[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15957-15958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06318]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Arbitration

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 23, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586-7008 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved collection.
    The Crab Rationalization Program allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands (BSAI) crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal 
communities through a limited access system that balances the interests 
of these groups who depend on these fisheries. Program components 
include quota share allocation, processor quota share allocation, 
individual fishing quota and individual processing quota issuance, 
quota transfers, use caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections 
for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, arbitration system, 
monitoring, economic data collection, and cost recovery fee collection.
    The Crab Rationalization Program Arbitration System is established 
by the contracts required pursuant to 50CF 680.20, including the 
process by which the Market Report and Non-Binding Price Formula are 
produced, as well as the negotiation approaches, the Binding 
Arbitration process, and fee collection.

II. Method of Collection

    Responses are mailed, except that the Non-binding Price Formula 
Report may be submitted electronically.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0516.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 49.
    Estimated Time per Response: Combined Annual Arbitration 
Organization Notification and Report, 5 hours; Contract Arbitrator 
Report, 4 hours; Combined Shared Arbitration Accounting Report, 20 
hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 78.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $435,545 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the

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use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: March 19, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06318 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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