[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34613-34614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14111]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 030922237-4183-03; I.D. 082503D]
RIN 0648 AQ98


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Individual 
Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program; Community Purchase

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule: effectiveness of collection-of-information 
requirements.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in 
regulations implementing Amendment 66 to the Fishery Management Plan 
for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). This action provides 
authority to implement certain reporting requirements necessary to 
implement the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Community Purchase 
Program. The intent of this final rule is to inform the public of the 
effective date of the requirements.

DATES: Sections 679.5(l)(8), 679.41(d)(1), (l)(3), and (l)(4), 
published at 69 FR 23681 (April 30, 2004) are effective on July 22, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Any comments regarding burden-hour estimates for collection-
of-information requirements contained in this final rule should be sent 
to Lori Durall, NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, 
phone: (907)586 7247, e-mail: [email protected], and to David 
Rostker, OMB, e-mail: [email protected], or fax: (202)395 7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, NMFS, 907-586-7228 
or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final rule that implemented the measures 
contained in Amendment 66 was published in the Federal Register on 
April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23681), and most of the measures became effective 
June 1, 2004. On May 18, 2004, OMB approved the reporting requirements 
submitted under OMB control number 0648-0272 (IFQ Program) that are 
contained in the final rule implementing Amendment 66. This rule makes 
the following requirements effective: a Community Quota Entity (CQE) 
Annual Report (Sec.  679.5(l)(8)); Approval of Transfer from Governing 
Body (Sec.  679.41(l)(4)); Application to Become a Community Quota 
Entity (CQE) (Sec.  679.41(l)(3)); Application for Transfer of Quota 
Share (QS) to CQE (Sec.  679.41(l)(4)); and Community Petition to Form 
Governing Body (Sec.  679.41(l)(3)(v)(E)).

Classification

    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for the 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.
    This rule contains collection-of-information requirements subject 
to the PRA that have been approved by OMB under control number 0648-
0272. The estimated time per response to submit a CQE annual report is 
40 hours; Approval of Transfer from Governing Body is 30 minutes; 
Application to become a CQE is 200 hours; Application for Transfer of 
QS to CQE is 2 hours; and Community petition to form governing body is 
10 hours.

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    The estimated response time includes the time needed for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding these reporting 
burden estimates or any other aspect of the collection-of-information, 
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS and OMB (see 
ADDRESSES).

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: June 16, 2004.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-14111 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]
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