[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 103 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 26200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12606]


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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: American Fisheries Act: Vessel and Processor Permit 
Applications.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0393.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 157.
    Number of Respondents: 44.
    Average Hours Per Response: Application for permit for replacement 
vessel, 30 minutes; application for inshore catcher vessel cooperative 
permit, 2 hours; and application for contract fishing by non-
cooperative vessels, 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the groundfish fisheries in the 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska through fishery management 
plans. The regulations that implement those fishery management plans 
appear at 50 CFR part 679. The American Fisheries Act (AFA), 16 U.S.C. 
1851 provided a new program for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
(BSAI) Management Area pollock fishery. In response to the AFA, NMFS 
developed a management program for BSAI pollock to include a set of 
permits for AFA catcher/processors, AFA catcher vessels, AFA inshore 
processors, AFA motherships, and AFA cooperatives. Vessels and 
processors in the BSAI pollock fishery are required to have valid AFA 
permits on board the vessel or at the processing plant, in addition to 
any other Federal or State permits. With the exceptions of the inshore 
vessel cooperatives, replacement vessel, and inshore vessel contract 
fishing applications, the AFA permit program had a one-time application 
deadline of December 1, 2000.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefit.
    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 7845, 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 27, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-12606 Filed 5-29-09; 8:45 am]
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