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Estimated Number of Respondents: 

28. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 

Amendment 80 EDR, 40 hours; 

Verification of Data, 3 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,204. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $42 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 4, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4947 Filed 3–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Alaska Region 

Amendment 80 Permits and Reports 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

DOC. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 10, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Patsy A. Bearden, at (907) 

586–7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Amendment 80 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area (BSAI FMP), 

primarily allocates BSAI non-pollock 

trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing 

sectors and facilitates the formation of 

harvesting cooperatives in the head-andgut trawl catcher/processor sector. 

Sector allocations and associated 

cooperatives allow participants to focus 

less on harvest rate maximization and 

more on optimizing their harvest. This, 

in turn, allows a reduction in unwanted 

incidental catch, improved retention, 

improved utilization, and improved 

economic health of the head-and-gut 

trawl catcher/processor sector. 

Amendment 80 established a limited 

access privilege program for the nonAmerican Fisheries Act (non-AFA) 

trawl catcher/processor sector. 

The Amendment 80 permits and 

reports collection provides participants 

with a management system that allows 

for improved efficiency by providing an 

environment in which, revenues can be 

increased and operating costs can be 

reduced. Depending on the magnitude 

of these potential efficiency gains and 

the costs of bycatch reduction, increases 

in efficiency could be used to cover the 

costs of bycatch reduction measures or 

provide additional benefits to 

participants. 

Licenses and vessels used to qualify 

for the Amendment 80 Program (either 

to be included in the non-AFA trawl 

catcher/processor sector or to be used in 

Amendment 80 cooperative formation) 

are restricted from being used outside of 

the Amendment 80 sector, except that 

any eligible vessel authorized to fish 

pollock under the AFA would still be 

authorized to fish under this statute. 

The fishery participants that join a 

cooperative receive an exclusive harvest 

privilege not subject to harvest by other 

vessel operators; may consolidate 

fishing operations on a specific vessel or 

subset of vessels, thereby reducing 

monitoring and enforcement and other 

operational costs; and harvest fish in a 

more economically efficient and less 

wasteful manner. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include e-mail of electronic 

forms, and mail and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0565. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

44. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Application for Amendment 80 

cooperative and cooperative quota 

permit, application for Amendment 80 

quota share, application for Amendment 

80 limited access fishery, application to 

transfer Amendment 80 quota share and 

application to transfer Amendment 80 

cooperative quota, 2 hours; Amendment 

80 cooperative catch report, 30 minutes; 

annual Amendment 80 cooperative 

report and appeals, 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 896. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $2,732 in recordkeeping/ 

reporting costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 4, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4951 Filed 3–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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