[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 44611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12706]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: U.S. Caribbean Small-Scale Fleet Economic Performance Study.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Survey, one hour.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
proposes to collect socioeconomic data on small-scale fishing fleets 
operating in the U.S. Caribbean (e.g., hook and line, net, and dive 
fisheries). The survey intends to collect economic information about 
revenues, variable and fixed costs, capital investment and other 
auxiliary and demographic information. The data gathered will be used 
to describe economic performance in small-scale fisheries and to 
evaluate the socioeconomic impacts of future federal regulatory 
actions. In addition, the information will be used to strengthen and 
improve fishery management decision-making, and to satisfy legal 
mandates under Executive Order 12866, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National 
Environmental Policy Act, and other pertinent statues.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    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: August 1, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-12706 Filed 8-4-06; 8:45 am]
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