Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Arbitration, 3090-3091 [2011-956]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3090-3091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region; 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Arbitration

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

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 21, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 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

    This is an extension of a currently approved collection.
    The Crab Rationalization Program allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands (BSAI) crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal 
communities through a limited access system that balances the interests 
of these groups who depend on these fisheries. Program components 
include quota share allocation, processor quota share allocation, 
individual fishing quota and individual processing quota issuance, 
quota transfers, use caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections 
for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, arbitration system, 
monitoring, economic data collection, and cost recovery fee collection.
    The Crab Rationalization Program Arbitration System is established 
by the contracts required pursuant to 50CF 680.20, including the 
process by which the Market Report and Non-Binding Price Formula are 
produced, as well as the negotiation approaches, the Binding 
Arbitration process, and fee collection.

II. Method of Collection

    Responses are mailed, except the Non-Binding Price Formula Report 
may be submitted electronically.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0516.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular Submission (extension of a currently 
approved collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 49.
    Estimated Time per Response: Market Reports and Non-Binding Price 
Formula Reports, 40 hours each; Annual Arbitration Organization 
Reports, 4 hours; Miscellaneous Organization Reports, 1 hour; 
establishing price for arbitration negotiations, 45 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 743.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $ 5,374 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

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

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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 13, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-956 Filed 1-18-11; 8:45 am]
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