[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 15938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6647]


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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: Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan Data 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0491.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and renewal of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 783.
    Average Hours per Response: Trip declaration, powerdown 
notification, trip termination, compensation trip identification, daily 
catch reports and temporary individual fishing quota (IFQ) transfers, 2 
minutes; prelanding reports and ownership cap forms, 5 minutes; broken 
trip adjustments and permanent IFQ transfers, 10 minutes; trip 
exchanges, 15 minutes; replacement/upgrade and confirmation of permit 
history forms, 3 hours; cost recovery payments, 2 hours; sector 
proposals, 300 hours; sector operation plans, 200 hours.
    Burden Hours: 2,804.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and renewal of a 
currently approved information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Region manages 
the Atlantic sea scallop (scallop) fishery of the Exclusive Economic 
Zone (EEZ) off the East Coast under the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP). The regulations implementing the FMP are at 50 
CFR part 648. This collection includes the following reporting 
requirements for scallop vessel owners, operators, and fishery 
participants: Vessel monitoring system (VMS) trip declarations for all 
scallop vessels, including powerdown declarations; notification of 
access area trip termination for limited access scallop vessels; 
submission of access area compensation trip identification; submission 
of broken trip adjustment and access area trip exchange forms; VMS 
purchase and installation for individuals that purchase a federally 
permitted scallop vessel; submission of ownership cap forms for 
individual fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels; submission of vessel 
replacement, upgrade and permit history applications for IFQ, Northern 
Gulf of Maine (NGOM), and Incidental Catch (IC) scallop vessels; 
submission of VMS pre-landing notification form by IFQ vessels; 
enrollment into the state waters exemption program; submission of 
requests for IFQ transfers; payment of cost recovery bills for IFQ 
vessels; sector proposals for IFQ vessels and industry participants; 
sector operations plans for approved sector proposals.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Daily, on occasion and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ca8583988b9599bfa8a7a3b9b9a3a5a48aa5a7a8e4afa5bae4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd82849f8c929eb8afa0a4bebea4a2a38da2a0afe3a8a2bde3aaa2bb">[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#fa9eb283949f91ba9e9599d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdd9f5c4d3d8d6fdd9d2de93dad2cb">[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#c6898f94879995b3a4abafb5b5afa9a886a9aba4e8a3a9b6e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5916100b18060a2c3b34302a2a3036371936343b773c3629773e362f">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: March 17, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6647 Filed 3-21-11; 8:45 am]
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