[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3875-3876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2000]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 012302A]


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: Alaska Marine Sport Fishing Economics Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,048.
    Number of Respondents: 3,740.
    Average Hours Per Response: 20 minutes to respond to a mail survey; 
and 5 minutes to respond to a follow-up phone survey.
    Needs and Uses: The survey data is necessary to conduct required 
economic analyses of marine sport fisheries off Alaska. This data is 
currently not available for many areas and fisheries in Alaska. The 
survey data will be used to estimate the economic value of fishing to 
anglers, and how catch rates and fishery regulations affect that value. 
The respondents will be drawn from a random sample of U.S. residents 
who purchased an Alaska State sport fishing license in 2001. Follow-up 
calls will be

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made to people not responding to a mail survey.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, 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: January 17, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Mamagement Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-2000 Filed 1-25-02; 8:45 am]
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