[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11615]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 050603A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 emergency provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Economic Data Collection.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission.
    Burden Hours: 134.
    Number of Respondents: 120.
    Average Hours Per Response: 52 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA proposes to collect information on fishing 
vessel expenses and earnings on a voluntary and continuous basis in the 
Gulf of Mexico offshore shrimp fishery.
    The information will be used to conduct socioeconomic analyses that 
will improve fishery management in the fishery. Used in conjunction 
with catch and effort data already being collected in this fishery as 
part of its dealer reporting program, as well as Coast Guard and 
fishing permit data on vessel characteristics, this data will be used 
to assess how fishermen will be impacted by and respond to any 
regulation likely to be considered by fishery managers.
    In addition, this data will be used to determine how fishing 
communities will be impacted by proposed fishing regulations. In the 
program's first year, the program will only cover vessels that 
primarily port in the state of Texas. The data will be collected by 
interviews.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 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 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 by May 15, 2003 to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: May 1, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-11615 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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