[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23879]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOC has submitted 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 of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Title: Economic and Social Questionnaire for West Coast Fixed Gear
Groundfish Limited Entry Vessel and Permit Owners.
Agency Number: N/A.
OMB Number: N/A.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Burden: 60.
Number of Respondents: 240.
Average Hour Per Response: .25.
Needs and Uses: Data will be collected from vessel and permit
owners on economic and social characteristics of firms harvesting in
the West Coast limited entry fixed gear sablefish fishery. The fishery
is currently managed as a derby fishery which has become intolerably
short. The data to be collected is intended to assist the Council and
Secretary of Commerce in evaluating the effects of alternatives to
derby fishery management. These alternatives have substantial
allocative implications. There is broad industry support for certain
provisions in the alternatives, e.g. a requirement that the owner of
the permit or vessel be on board the vessel during fishing operations.
However, the information necessary to determine the degree to which
such provisions would change or maintain the current practices is not
available. The questions to be asked of vessel and permit owners in the
fixed gear sablefish sector will cover the following topics: legal
organization of ownership (e.g. individual, partnership, corporation,
etc.), participation of the vessel owner in fishing operations, status
of family members as participants in the fishing operation, number of
employees, number of years of participation in the fishery, vessel's
home port, number of dependents, dependence on fishing income, level of
household income. Questions on other social characteristics (age, sex,
marital status, education level) may also be asked.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Adele Morris, (202) 395-3122.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th &
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent to Adele Morris, OMB Desk Officer, Room 102,
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 10, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-23879 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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