[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 55029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22230]


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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: Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0213.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 43,332.
    Number of Respondents: 899.
    Average Hours per Response: Daily fishing logbooks (DFLs), 18 and 
28 minutes; daily cumulative production logbooks (DCPLs), 30 and 41 
minutes; check-in/check-out reports, 7 minutes; weekly production 
reports, 17 minutes; vessel activity reports, 14 minutes; buying 
station reports, 23 minutes; product transfer reports, 20 minutes; fish 
tickets, 35 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: As part of fishery management plans whose 
development was authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Northern Pacific 
Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C 773 et seq.), NMFS Alaska Region provides 
free logbooks for harvesters (DFLs) and processors (DCPLs) to record 
groundfish information. The longline or pot gear logbooks for catcher 
vessels and catcher/processors also may be used to record Pacific 
halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing Quota information as well as 
crab rationalization program information. NMFS is submitting a renewal 
for this collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Daily, weekly and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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: September 18, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-22230 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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