[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 71902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28103]


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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: Fisheries Finance Program Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0012.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-1.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 60 new applications, 251 annual respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 hours for new applications, 2 hours 
for annual responses.
    Burden Hours: 1,102.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA's Fisheries Finance Program (FFP) is a direct 
loan program that receives an annual loan authority from Congress to 
provide long-term loans to the commercial fishing and aquaculture 
industries. Many of these loans are guaranteed by companies and/or 
people (guarantors) associated with the loan applicant. These 
guarantors may not be required to sign the loan application. These new 
forms (Guarantor Authorization to Obtain Consumer Credit Report and 
Conduct a Credit Inquiry) grant the FFP, in writing, permission to 
conduct a credit investigation on the guarantors.
    Affected Public: People offering to guarantee a loan made by the 
FFP.
    Frequency: Once, at the time of application.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-28103 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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