[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20263]


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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 Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0206.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 644.
    Average Hours per Response: Federal Fisheries Permits and Federal 
Processor Permits, 21 minutes; Exempted Fisheries Permits, 20 hours.
    Burden Hours: 304.
    Needs and Uses: As part of Fishery Management Plans developed under 
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., this collection of information 
is used to monitor and manage participation in groundfish fisheries by 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and consists 
of the following permits: Federal Fisheries Permit, Federal Processor 
Permit, and Exempted Fishing Permit. The permit information provides: 
harvest gear types; descriptions of vessels, shoreside processors, and 
stationary floating processors; and expected fishery activity levels. 
Identification of the participants and expected activity levels are 
needed to measure the consequences of management controls, and is an 
effective tool in the enforcement of other fishery regulations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Every three years.
    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: August 19, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-20263 Filed 8-21-09; 8:45 am]
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