[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 49887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20127]


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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: Regional Economic Data Collection Program for Southeast 
Alaska.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for review of a new 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 394.
    Average Hours per Response: Mail surveys and follow-up telephone 
interviews, 20 minutes; interviews with key informants, 40 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 148.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for review of a new information 
collection. The regional or community economic analysis of proposed 
fishery management policies is required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and 
Executive Order 12866, among others. To satisfy these mandates and 
inform policymakers and the public of the likely regional economic 
impacts associated with fishery management policies, appropriate 
economic models and the data to implement them are needed.
    Much of the data required for regional economic analysis associated 
with Southeast Alaska fisheries are either unavailable or unreliable. 
Accurate fishery-level data on employment, labor income, and 
expenditures in the Southeast Alaska fishery and related industries are 
not currently available but are needed to estimate the effects of 
fisheries on the economy of Southeast Alaska. In this planned survey 
effort, data on these important regional economic variables will be 
collected and used to develop models that will provide more reliable 
estimates and significantly improve policymakers' ability to assess 
policy effects on fishery-dependent communities in Southeast Alaska. 
The survey will be conducted one-time only. The survey (mailed) will 
request data on employment, labor payments, and other expenditures from 
owners of 1,700 vessels that delivered fish to Southeast Alaska 
processors in 2009.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    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 6616, 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 10, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-20127 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
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