[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-589]


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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: Comprehensive Socioeconomic Data Collection from Alaskan 
Communities.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours per Response: Survey, 1 hour. Initial and follow-up 
telephone calls, 6 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 521.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The purpose of this data collection program is to improve 
commercial fisheries socioeconomic data for North Pacific fisheries, 
using the community as the unit of reporting and analysis. The North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC), the Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center (AFSC), and community stakeholder organizations, have 
identified ongoing collection of community level economic and 
socioeconomic information, specifically related to commercial 
fisheries, as a priority. The proposed data collection will include 
information on community revenues based in the fisheries economy, 
population fluctuations, vessel expenditures in ports, fisheries 
infrastructure available in the community, support sector business 
operations in the community, community participation in fisheries 
management, effects of fisheries management decisions on the community, 
and demographic information on commercial fisheries participants from 
the community. The information collected in this program will capture 
the most relevant and pressing types of data needed for socioeconomic 
analyses of communities.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: January 10, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-589 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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