[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50291-50292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25449]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Alaska Region Moratorium Application and Transfer Forms.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0282.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Burden: 319 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 288 (638 responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes each for the application for a 
permit, transfer application and the appeal process.
    Needs and Uses: The Moratorium on Entry imposes a temporary 
moratorium on the entry of new (unqualified) vessels into the 
groundfish fisheries under Federal jurisdiction in the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands management area, the groundfish fisheries under 
Federal Management in the Gulf of Alaska, and the crab fisheries under 
Federal jurisdiction in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. An owner of a 
qualified vessel must apply for and

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receive a permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service before 
deploying that vessel in one of the above named fisheries. The permit 
requirement is essential to the purpose of the Moratorium on Entry, 
which is to curtail increases in fishing capacity and provide industry 
stability. The Moratorium on Entry is intended to promote the 
conservation and management objectives of the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act. This collection also includes the request to transfer a 
vessel moratorium qualification and for the appeal process.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals, state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,
Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25449 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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