[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1528]


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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 Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program 
Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0398.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 5,452.
    Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours to complete Individual Fishing 
Quota (IFQ) Permit Holder Fee Submission Form; 2 hours to complete IFQ 
Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and Volume Report; 2 hours to complete 
the appeal process; and 30 minutes for prepayment of fees.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act requires that the Secretary of Commerce maintain a Cost 
Recovery Program to cover the management and enforcement costs of the 
Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the 
Alaska Fisheries (IFQs) Program. This Cost Recovery Program requires 
Registered Buyers to submit information about the volume and value of 
IFQ species landings and for the IFQ permit holders to calculate and 
submit fees.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and 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, Fax number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 31, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-1528 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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