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[Federal Register: May 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 95)]
[Notices]               
[Page 28099-28100]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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: Southeast Region Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0551.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,038 total (24 from revision).
    Number of Respondents: 1,417.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 minute.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries 
Service) manages the red snapper fishery in the waters of the Gulf of 
Mexico under the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program was implemented to reduce the 
overcapacity in the fishery and end the derby fishing conditions that 
resulted from that overcapitalization. As part of this program, the 
Southeast Regional Office needs to collect percentage of

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ownership in a corporation from IFQ participants. The IFQ program has a 
cap on share percent of ownership of six percent. This revision is 
intended to allow NOAA Fisheries Service to collect important corporate 
ownership information to ensure that the share ownership cap in the IFQ 
program is not violated.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: May 12, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-10853 Filed 5-14-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

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