[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12475]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 051402A]


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 Region Logbook Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0213.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 32,329.
    Number of Respondents: 1,033.
    Average Hours Per Response: 35 minutes for Weekly Cumulative 
Mothership ADF&G Fish Tickets; 14 minutes for U.S. Vessel Activity 
Report; 18 minutes for Catcher Vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook 
(DFL); 28 minutes for Catcher Vessel longline and pot gear DFL; 30 
minutes for Catcher/processor trawl gear daily cumulative production 
logbook (DCPL); 41 minutes for Catcher/processor longline and pot gear 
DCPL; 31 minutes for Shoreside processor DCPL; 31 minutes for 
Mothership DCPL; 8 minutes for Shoreside Processor Check-in/Check-out 
Report; 7 minutes for Mothership or Catcher/processor Check-in/Check-
out Report; 11 minutes for Product transfer report; 17 minutes for 
Weekly Production Report; 11 minutes for Daily Production Report; 
estimated time to electronically submit the weekly production report (5 
min./report); 5 minutes to electronically submit the check-in/check-out 
report; 23 minutes for buying station report.
    Needs and Uses: NMFS manages the U.S. groundfish fisheries of the 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska under the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Area (FMPs). The North Pacific Fishery Management Council prepared the 
FMPs pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Regulations implementing the 
FMPs are at 50 CFR part 679. The recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements at 50 CFR part 679.5 form the basis for this collection-
of-information. NMFS Alaska Region requests information from 
participating groundfish fishermen which, upon receipt, results in an 
increasingly more efficient and accurate database. The collection is 
necessary for management and monitoring of the groundfish fisheries of 
the EEZ off Alaska for purposes of conservation of the fisheries.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly, monthly, recordkeeping.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 6608, 
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: May 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-12475 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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