[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17896]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071100C]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: American Fisheries Act: Vessel and Processor Permit 
Applications.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0393.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 83.
    Number of Respondents: 141.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours for a permit application, 30 
minutes for a replacement vessel application.
    Needs and Uses: The American Fisheries Act (AFA) established an 
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. Under the AFA, only vessels and processors that meet specific 
qualifying criteria are eligible to fish for and process pollock in the 
BSAI. The BSAI pollock quota is suballocated to groups of vessel owners 
who form fishing vessel cooperatives under the AFA. NOAA administers 
new AFA fishing, processing, and cooperative permits for the BSAI 
pollock fishery through application form requirements for the 
participants to identify and permit the vessels and processors that are 
eligible to participate in the BSAI pollock fishery by requiring the 
owners of vessels and processors to submit evidence of their 
qualification to participate in the BSAI pollock fishery.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual, every four years, and on occasion.
    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 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

    [email protected]).

    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, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 7, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-17896 Filed 7-13-00; 8:45 am]
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