[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17031]


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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 Rockfish Pilot Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0545.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 55.
    Average Hours per Response: Applications for cooperative fishing 
quota, limited access fishery, entry-level fishery, and application to 
opt out of rockfish fishery, 2 hours each; application for inter-
cooperative transfer of cooperative quota, 1 hour; cooperative catch 
report, 30 minutes; annual cooperative report, 40 hours; rockfish 
cooperative termination of fishing declaration, 15 minutes; vessel 
check-in/check out reports, 20 minutes; appeals, 4 hours.
    Burden Hours: 496.
    Needs and Uses: As part of planning by the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, the Rockfish Pilot Program was developed for management 
of three rockfish fisheries in the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) in the 
Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Alaska. The Program was 
implemented in order to improve the economic efficiency of the CGOA 
rockfish fisheries and was designed to result in a slower-paced fishery 
that would allow the harvester to choose when to fish and therefore 
avoid poor weather and also to provide greater stability for processors 
by spreading production over a greater period of time. The Rockfish 
Pilot Program is scheduled to end December 31, 2011.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually 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 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: July 14, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-17031 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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