[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 9541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3681]


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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: Social Impacts of the Implementation of a Catch Shares 
Program in the Mid-Atlantic.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for approval of a new 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 270.
    Average Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 113.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for approval of a new information 
collection. Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is required in fisheries 
under both the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
    The required information is used to evaluate the impacts of the 
proposed activity on fishermen still involved in fishing since catch 
shares were implemented. In promulgating and issuing regulations, 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must determine the relative 
impacts of different management measures.
    Amendment 16 to the Multispecies (groundfish) Fishery Management 
Plan, implemented on May 1, 2010, is the largest catch share program in 
number of permit holders that has ever been implemented in the U.S., 
and includes 17 group quota or `sector' allocations. More catch share 
plans are in discussion for the Northeast within the next several 
years. NMFS is required to assess the impact of these plans as well as 
their impacts relative to other management measures in place in the 
Northeast.
    This research aims to study the immediate post-implementation 
effects on fishermen in the groundfish fishery and those that have 
already exited the fishery in the Mid-Atlantic, as well as provide a 
baseline for other fisheries prior to any implementation of additional 
catch share programs.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bc4c2d9cad4d8fee9e6e2f8f8e2e4e5cbe4e6e9a5eee4fba5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c28d8b90839d91b7a0afabb1b1abadac82adafa0eca7adb2eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#57331f2e39323c1733383479303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e286aa9b8c8789a2868d81cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92dddbc0d3cdc1e7f0fffbe1e1fbfdfcd2fdfff0bcf7fde2bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df90968d9e808caabdb2b6acacb6b0b19fb0b2bdf1bab0aff1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: February 14, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-3681 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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