[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9445]


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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: Aleutian Islands Pollock Fishery Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0513.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: Annual letter to NMFS, 16 hours; 
appeal, 20 hours.
    Burden Hours: 36.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
current information collection.
    The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Public Law (Pub. L.) 
108-199) was signed into law on January 23, 2004. Section 803 of this 
law allocates the Aleutian Islands (AI) directed pollock fishery to the 
Aleut Corporation for economic development of Adak, Alaska. The statute 
permits the Aleut Corporation to authorize one or more agents for 
activities necessary for conducting the AI directed pollock fishery. 
Management provisions for the AI directed pollock fishery include: 
restrictions on the harvest specifications for the AI directed pollock 
fishery; provisions for fishery monitoring; reporting requirements; and 
an AI Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limit that, when reached, 
would close the existing Chinook salmon savings areas in the AI.
    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: April 16, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-9445 Filed 4-18-12; 8:45 am]
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