95-21313. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44833-44835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21313]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA).
    Title: Employment Data of Recipient or Other Party Connected with 
EDA Assistance.
    Form Number(s): ED-525.
    Agency Approval Number: 0610-0021.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: To obtain employment data to be analyzed to 
determine compliance status of recipients or other parties connected 
with EDA projects as required by 15 CFR 8.7.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA).
    Title: Petition by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility to Apply 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
    Form Number(s): EDA-840P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0610-0091.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,576 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 197.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 8 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This form is necessary for producing firms to 
provide information demonstrating that increased imports are an 
important cause of its decline in sales and/or production and to the 
separation or threat of separation of a significant portion of its 
workers.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations and 
farms.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN).
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0175.

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    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 390 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The MARFIN program provides financial assistant to 
develop, rejuvenate, and maintain Gulf of Mexico fisheries. Any U.S. 
citizen may apply for funds to conduct research and development 
projects that meet MARFIN objectives. Application information is needed 
to select eligible projects, and reports are necessary to track the 
progress and results of funded research.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Survey of Intent and Capacity to Harvest and Process Fish 
and Shellfish, Northeast Region.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0235.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 10 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Domestic processors and joint venture operators in 
the surf clam/ocean quahog and squid/mackerel/butterfish fisheries are 
surveyed to determine their intent and capacity to utilize these 
species. The information obtained is used in the management of these 
fisheries.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Statement of Financial Interests (for Use by Members and 
Executive Directors of Regional Fishery Management Councils).
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-195.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0192.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 122 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 209.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 302(k) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act requires disclosure of financial interests in any 
harvesting, processing, or marketing activity by nominees, voting 
members, and executive directors of the regional Fishery Management 
Councils. The information is made available for public inspection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Report of Radio Transmitting Antenna Construction, and/or 
Removal - Federal Communications Commission Rules and Regulations Part 
17.56.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 76-10.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0096.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 195 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 780.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Any construction, alteration, or removal of radio 
transmitting antenna must be reported. The information is used to 
produce accurate aeronautical charts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Foreign Fishing Vessel Application/Permitting Process.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-120.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0089.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 14 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: Section 204 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act provides that each foreign nation with which the 
U.S. has entered into a Governing International Fishery Agreement may 
submit annual applications to fish in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. 
The application information enables NOAA to accomplish the permitting 
provisions of the Act.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, and 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Yearly - Prior to the new fishing year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Transfer Log.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0238.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 618 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries are 
managed under an Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) system under which 
harvest rights are allocated to individual owners based on their 
percentage share of the annual quota. Ownership is transferable, and 
this form is used to track such transfers.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Application to Shuck Surf Clams/Ocean Quahogs.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0240.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The fishery management plan for surf clams.ocean 
quahogs require vessel owners to obtain approval for shucking-at-sea 
operations. Approval is required to facilitate observer placement.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Survey of Intent and Capacity to Harvest and Process Fish 
and Shellfish (Northwest Region).
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0243.
    Type of Request:  Extension of a currently approved collection.

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    Burden: 10 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. groundfish industry in the northwest is 
contacted up to twice yearly to determine its intent and capacity to 
utilize certain groundfish species. This information is needed to 
apportion groundfish quotas: (1) first to the domestic industry and 
secondly to foreign operations; and (2) within the domestic groundfish 
industry as required by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management 
Plan.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Semi-Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Inspection and Certification: Notice of Availability of NMFS 
HACCP-based Inspection Service.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0266.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 6,720 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 167 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected from participants will be 
used by NMFS in determining compliance with the inspection program. The 
reported information, the HACCP plan, describes the products and 
processing operations, the hazards associated with each step of the 
process, and the facility's monitoring procedures. NMFS will be 
auditing the facility and its records to determine the facility's 
maintenance of its plan.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 23, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-21313 Filed 8-28-95; 8:45 am]
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