[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17131]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior has submitted a proposal for 
the collection of information listed below to the Office Management and 
Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Act). The Act provides that an agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. When OMB approves the collection and assigns a control 
number and expiration date, they will be displayed on the cover sheet 
to the questionnaire.

DATES: Submit written comments by August 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and suggestions directly to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior (1010-XXXX), Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to the Chief, Engineering and 
Standards Branch, Mail Stop 4700, Minerals Management Service, 381 
Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 22070-4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis London, Engineering and Standards Branch, Mail Stop 4700, 
Minerals Management Service, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 22070-
4817; telephone (703) 787-1562. You may obtain copies of the proposed 
collection of information and related forms by contacting MMS's 
Clearance Officer at the telephone number listed below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Social and Economic Adaptations by Fish Harvesters in the 
Santa Barbara Channel-Santa Marie Basin Area, California.
    OMB Number: To be assigned.
    Abstract: Section 3506 of the Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 
that OMB provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
opportunity to comment on information.
    Utah State University, Department of Forest Resources, will conduct 
a study for MMS which will provide an analysis of the social 
composition and the social and economic adaptation of commercial fish 
harvesters in the Santa Barbara Channel-Santa Maria Basin area. The 
research will be centered upon the commercial fish harvesters working 
out of the ports of Morro Bay, Port San Luis, Santa Barbara, Ventura, 
and either Channel Islands or Port Hueneme. The research will require 
interviews with fish harvesters from each port with analysis 
comparisons among ports and in the aggregate. The information collected 
under this study will aid MMS in assessing the actual or potential 
impacts of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities on the social 
organization of fish harvesters, the lives of fishing.
    Description of Respondents: Fish harvesters and spouses.
    Frequency: One time (1 response per respondent).
    Estimate of Burden: We estimate interviews with fish harvesters 
will average 53 minutes each; interviews with the spouses will average 
30 minutes each.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 450 fish harvesters; 284 spouses.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 539.5 hours.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Comments: The OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
proposed collection of information between 30 and 60 days after 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Therefore, comment 
to OMB is best ensured of having its full effect if OMB received it 
within 30 days of publication.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole deWitt (703) 787-1242.

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
Henry G. Bartholomew,
Deputy Associate Director for Operations and Safety Management.
[FR Doc. 96-17131 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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