[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 82 (Monday, April 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 22920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9212]



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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: Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish 
in the Alaska Fisheries.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0272.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 20,364.
    Number of Respondents: 2,470.
    Average Hours per Response: Application to become a Community Quota 
Entity (CQE), 200 hours; application for eligibility to receive quota 
share (QS)/individual fishing quota (IFQ), QS holder form: 
identification of ownership interest, application for transfer of QS/
IFQ to or from a CQE, application for transfer of QS/IFQ, 2 hours; IFQ/
community development quota (CDQ) hired master permit, application for 
registered buyer permit, QS/IFQ designated beneficiary form, 
application for replacement of certificates, permits, or licenses, and 
approval of transfer from governing body of the eligible community, 30 
minutes; letter of appeal, 4 hours; IFQ administrative waiver, 6 
minutes; prior notice of landing, 12 minutes; landing report, 18 
minutes; departure report, 15 minutes; transshipment authorization and 
dockside sales receipt, 12 minutes; and CQE annual report, 40 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service seeks to 
renew a collection-of-information for the continued management of the 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed-gear Pacific halibut 
and sablefish fisheries off Alaska as well as the Western Alaska 
Community Development Quota Program (CDQ) halibut fishery. The IFQ 
program allocates annual total catch limits for the halibut and 
sablefish fisheries among individual fishermen and Gulf of Alaska Non-
profit Organizations holding QS. The CDQ halibut program allocates 
annual total catch limits for the halibut fishery among individual CDQ 
fishermen. Fishermen are assigned Quota Shares (QS) for the fisheries, 
and then annually receive an IFQ and/or CDQ. Applications and reporting 
are required to manage and track the program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions.
    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: April 23, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-9212 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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