[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41166-41167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17028]


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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

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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 Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing 
Quota Cost Recovery.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0398.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,980.
    Average Time per Response: IFQ Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and 
Volume Report and IFQ Permit Holder Fee Submission Form, 2 hours each.
    Burden Hours: 5,960.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
requires the Secretary of Commerce conduct a Cost Recovery Program to 
cover the management and enforcement costs of the Alaska Individual 
Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. This Cost Recovery Program requires IFQ 
permit holders to submit information about the value of landings of IFQ 
species and to calculate and submit fees. The Cost Recovery Program 
requires Registered Buyers to submit information about the value and 
volume of landings of IFQ species.
    Revision: The IFQ liability appeals are no longer applicable and 
this burden and cost have been removed from the information collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and 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 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: July 9, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-17028 Filed 7-11-12; 8:45 am]
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