[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11526-11527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5723]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

SUMMARY: 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.
    Title: Alaska Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program 
Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0398.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 5,504.
    Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours for a fee submission form; 2 
hours for a register buyer ex-vessel value and volume report; 2 hours 
for an appeal; and 30 minutes for a pre-payment of fees.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act requires that the Secretary of Commerce implement a Cost 
Recovery Program to cover the management and enforcement costs of the 
Alaska Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. This Cost Recovery 
Program requires IFQ permit holders and registered buyers to submit 
information about the value of landings of IFQ species and for the 
permit holders to calculate and submit fees.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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

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Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: February 27, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-5723 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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