[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8075-8076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region 
Logbook Family of Forms

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), DOC.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586-7008 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region manages 
the U.S. groundfish fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off 
Alaska under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 
Alaska and the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of 
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMPs). The North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council prepared the FMPs pursuant to the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The 
regulations implementing the FMPs are at 50 CFR part 679.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 679 
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the basis for this collection of information. NMFS Alaska Region 
requests information from participating groundfish participants. This 
information, upon receipt, results in an increasingly more efficient 
and accurate database for management and monitoring of the groundfish 
fisheries of the EEZ off Alaska.

II. Method of Collection

    Internet and facsimile transmission of paper forms. Paper reports, 
electronic reports, and telephone calls are required.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0648-0213.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; and business or other 
for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,033.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 18 minutes for Catcher Vessel trawl 
gear daily fishing logbook (DFL); 28 minutes for Catcher Vessel 
longline and pot gear DFL; 30 minutes for Catcher/processor trawl gear 
daily cumulative production logbook (DCPL); 41 minutes for Catcher/
processor longline and pot gear DCPL; 31 minutes for Shoreside 
processor DCPL; 31 minutes for Mothership DCPL; 8 minutes for Shoreside 
Processor Check-in/Check-out Report; 7 minutes for Mothership or 
Catcher/processor Check-in/Check-out Report; 11 minutes for Product 
Transfer Report; 17 minutes for Weekly Production Report; 11 minutes 
for Daily Production Report; estimated time to electronically submit 
the Weekly Production Report (5 min./report); 5 minutes to 
electronically submit the check-in/check-out report; 35 minutes for 
Weekly Cumulative Mothership ADF&G Fish Tickets; 14 minutes for U.S. 
Vessel Activity Report; 23 minutes for buying station report.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 36,705.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $188,000.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: February 10, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-3038 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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