[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 32506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8753]


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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 Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0401.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 320.
    Number of Respondents: 11.
    Average Hours Per Response: Cooperative preliminary report, 20 
hours; cooperative final report, 8 hours; inshore cooperative catcher 
vessel pollock catch report, 5 minutes; and appointment of agent for 
service of process, 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The cooperative management structure, originally 
implemented by the American Fisheries Act (AFA), has shifted more of 
the monitoring and enforcement burden to the cooperatives and their 
members; and has allowed NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands pollock fishery more precisely. With the flexibility provided 
by cooperatives, vessels are able to individually (and in aggregate) 
come very close to harvesting exactly the amount of pollock they were 
allocated. The allocations of pollock and other species have allowed 
the AFA fleet the ability to spread their effort in time and space to 
accommodate Steller Sea Lion conservation measures. This collection 
describes some of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements under 
the AFA Program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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: June 1, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8753 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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