[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26841]


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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: Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0490.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 167.
    Average Hours Per Response: Western Pacific permits, 30 minutes; 
American Samoa limited access permits, 45 minutes; appeals, 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 124.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
Pacific Islands Region (PIR) manages the United States (U.S.) Fisheries 
of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the western Pacific under five 
fishery management plans (FMP), prepared by the Western Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (MSA). The regulations implementing the 
FMP are found at 50 CFR part 665.
    The permitting requirements at 50 CFR part 665 form the basis for 
this collection of information. PIR requests information from 
participants in the fisheries and interested persons. This information 
is needed for permit issuance, to identify participants in the 
fisheries, and to help measure impacts of management controls on the 
participants in the fisheries of the EEZ in the western Pacific.
    The revision involves the elimination of Hawaii longline shallow-
set certificate requests and northwest Hawaiian islands bottomfish 
limited entry permits due to regulatory changes, and moving western 
Pacific crustacean permit applications to another information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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: October 12, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26841 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 m]
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