[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52933-52934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21558]


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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 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0551.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 487.
    Average Hours Per Response: Transfer of shares, 2 minutes; dealer 
landing transaction report, notification of landing, transfer of 
allocation, 5 minutes; landing correction form, 3 minutes; online 
account application, 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 982.
    Needs and Uses: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast 
Region manages the 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. NMFS manages the red snapper fishery 
in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico under the Reef Fish FMP. The 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program was implemented to reduce the 
overcapacity in the fishery and end the derby fishing conditions that 
resulted from that overcapitalization.
    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 of Gulf of Mexico.
    Dealer, shareholder and fishermen annual reporting requirements 
have been removed, as the information can be obtained through other 
current reporting requirements. Also, the burden for online account 
activation has been removed, as all eligible shareholders have 
activated their accounts; however, there is a new burden for account 
renewal. A one-time percentage of share ownership has been removed, as 
it is now covered under another OMB Control No. as part of a permit 
application.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: 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].


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    Dated: August 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-21558 Filed 8-23-11; 8:45 am]
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