[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 49436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20288]


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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: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0205.
    Form Number(s):.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision/extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 9,606.
    Average Hours Per Response: Application for vessels fishing in the 
Exclusive Economic Zone, dolphin/wahoo operator permit application, 
dealer permit application, 20 minutes; Aquaculture Live Rock Site 
Evaluation Report, 45 minutes; Rockfish Commercial Vessel Monitoring 
System Maintenance, 2 hours; zone transit notification, permit transfer 
and notarization, annual landings report for Gulf of Mexico shrimp, 
Aquacultured Live Rock Harvest Application, Aquacultured Live Rock 
Deposit, Notice of Intent to Harvest Aquacultured Live Rock, 
notification of lost or stolen trap, 5 minutes; notification of 
authorization of trap retrieval, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 3,596.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision of a currently 
approved information collection. National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) Southeast Region manages the United States (U.S.) fisheries of 
the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the South Atlantic, Caribbean, 
and Gulf of Mexico under the Fishery Management Plans (FMP) for each 
Region. The Regional Fishery Management Councils prepared the FMPs 
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act. The regulations implementing the FMPs that have reporting 
requirements are at 50 CFR part 622.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 622 
form the basis for this collection of information. NMFS Southeast 
Region requests information from fishery participants. This 
information, upon receipt, results in an increasingly more efficient 
and accurate database for management and monitoring of the fisheries of 
the EEZ off the South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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: August 5, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20288 Filed 8-9-11; 8:45 am]
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