[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24682-24683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10514]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042400E]


American Fisheries Act Recordkeeping and Reporting; Proposed 
Information Collection; Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
5027, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230 (or via 
Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, F/AK01, NOAA/NMFS, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907-586-7228).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The American Fisheries Act (AFA), signed into law in October 1998, 
established a new allocation program for the pollock fishery of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). NOAA issued an 
emergency interim rule to give immediate effect to all AFA-mandated 
management measures including new recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements for the BSAI pollock fishery, for processors that receive 
groundfish from AFA catcher vessels, and BSAI pollock fishery 
cooperatives formed under the AFA. These measures received emergency 
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and NOAA is now seeking 
extension of that approval under normal clearance procedures.

II. Method of Collection

    All documents are submitted or retained in paper form except for 
shoreside processor logbooks, which are submitted in electronic form.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0648-0401.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 minutes to submit an AFA cooperative 
contract, 35 minutes per response for the shoreside processor 
electronic logbook, 4 hours per mothership and catcher/processor for 
at-sea scale documentation, 5 minutes for a cooperative pollock catch 
report, 8 hours for a cooperative preliminary report, and 8 hours for a 
cooperative final report.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 573.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $140.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques

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or other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 20, 2000.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-10514 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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