[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17832-17833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6664]


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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: Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR).
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0428.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 792.
    Number of Respondents: 99.
    Average Hours Per Response: Interim reports, 9 hours and 45 
minutes; and final reports, 11 hours and 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) 
provides information on ex-vessel value (the total dollar value for 
fish in any product form of groundfish pounds before any deductions are 
made for goods and services, e.g., bait, ice, fuel, repairs, machinery 
replacement, etc., provided to groundfish harvesters. Includes price 
adjustments made in the current year to groundfish harvesters for 
landings made during the fishing year); and first wholesale value for 
statewide Alaska fish and shellfish products.
    This information is used to analyze and measure the impact of 
proposed or

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enacted management measures. The National Marine Fisheries Service 
requires owners of catcher/processors and motherships operating in the 
Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska to complete the State of Alaska, 
Department of Fish and Game COAR.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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: April 4, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-6664 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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