Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 44758 [2010-18576]

Download as PDF 44758 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 145 / Thursday, July 29, 2010 / Notices Official roles; (5) selection of RAC Chairperson; (6) next meeting agenda, location, and date. Dated: July 23, 2010. Cynthia Moody Acting Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 2010–18632 Filed 7–28–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES 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 Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Title: Broadband Subscription and Usage Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. OMB Control Number: 0660–0021. Form Number: None. Type of Request: Regular submission (Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection). Number of Respondents: 54,000 households. Average Time per Response: 90 seconds. Burden Hours: 1,350. Needs and Uses: The NTIA proposes to add eight questions to the Census Bureau (Census or Bureau) October 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS) in order to gather reliable data on broadband (also known as high-speed Internet) use by U.S. households. President Obama has established a national goal of universal, affordable broadband access for all Americans.1 To that end, the Administration is working with Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and other stakeholders to develop and advance economic and regulatory policies that foster broadband deployment and adoption. Current, systematic, and comprehensive data on broadband access and non-use by U.S. households is critical to allow policymakers not only to gauge progress made to date, but also to identify problem areas with a specificity that permits carefully targeted and cost effective responses. Census is widely regarded as a superior collector of data based on its 1 See https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/ files/20091217-recovery-act-investmentsbroadband.pdf (last viewed May 11, 2010). VerDate Mar<15>2010 12:45 Jul 28, 2010 Jkt 220001 centuries of experience and its scientific methods. The collection of NTIA’s requested broadband usage data, moreover, will occur in conjunction with Census’ scheduled October 2010 CPS, thereby significantly reducing the potential burdens on the Bureau and the households surveyed. Questions on broadband and Internet usage were included in eight previous Census household surveys. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: One-time only. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: William Tucker, (202) 395–1743. 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 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to William Tucker, OMB Desk Officer, e-mail address, wtucker@omb.eop.gov, or Fax number (202) 395–5167. Dated: July 23, 2010. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2010–18576 Filed 7–28–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 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: American Fisheries Act Reports in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. OMB Control Number: 0648–0401. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently approved information collection). Number of Respondents: 11. Average Hours per Response: 12 hours for AFA Annual Report; 30 minutes for Non-member vessel contract fishing application; 5 minutes for Inshore catcher vessel cooperative PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 pollock catch report; 5 minutes for Agent for service of process; 40 hours for Salmon Bycatch Reduction InterCooperative Agreement (ICA). Burden Hours: 101. Needs and Uses: This is an extension of a currently approved information collection. 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 AFA established a limited access program for the inshore sector of the BSAI pollock fishery that is based on the formation of fishery cooperatives around each inshore pollock processor. Implementing regulations are found at 50 CFR part 679, Subpart F. The original purposes of the AFA were to tighten United States 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. In addition, a voluntary civil agreement among pollock cooperatives, Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups, and western Alaska subsistence salmon user groups is intended to coordinate the pollock fishery in a manner that reduces incidental catch rates of salmon. 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. 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. The AFA cooperative annual reports are required to provide information about how the cooperative allocated pollock, other groundfish species, and prohibited species among the vessels in the cooperative; the catch of these species by area for each vessel in the cooperative; information about how the cooperative monitored fishing by its members; and a description of any actions taken by the cooperative to penalize vessels that exceeded the catch and bycatch allocations made to the vessel by the cooperative. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Frequency: Annually and on occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. E:\FR\FM\29JYN1.SGM 29JYN1

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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 Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Broadband Subscription and Usage Supplement to the Census 
Bureau's Current Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0021.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (Reinstatement with change of a 
previously approved collection).
    Number of Respondents: 54,000 households.
    Average Time per Response: 90 seconds.
    Burden Hours: 1,350.
    Needs and Uses: The NTIA proposes to add eight questions to the 
Census Bureau (Census or Bureau) October 2010 Current Population Survey 
(CPS) in order to gather reliable data on broadband (also known as 
high-speed Internet) use by U.S. households. President Obama has 
established a national goal of universal, affordable broadband access 
for all Americans.\1\ To that end, the Administration is working with 
Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and other stakeholders 
to develop and advance economic and regulatory policies that foster 
broadband deployment and adoption. Current, systematic, and 
comprehensive data on broadband access and non-use by U.S. households 
is critical to allow policymakers not only to gauge progress made to 
date, but also to identify problem areas with a specificity that 
permits carefully targeted and cost effective responses.
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    \1\ See https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/20091217-recovery-act-investments-broadband.pdf (last viewed May 11, 2010).
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    Census is widely regarded as a superior collector of data based on 
its centuries of experience and its scientific methods. The collection 
of NTIA's requested broadband usage data, moreover, will occur in 
conjunction with Census' scheduled October 2010 CPS, thereby 
significantly reducing the potential burdens on the Bureau and the 
households surveyed. Questions on broadband and Internet usage were 
included in eight previous Census household surveys.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: William Tucker, (202) 395-1743.
    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 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to William Tucker, OMB Desk Officer, e-mail address, 
wtucker@omb.eop.gov, or Fax number (202) 395-5167.

    Dated: July 23, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-18576 Filed 7-28-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-60-P
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