[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50291-50292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25449]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Region Moratorium Application and Transfer Forms.
Agency Form Number: None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648-0282.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Burden: 319 hours.
Number of Respondents: 288 (638 responses).
Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes each for the application for a
permit, transfer application and the appeal process.
Needs and Uses: The Moratorium on Entry imposes a temporary
moratorium on the entry of new (unqualified) vessels into the
groundfish fisheries under Federal jurisdiction in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area, the groundfish fisheries under
Federal Management in the Gulf of Alaska, and the crab fisheries under
Federal jurisdiction in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. An owner of a
qualified vessel must apply for and
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receive a permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service before
deploying that vessel in one of the above named fisheries. The permit
requirement is essential to the purpose of the Moratorium on Entry,
which is to curtail increases in fishing capacity and provide industry
stability. The Moratorium on Entry is intended to promote the
conservation and management objectives of the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. This collection also includes the request to transfer a
vessel moratorium qualification and for the appeal process.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations,
individuals, state, local or tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,
Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25449 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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