[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18907]


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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: Non-commercial Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main 
Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0577.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: Permit application, 15 minutes; appeal 
of denied permit, 2 hours; trip report logsheet, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 100.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision of a currently 
approved information collection.
    All non-commercial participants (including vessel owners, 
operators, and crew) in the boat-based bottomfish fishery in the main 
Hawaiian Islands are required to obtain a federal bottomfish permit, 
pursuant to 50 CFR part 665. This collection of information is needed 
for permit issuance, to identify actual or potential participants in 
the fishery, determine qualifications for permits, and to help measure 
the impacts of management controls on the participants in the fishery. 
The permit program is also an effective tool in the enforcement of 
fishery regulations and serves as a link between the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
    All vessel owners or operators in this fishery are required to 
submit a completed logbook form at the completion of each fishing trip. 
These logbook reporting sheets document the species and amount of 
species caught during the trip. The reporting requirements are crucial 
to ensure that NMFS and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) will be able to monitor the fishery and have fishery-
dependent information to develop an estimate of an Annual Catch Limit 
(annual Total Allowable Catch) for the fishery, evaluate the 
effectiveness of management measures, determine whether changes in 
fishery management programs are necessary, and estimate the impacts and 
implications of alternative management measures.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually 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: July 21, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18907 Filed 7-26-11; 8:45 am]
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