[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68034-68035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30328]


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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: Southeast Region Dealer and Interview Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0013.
    Form Number(s): 88-12, 88-12B, 88-129, 88-30.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 13,766.
    Average Hours per Response: Shrimp and finfish interviews and 
dealer quota reports, 10 minutes; dealer no-purchase reports, 3 
minutes; rock shrimp, golden crab and coral dealer reports, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,656.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center uses these reporting instruments to collect 
landings statistics and quota monitoring data from commercial seafood 
dealers and to conduct interviews with fishermen for effort and fishing 
locations data. This family of forms includes data collection 
activities for monitoring fishery quotas, routine collections of 
monthly statistics from seafood dealers, and interviews with fishermen 
to collect catch/effort and biological data. Collection of information 
is authorized by the development of regional fishery management 
councils under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens

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Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Weekly, monthly, bimonthly and annually.
    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: December 16, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-30328 Filed 12-21-09; 8:45 am]
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