[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22573]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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 Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0206.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 483.
    Number of Respondents: 889.
    Average Hours Per Response: 21 minutes for a vessel or processor 
permit; 30 minutes for a salmon permit; 20 hours for an exempted 
fishing permit; 5 hours for an exempted fishing permit progress report; 
and 10 hours for an exempted fishing permit final report.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is used to monitor 
and manage participation in groundfish fisheries by the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Alaska Region and consists of the following permits: 
Federal fisheries permit, Federal processor permit, High seas power 
troller salmon permit, and exempted fishing permit. The permit affords 
identification of participants, harvest gear types, descriptions of 
vessels or shoreside facilities, and expected activity levels. 
Identification of the participants and expected activity levels is 
needed to measure the consequences of management controls, and is an 
effective tool in the enforcement of other fishery regulations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion, triennial, and variable.
    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, e-mail address [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-7285.

    Dated: August 28, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22573 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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