[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31069]


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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: An Observer Program for Vessels in the Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Fishery.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0500.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: Projected observer assignments and 
observer contracts, 5 minutes each; training/briefing and debriefing 
registration, 7 minutes; weekly deployment reports and reports of 
harassment/refusal to board, safety or performance concerns, 15 minutes 
each; observer provider change in ownership, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 135.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for a renewal of a currently 
approved information collection.
    NMFS At-Sea Hake and West Coast Groundfish Observer Programs define 
observer duties, train and brief/debrief observers, and manage observer 
data and its release. The observers, deployed aboard vessels 
participating in the U.S. West Coast groundfish fishery, are hired by 
observer providers who contract with the vessels to provide the 
required observer coverage (50 CFR part 660). This data collection 
relates to the response time for observer providers to register 
observers for training, briefing and debriefing and to provide 
projected assignments and weekly reports to NMFS, as well as copies of 
contracts with observers or vessels, change in ownership information, 
and reports of harassment of and other concerns related to vessels and 
observers.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Weekly and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 [email protected].

    Dated: December 6, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-31069 Filed 12-9-10; 8:45 am]
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