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49111-49112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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, Public Law 104-
13.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Cost and Earnings Questionnaire for the Pacific Whiting 
Industry.
    Agency Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: N/A.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Burden: 79.
    Number of Respondents: 79.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: Data on the costs and earnings of the four major 
groups of participants in the Pacific whiting industry will be 
collected. The following groups will be surveyed: (1) shorebased 
processors of whiting; (2) at-sea processors of whiting; (3) 
catchersboats that harvest Pacific whiting; and (4) processors of 
whiting wastes. Companies associated with these groups will be surveyed 
for production, cost, and revenue information. In general, questions 
will be asked concerning amount of time spent processing or harvesting 
whiting; amounts of whiting harvested, processed, or converted to 
waste; the

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harvesting or processing of species other than whiting; ex-vessel and 
wholesale revenues; product recovery rates; and fixed, variable, and 
capital costs. The data will be used for the Regulatory Impact Review 
(E.O. 12866) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council and the Secretary of Commerce. As required by law, 
data will be kept on a confidential basis.
    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. 96-23880 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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