[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3143]


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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: Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR).
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0428.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 204.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.
    Burden Hours: 1,632.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) collects 
harvest and production information broken out by specific criteria such 
as gear type, area, delivery and product type, and pounds and value. 
The COAR is due by April 1 of the year following any buying or 
processing activity.
    Any person or company who received a Fisheries Business License 
from the Alaska Department of Revenue and an Intent to Operate Permit 
by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is required to annually 
submit the COAR to State of Alaska, ADF&G, under Alaska Administrative 
Code (AAC), chapter 5 AAC 39.130. In addition, any person or company 
who receives an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) only permit from ADF&G 
annually must submit a COAR to ADF&G. Any owner of a catcher/processor 
or mothership with a Federal permit operating in the EEZ off Alaska is 
required to annually submit a COAR to ADF&G under 50 CFR 679.5(p).
    The COAR provides information on ex-vessel and first wholesale 
values for statewide fish and shellfish products. Containing 
information from shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, 
motherships, and catcher/processors, this data collection yields 
equivalent annual product value information for all respective 
processing sectors and provides a consistent time series according to 
which groundfish resources may be managed more efficiently.
    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 Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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: February 7, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-3143 Filed 2-9-12; 8:45 am]
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