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grant the Awards, select Examiners, and 

comply with statutory responsibilities. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; government entities. 

Individuals with expertise in the 

business, education, health care, and/or 

nonprofit fields are eligible to apply as 

a member to the Board of Examiners. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

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 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5167 or 

via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K_Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: February 2, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2513 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Pacific Coast 

Groundfish, Rationalization 

Sociocultural Study 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

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 April 6, 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 Suzanne Russell (206) 860– 

3274, suzanne.russell@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Historically, changes in fisheries 

management regulations have been 

shown to result in impacts to 

individuals within the fishery. An 

understanding of social impacts in 

fisheries—achieved through the 

collection of data on fishing 

communities, as well as on individuals 

who fish—is a requirement under 

several federal laws. Laws such as the 

National Environmental Protection Act 

and the Magnuson Stevens Fishery 

Conservation Act (as amended 2007) 

describe such requirements. The 

collection of this data not only helps to 

inform legal requirements for the 

existing management actions, but will 

inform future management actions 

requiring equivalent information. 

Fisheries rationalization programs 

have an impact on those individuals 

participating in the affected fishery. The 

Pacific Fisheries Management Council is 

on track to implement a new 

rationalization program for the Pacific 

Coast Groundfish limited entry trawl 

fishery in January 2011. This research 

aims to study the individuals in the 

affected fishery both prior to and after 

the implementation of the 

rationalization program. The data 

collected will provide a baseline 

description of the industry as well as 

allow for analysis of changes the 

rationalization program may create for 

individuals in the fishery. The 

measurement of these changes will lead 

to a greater understanding of the social 

impacts the management measure may 

have on the individuals in the fishery. 

To achieve these goals it is critical to 

collect the necessary data prior to the 

implementation of the rationalization 

program for comparison to data 

collected after the management program 

has been implemented. This study will 

be inclusive of both a Phase 1 preimplementation data collection effort, as 

well as a Phase 2, post-implementation 

data collection effort to achieve the 

stated objectives. 

II. Method of Collection 

Literature reviews, secondary sources 

including Internet sources, United 

States Census data, key informants, 

focus groups, paper surveys, electronic 

surveys, and in-person interviews will 

be utilized in combination to obtain the 

greatest breadth of information as 

possible. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

800. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 

30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,200. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,000 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: February 2, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2504 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Alaska 

Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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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 April 6, 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 

The American Fisheries Act (AFA) 

was signed into law in October of 1998. 

The AFA established an allocation 

program for the pollock fishery of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area (BSAI). The AFA 

established a limited access program for 

the inshore sector of the BSAI pollock 

fishery that is based on the formation of 

fishery cooperatives around each 

inshore pollock processor. 

Implementing regulations are found at 

50 CFR part 679, subpart F. 

The original purposes of the AFA 

were to tighten United States ownership 

standards that had been exploited under 

the Anti-reflagging Act, to provide 

Alaska’s BSAI pollock fleet the 

opportunity to conduct their fishery in 

a more rational manner, and to protect 

non-AFA participants in other fisheries. 

In addition, a voluntary civil agreement 

among pollock cooperatives, Western 

Alaska Community Development Quota 

(CDQ) groups, and western Alaska 

subsistence salmon user groups is 

intended to coordinate the pollock 

fishery in a manner that reduces 

incidental catch rates of salmon. 

Reduced bycatch, higher utilization 

rates, increased economic returns, and 

improved safety are among the direct 

benefits of the AFA. The flexibility 

provided by cooperatives and by 

individual vessel allocations of pollock 

and other species has allowed the BSAI 

pollock fleet to spread their fishing 

effort in time and space. The 

cooperative management structure has 

shifted more of the monitoring and 

enforcement burden to the cooperatives 

and their members, allowing NMFS to 

manage the fishery more precisely. The 

AFA cooperative annual reports are 

required to provide information about 

how the cooperative allocated pollock, 

other groundfish species, and prohibited 

species among the vessels in the 

cooperative; the catch of these species 

by area for each vessel in the 

cooperative; information about how the 

cooperative monitored fishing by its 

members; and a description of any 

actions taken by the cooperative to 

penalize vessels that exceeded the catch 

and bycatch allocations made to the 

vessel by the cooperative. 

II. Method of Collection 

For those items not connected with a 

scale, 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: 0648–0401. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

11. 

Estimated Time per Response: 12 

hours for AFA Annual Report; 30 

minutes for Nonmember vessel contract 

fishing application; 5 minutes for 

Inshore catcher vessel cooperative 

pollock catch report; 5 minutes for 

Agent for service of process; 40 hours 

for Salmon Bycatch Reduction InterCooperative Agreement (ICA); and 4 

hours for ICA appeals. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 470. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $225. 

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: February 2, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2503 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–908] 

First Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review of Sodium Hexametaphosphate 

from the People’s Republic of China: 

Extension of Time Limit for the 

Preliminary Results 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 27, 2009, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published in 

the Federal Register a notice of 

initiation of an administrative review of 

sodium hexametaphosphate from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), 

covering the period September 14, 2007 

February 28, 2009. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 74 FR 19042 (April 

27, 2009). From May 26, 2009 to 

October 28, 2009, the respondent in this 

review, Hubei Xingfa Chemical Group 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hubei Xingfa’’), submitted 

responses to the Department’s 

antidumping duty questionnaires. From 

November 9–13, 2009, the Department 

conducted verification of Hubei Xingfa. 

On November 25, 2009, the Department 

extended the time period for issuing the 

preliminary results of review until 

January 30, 2010. See First Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review of Sodium 

Hexametaphosphate from the People’s 

Republic of China: Extension of Time 

Limit for the Preliminary Results, 74 FR 

61656 (November 25, 2009). 


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