[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19941]


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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 the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0269.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,495 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 59.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 4 and 520 hours depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The collection of information is needed to 
administer and manage harvests of groundfish and halibut under the 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program for the 
groundfish fisheries off Alaska. The information collected will be used 
to determine whether communities applying for allocations under the CDQ 
program meet administrative requirements, whether vessels and 
processors harvesting CDQ species meet equipment and operational 
requirements, and to monitor whether quotas have been harvested or 
exceeded.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, businesses or other 
for-profit organizations, state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly, annually, recordkeeping.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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, NW, 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, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 22, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-19941 Filed 7-24-98; 8:45 am]
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