[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 112 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13806]


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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 Interagency Electronic Reporting System.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0515.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 19,084.
    Number of Respondents: 239.
    Average Hours per Response: eLandings registration, 15 minutes; 
landing reports, 35 minutes; production reports: at sea, 20 minutes; 
shoreside, 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The interagency electronic reporting system (IERS) 
was implemented for use in the fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone 
(EEZ). National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires that 
eLandings, the data entry component of IERS, be used as a single 
reporting system for commercial harvest and production of groundfish 
(including rockfish), Pacific halibut, and certain species of crab. 
eLandings allows processors and others to make all three required 
landings reports with a single reporting system to NMFS, the 
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), and Alaska Department 
of Fish and Game (ADF&G). NMFS collects groundfish harvest and 
production data for Fishery Management Plan (FMP) species in the EEZ 
(FMPs are prepared and amended as authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act). ADF&G collects harvest data 
for groundfish species taken in the State of Alaska (State) waters, and 
has responsibility for some fisheries in the EEZ, such as lingcod and 
black rockfish. ADF&G and NMFS cooperatively manage the Crab 
Rationalization Program fisheries. NMFS and IPHC cooperatively manage 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Pacific halibut in both State waters and 
in the EEZ.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Daily and weekly.
    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 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: June 9, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13806 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]
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