[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 95 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 28099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10852]


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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: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0205.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 15,671.
    Number of Respondents: 16,820.
    Average Hours per Response: The new information is included in a 
permit form, at no additional burden.
    Needs and Uses: The participants in the federally-regulated 
fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the South Atlantic, Gulf of 
Mexico, and Caribbean are required to obtain federal permits under the 
existing permit program for the specific Fishery Management Plans of 
each region. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) needs information 
from the applications and associated data collections to identify 
fishing vessels/dealers/participants, properly manage the fisheries, 
and generate fishery-specific data.
    Additional information to be collected is crew size and percentage 
of ownership. The need to collect percentage of ownership in a 
corporation from permit holders is necessary information for the red 
snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program. The IFQ program has a 
cap on share percent ownership of six percent. Without the ability to 
track corporate shareholder information, NOAA Fisheries Service will be 
unable to enforce this share ownership cap. The crew size information 
is being collected to better understand the nature of the fishery and 
the number of participants who are not permit holders.
    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: May 12, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-10852 Filed 5-14-08; 8:45 am]
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