[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 63599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25305]


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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 Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0206.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 662.
    Average Hours per Response: Federal Fisheries Permit, 21 minutes; 
Federal Processor Permit, 25 minutes; Exempted Fisheries Permit, 20 
hours.
    Burden Hours: 319.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    For a person to participate in Federal fisheries, NMFS requires a 
Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP), a Federal Processor Permit (FPP), or an 
Experimental Fisheries Permit (EFP). NMFS Alaska Region created a set 
of groundfish permits that operators of vessels and managers of 
processors must have onboard or onsite when fishing for, receiving, 
buying, or processing groundfish. These permits provide NMFS with a way 
to monitor participation in groundfish fisheries.
    Section 303(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifically 
recognizes the need for permit issuance. The requirement of a permit 
for marine resource users is one of the regulatory steps taken to carry 
out conservation and management objectives. The issuance of a permit is 
an essential ingredient in the management of fishery resources needed 
for identification of the participants and expected activity levels and 
for regulatory compliance (e.g., withholding of permit issuance pending 
collection of unpaid penalties).
    Revision: the Federal Processor Permit application has been 
revised.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    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#26696f7467797553444b4f55554f494866494b440843495608414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5916100b18060a2c3b34302a2a3036371936343b773c3629773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: October 20, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25305 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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