[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 53407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21323]


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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: U.S. West Coast Commercial Albacore Fishery Cost-Earnings 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 270.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 675.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to collect 
economic information for fishing vessels in the West Coast Commercial 
Albacore Fishery. Information about revenues, variable and fixed costs, 
capital investment, vessel characteristics, and employment would be 
collected from vessel owners for a stratified random sample of vessels 
in this fishery. The data will be used to assess how fishermen will be 
impacted by and respond to federal regulation likely to be considered 
by fishery managers. Therefore, the data will be used to strengthen and 
improve fishery management decision-making, satisfy legal mandates 
under Executive Order 12866, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy 
Act, and other pertinent statutes.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 3, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21323 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
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