[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 8853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2928]


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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: NMFS Alaska Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab 
Economic Data Reports.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0518.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,478.
    Number of Respondents: 131.
    Average Hours Per Response: Annual catcher vessel report: 7 hours, 
30 minutes; annual catcher/process report: 12 hours, 30 minutes; Annual 
stationary floating crab processor and shoreside processor reports, 10 
hours; verification of data, 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under 
the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab 
(FMP). The Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program) allocates Bering 
Sea and Aleutian Islands crab resources among harvesters, processors, 
and coastal communities. This collection-of-information addresses the 
CR Program's mandatory economic data collection reports (EDRs). The EDR 
data is used to assess the efficacy of the CR Program.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    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: February 12, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-2928 Filed 2-14-08; 8:45 am]
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