[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9890-9891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3932]


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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: Fishery Capacity Reduction Program Buyback Requests.

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    OMB Control Number: 0648-0376.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 923.
    Average Hours per Response: Implementation plans, 6,634 hours; 
state approval/buyback, 270 hours; advance and post referenda, bids and 
buyer annual reports and seller/buyer reports, 4 hours each; fish 
tickets, 10 minutes; buyer monthly reports, 2 hours; advisements of 
conflict in ownership claims, 10 hours.
    Burden Hours: 18,922.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current 
information collection.
    NOAA has established a program to reduce excess fishing capacity by 
paying fishermen to (1) surrender their fishing permits or (2) 
surrender their permits, and either scrap their vessels or restrict 
vessel titles to prevent fishing. These fishing capacity reduction 
programs, or buybacks, can be funded by a Federal loan to the industry 
or by direct Federal or other funding. These buybacks are conducted 
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act, and the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act (Pub. L. 109-479). 
The regulations implementing the buybacks are at 50 CFR part 600.
    Depending upon the type of buyback involved, the program can entail 
the submission of buyback requests by industry, the submission of bids, 
referenda of fishery participants, and reporting of the collection of 
fees to repay a Federal loan. For buybacks involving State-managed 
fisheries, the State may need to develop the buyback plan and comply 
with other information requirements. The information collected by NMFS 
is required to request a buyback, submit supporting data for requested 
buybacks, to submit bids, and to conduct referenda of fishery 
participants.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR 600.1013 
through 600.1017 form the basis for this collection of information on 
fee payment and collection. NMFS requests information from 
participating buyback participants. This information, upon receipt, 
tracks the repayment of the Federal loans that are issued as part of 
the buybacks, and ensures accurate management and monitoring of the 
loans during the repayment term.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
    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 15, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-3932 Filed 2-17-12; 8:45 am]
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