[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34710-34711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17042]


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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: Groundfish Tagging Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0276.

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    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 175.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes for a regular tag; 30 minutes 
for an archival (implanted electronic) tag.
    Burden Hours: 41.
    Needs and Uses: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) has prepared groundfish Fishery Management Plans (FMP) for 
the following fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off 
Alaska: Groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) EEZ under the 
Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and 
groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands EEZ under 
the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering 
Sea and Aleutian Islands Area. These FMPs are implemented by 
regulations at 50 CFR part 679. General regulations that also pertain 
to these fisheries appear in subpart H of 50 CFR part 600.
    As part of these plans, the Groundfish Tagging Program provides 
scientists with information necessary for effective conservation, 
management, and scientific understanding of the groundfish fishery off 
Alaska and the Northwest Pacific. The program area includes the Pacific 
Ocean off Alaska (the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands Area, the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska), 
California, Oregon, and Washington. Distribution, movement rates and 
direction, growth, recruitment and mortality estimated from tag 
recoveries are important parameters used in groundfish population 
assessment models and in developing allocation systems.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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. E9-17042 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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