[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8830]


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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: Alaska Region Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab 
Economic Data Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0518.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (renewal with revisions of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 132.
    Average Hours per Response: Catcher vessel and catcher/processor 
economic data reports (EDRs), 37 hours; stationary floating processor 
and shoreside processor EDRs, 48 hours; EDR certifications only, 1 
hour; verification of data, 8 hours.
    Burden Hours: 4,534.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under 
the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands (BSAI) Crab. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (Magnuson-Stevens Act) mandated 
the Secretary of Commerce to implement the Crab Rationalization Program 
(CR Program) for the BSAI Management Area (BSAI) crab fisheries. The CR 
Program allocates BSAI crab resources among harvesters, processors, and 
coastal communities and monitors the ``economic stability for 
harvesters, processors, and coastal communities.'' The Magnuson-Stevens 
Act provides specific guidance on the CR Program's mandatory EDR used 
to assess the efficacy of the CR Program. Data from the EDR will 
directly contribute to ongoing evaluation of potential anti-trust and 
anti-competitive practices in the crab industry.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#551a1c07140a062037383c26263c3a3b153a38377b303a257b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6563786b75795f48474359594345446a454748044f455a044d455c">[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#67032f1e09020c2703080449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a3e1223343f311a3e3539743d352c">[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#4c03051e0d131f392e21253f3f2523220c23212e6229233c622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="56191f0417090523343b3f25253f393816393b347833392678313920">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-8830 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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