[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34905-34906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14795]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 060603A]


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: 42.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours for an application for an AFA 
catcher vessel permit; 30 minutes for application for an AFA Permit for 
Replacement Vessel; 2.5 hours for an application for an AFA Inshore 
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit; 2 hours for an application for an 
AFA mothership permit; and 2 hours for an application for an AFA 
inshore processor permit.
    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). Under the AFA, only vessels 
and processors that meet specific qualifying criteria are eligible to 
fish for and process pollock

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in the BSAI. The BSAI pollock quota is suballocated to groups of vessel 
owners who form fishing vessel cooperatives under the AFA. All AFA 
vessel and processor permits have no expiration date and will remain 
valid indefinitely unless revoked by NOAA. Inshore catcher vessel 
cooperatives wishing to receive an allocation of the BSAI inshore 
pollock total allocated catch (TAC) are required to submit an 
application for an inshore cooperative fishing permit on an annual 
basis by December 1 of the year prior to the year in which the 
cooperative fishing permit will be in effect. The information must be 
collected once a year because NOAA must identify the universe of 
participating vessels and processors prior to the start of each fishing 
year in order to assign allocations of pollock TAC to eligible groups 
of vessels that form cooperatives.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually or on occasion.
    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 Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 4, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-14795 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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