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Notice.
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 March 24, 2006.
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 LTJG Nicole Manning, 301–
713–3453, ext. 119 or
Nicole.Manning@noaa.gov.
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: January 17, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The NOAA Corps is the smallest of
the seven uniformed services of the
United States and is an integral part of
NOAA. The NOAA Corps provides a
cadre of professionals trained in
engineering, earth sciences,
oceanography, meteorology, fisheries
science, and other related disciplines
who serve in assignments within the
five major Line Offices of NOAA.
Persons wishing to obtain a NOAA
Corps Commission must submit an
application package, including an eye
test and five references.
II. Method of Collection
Paper forms are submitted via mail in
postage-paid envelopes.
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III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0047.
Form Number: NOAA Forms 56–42,
56–42A, 56–42C, 56–42D.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
130.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 260.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $5,850.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; American Fisheries
Act: Recordkeeping 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 March 24, 2006.
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 Hynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Patsy A. Bearden, 907–586–
7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The American Fisheries Act (AFA)
was signed into law in October of 1998.
The AFA established an allocation
program for the pollock fishery of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI). The purposes
of the AFA were to tighten U.S.
ownership standards that had been
exploited under the Anti-reflagging Act,
to provide Alaska’s BSAI pollock fleet
the opportunity to conduct their fishery
in a more rational manner, and to
protect non-AFA participants in other
fisheries.
Reduced bycatch, higher utilization
rates, increased economic returns, and
improved safety are among the direct
benefits of the AFA. The flexibility
provided by cooperatives and by
individual vessel allocations of pollock
and other species has allowed the BSAI
pollock fleet to spread their fishing
effort in time and space, thus somewhat
mitigating the negative impacts of the
Steller sea lion (SSL) conservation and
protection measures. The BSAI pollock
quota is suballocated to groups of vessel
owners who form fishing vessel
cooperatives. The cooperative
management structure has shifted more
of the monitoring and enforcement
burden to the cooperatives and their
members, allowing NMFS to manage the
fishery more precisely.
In order to make timely management
decisions on closures, NMFS requires
shoreside processors and stationary
floating processors to use shoreside
processor electronic logbook report
(SPELR) to provide catcher vessel
delivery information describing daily
harvests of pollock and sideboard
species on a vessel-by-vessel basis. The
SPELR software provided by NMFS has
automatic features that allow the users
to effect file transfer by computer
modem to the NMFS communication
server, or file transfer can occur as an
attachment to an e-mail message.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic files, paper reports, and
paper applications are required from
participants. Methods of submittal
include transfer by computer modem,
transfer by e-mail attachment, and
facsimile transmission.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0401.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
household; business or other for-profits
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
26.
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Estimated Time per Response: 20
hours for Annual preliminary report; 8
hours for Annual final report; 30
minutes for Non-member vessel contract
fishing application; 30 minutes to
complete and print shoreside processor
electronic logbook report (SPELR); 5
minutes to electronically submit SPELR
report; 5 minutes for Inshore catcher
vessel cooperative pollock catch report;
and 5 minutes for Agent for service of
process.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,024.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $635.
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: January 17, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6–670 Filed 1–20–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; American Fisheries
Act: Vessel and Processor Permit
Applications
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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
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proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 24, 2006.
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 Patsy A. Bearden, 907–586–
7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The American Fisheries Act (AFA)
was signed into law in October of 1998.
The AFA established an allocation
program for the pollock fishery of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI). The purposes
of the AFA were to tighten U.S.
ownership standards that had been
exploited under the Anti-reflagging Act,
to provide Alaska’s BSAI pollock fleet
the opportunity to conduct their fishery
in a more rational manner, and to
protect non-AFA participants in other
fisheries.
Reduced bycatch, higher utilization
rates, increased economic returns, and
improved safety are among the direct
benefits of the AFA. The flexibility
provided by cooperatives and by
individual vessel allocations of pollock
and other species has allowed the BSAI
pollock fleet to spread their fishing
effort in time and space, thus somewhat
mitigating the negative impacts of the
Steller sea lion (SSL) conservation and
protection measures. Finally, the
cooperative management structure has
shifted more of the monitoring and
enforcement burden to the cooperatives
and their members, allowing NMFS to
manage the fishery more precisely.
Under the AFA, only vessels and
processors that meet specific qualifying
criteria are eligible to fish for and
process pollock in the BSAI. The BSAI
pollock quota is suballocated to groups
of vessel owners who form fishing
vessel cooperatives under the AFA.
All pollock vessels and processors are
required to have a valid AFA permit on
board the vessel or at the processing
plant. The AFA vessel and processor
permits have no expiration date and
will remain valid indefinitely unless
revoked by NMFS. With the exceptions
of applications for inshore vessel
cooperatives and for replacement
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vessels, the AFA permit program had a
one-time application deadline of
December 1, 2000. Inshore catcher
vessel cooperatives must apply for an
AFA permit annually, by December 1
for the following fishing year. The
information is collected once a year,
because NMFS must identify the
universe of participating vessels and
processors prior to the start of each
fishing year in order to assign
allocations of pollock to eligible
cooperatives. The applications to
replace lost or destroyed AFA vessels
may be submitted to NMFS at any time.
II. Method of Collection
Paper applications are required from
participants. Methods of submittal
include facsimile transmission of paper
forms, except where a notary seal is
required.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0393.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profits
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
for Application for AFA catcher vessel
permit; 30 minutes for Application for
AFA permit for replacement vessel; 21⁄2
hours for Application for AFA inshore
catcher vessel cooperative permit; 2
hours for Application for AFA
mothership permit; and 2 hours for
Application for AFA inshore processor
permit.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 42.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $59.
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;
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; American
Fisheries Act: Recordkeeping 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 March 24, 2006.
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 Hynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008 or
patsy.bearden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The American Fisheries Act (AFA) was signed into law in October of
1998. The AFA established an allocation program for the pollock fishery
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). The
purposes of the AFA were to tighten U.S. ownership standards that had
been exploited under the Anti-reflagging Act, to provide Alaska's BSAI
pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct their fishery in a more
rational manner, and to protect non-AFA participants in other
fisheries.
Reduced bycatch, higher utilization rates, increased economic
returns, and improved safety are among the direct benefits of the AFA.
The flexibility provided by cooperatives and by individual vessel
allocations of pollock and other species has allowed the BSAI pollock
fleet to spread their fishing effort in time and space, thus somewhat
mitigating the negative impacts of the Steller sea lion (SSL)
conservation and protection measures. The BSAI pollock quota is
suballocated to groups of vessel owners who form fishing vessel
cooperatives. The cooperative management structure has shifted more of
the monitoring and enforcement burden to the cooperatives and their
members, allowing NMFS to manage the fishery more precisely.
In order to make timely management decisions on closures, NMFS
requires shoreside processors and stationary floating processors to use
shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR) to provide
catcher vessel delivery information describing daily harvests of
pollock and sideboard species on a vessel-by-vessel basis. The SPELR
software provided by NMFS has automatic features that allow the users
to effect file transfer by computer modem to the NMFS communication
server, or file transfer can occur as an attachment to an e-mail
message.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic files, paper reports, and paper applications are
required from participants. Methods of submittal include transfer by
computer modem, transfer by e-mail attachment, and facsimile
transmission.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648-0401.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or household; business or other for-
profits organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 26.
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Estimated Time per Response: 20 hours for Annual preliminary
report; 8 hours for Annual final report; 30 minutes for Non-member
vessel contract fishing application; 30 minutes to complete and print
shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR); 5 minutes to
electronically submit SPELR report; 5 minutes for Inshore catcher
vessel cooperative pollock catch report; and 5 minutes for Agent for
service of process.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,024.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $635.
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: January 17, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-670 Filed 1-20-06; 8:45 am]
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