[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01385]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0665.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Average Hours Per Response: 200 hours, Application to become a CQE; 
2 hours for Application to transfer QS-IFQ to or from CQE; 20 hours for 
Application for a CQE to receive a non-trawl LLP license; 1 hour each 
for Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit and CQE LLP 
Authorization Letter; 40 hours for CQE Annual Report.
    Burden Hours: 1,544.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program allocates to 
eligible communities a portion of the quotas for groundfish, halibut, 
crab, and prohibited species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Management Area (BSAI). Currently, there are 98 CQE eligible 
communities (45 Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) and quota share (QS) 
halibut and sablefish, 32 charter halibut, and 21 License Limitation 
Program (LLP) communities), although only a few communities are 
currently participating. The allocations provide communities the means 
for starting or supporting commercial fisheries business activities 
that will result in an ongoing, regionally based, fisheries-related 
economy. A non-profit corporate entity that meets specific criteria to 
receive transferred halibut or sablefish QS on behalf of an eligible 
community may lease the resulting IFQ to persons who are residents of 
the eligible community.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: January 19, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01385 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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