[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5625]


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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: Economic Surveys for U.S. Commercial Fisheries.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0369.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,000.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: Catcher or for-hire vessel operating 
cost, annual cost, revenue, effort, employment, ownership, and limited 
demographic data, 1 hour and 30 minutes; catcher or for-hire vessel 
operating cost data, 25 minutes; catcher or for-hire vessel annual 
expenditure and demographic data, 1 hour; West Coast or Alaska 
processor, including catcher/processor vessels, mothership vessels, 
floating processing plants, and onshore plants, 8 hours; East Coast or 
Gulf processor, 1 hour and 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This proposed collection of economic data for U.S. 
commercial fisheries will be used to address statutory and regulatory 
mandates to determine the quantity and distribution of net benefits 
derived from living marine resources, as well as predict the economic 
impacts from proposed management options on commercial harvesters, 
shoreside industries, and fishing communities. In particular, the data 
will be used to meet the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Executive Order 12866 as well as a 
variety of state statutes.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: April 11, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-5625 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]
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