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applicant data from U.S. companies and
a discussion of this data as compared to
the Award criteria in order to
recommend Award recipients, may be
closed to the public in accordance with
section 552b(c)(4) of title 5, United
States Code, because the meetings are
likely to disclose trade secrets and
commercial or financial information
obtained from a person which is
privileged or confidential.
Dated: August 13, 2005.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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permit would not be restricted in any
way, and the permit would be
renewable on an annual basis. To obtain
a permit for a given year, a prospective
participant would have to complete and
submit an application form to NMFS.
The permit application form provides
basic information about the permit
applicant, vessel, fishing gear and
method, targeted species, projected
fishing effort, etc., for use by NMFS and
the Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council. The information
is important for understanding the
nature of the fishery and provides a link
to participants. It also aids in the
enforcement of the Fishery Management
Plan measures.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
II. Method of Collection
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Information is submitted in the form
of paper permit application forms.
III. Data
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region, Guam Bottomfish Large
Vessel Permits
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 24,
2005.
Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Anik Clemens (808) 944–
2265 or anik.clemens@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) requires U.S. vessels, larger
than 50 feet in length that land or
transship bottomfish management unit
species shoreward of the outer boundary
of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
around Guam, be registered under a
valid permit. Eligibility for such a
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OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 17, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region, Guam Bottomfish Large
Vessel Logbook and Reporting
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 24,
2005.
Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Anik Clemens (808) 944–
2265 or anik.clemens@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
Under a Guam Bottomfish Large
Vessel Fishing Permit authorized under
the Fishery Management Plan for
Bottomfish of the Western Pacific
Region, the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) requires U.S. fishing
vessels registered for use, or any U.S.
citizen issuee, to maintain on board the
vessel an accurate and complete logbook
and submit it to NMFS. The information
in the logbook is used to obtain fish
catch, fishing effort, and other data on
bottomfish harvested in the area outside
50 nm of Guam shores. These data are
needed to determine the condition of
the fish stocks and whether or not the
current management measures are
having the intended effects, to evaluate
the benefits and costs of changes in
management measures, and to monitor
and respond to incidental takes of
endangered and threatened species.
II. Method of Collection
All information is recorded on paper
logbook sheets.
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III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 550.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 17, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 081705B]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Notice of Crab
Rationalization Program Public
Workshop
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS will present a public
workshop on the new Crab
Rationalization Program (Program) for
participants in the Bering Sea and
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Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and
Tanner crab fisheries. At this workshop,
NMFS will review the Program, discuss
the key Program elements, provide
information on the application process,
and answer questions. This workshop is
specifically intended to address issues
related to the Arbitration System
portion of the Program. NMFS is
conducting this public workshop to
assist participants in complying with
the requirements of this new Program.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The workshop will be held on
Thursday, September 1, 2005, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
(PST).
[I.D. 081705A]
The workshop will be held
at the Leif Erickson Hall, 2245
Northwest 57th Street, Seattle, WA.
AGENCY:
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Merrill, telephone: 907–586–
7228; e-mail: glenn.merrill@noaa.gov.
On March
2, 2005, NMFS published a final rule
implementing the Program as
Amendments 18 and 19 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea/
Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
(70 FR 10174).
NMFS conducted four public
workshops in March and April of 2005
in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington to
assist fishery participants in complying
with the requirements of the Program.
At these workshops, NMFS reviewed
the Program, discussed the key Program
elements, and provided information on
the application process. NMFS
conducted an additional workshop on
the Arbitration System in Seattle, WA,
on May 9, 2005.
As with the May workshop, the
September 1, 2005 workshop is
intended to specifically focus on the
Arbitration System. Elements related to
economic data collection, monitoring
and enforcement, electronic reporting,
quota share and individual fishing quota
application and transfer provisions, the
appeals process, fee collection, and the
loan program may be addressed
secondarily. Additionally, NMFS will
answer questions from workshop
participants. For further information on
the Crab Rationalization Program, please
visit the NMFS Alaska Region Internet
site at www.fakr.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This workshop is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for special accommodations
should be directed to Glenn Merrill (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at
least 5 working days before the
workshop date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public hearing.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a public hearing to solicit
comments on a Regulatory Amendment
to the Reef Fish Fishery Management
Plan to Set Commercial and
Recreational Management Measures for
Grouper.
DATES: The public hearing will held on
Wednesday, September 7, 2005. The
hearing will begin at 6 p.m. and
conclude no later than 10:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held at the Best Western The Westshore
Hotel, 1200 North Westshore Boulevard,
Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 282–
3636.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Stu Kennedy, Fishery Biologist, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) will convene a public hearing
to solicit comments on a Regulatory
Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan to set Commercial
and Recreational Management Measures
for Grouper.
Proposed measures include setting
grouper trip limits for the commercial
fishery, reduce recreational red grouper
harvest in the Gulf of Mexico, and
minimize associated impacts on gag and
other groupers.
This Regulatory Amendment will
address measures to set commercial trip
limits for deep-water and shallow-water
grouper to extend the fishing season
into December, reduce recreational red
grouper harvest in the Gulf of Mexico,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region, Guam Bottomfish Large Vessel Logbook and Reporting
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 24,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Anik Clemens (808) 944-2265 or anik.clemens@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under a Guam Bottomfish Large Vessel Fishing Permit authorized
under the Fishery Management Plan for Bottomfish of the Western Pacific
Region, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires U.S.
fishing vessels registered for use, or any U.S. citizen issuee, to
maintain on board the vessel an accurate and complete logbook and
submit it to NMFS. The information in the logbook is used to obtain
fish catch, fishing effort, and other data on bottomfish harvested in
the area outside 50 nm of Guam shores. These data are needed to
determine the condition of the fish stocks and whether or not the
current management measures are having the intended effects, to
evaluate the benefits and costs of changes in management measures, and
to monitor and respond to incidental takes of endangered and threatened
species.
II. Method of Collection
All information is recorded on paper logbook sheets.
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III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits organizations;
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 550.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 17, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-16663 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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