[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8648-8649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3885]


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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: Southwest Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0204.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 1,829.
    Average Hours per Response: HMS permit applications, 30 minutes; 
renewals, 6 minutes; coastal pelagic permit renewals, 15 minutes (no 
new permit applications); transfers, 30 minutes; appeals, 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 139.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) established regional fishery 
management councils, including the Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Pacific Council), to develop fishery management plans (FMP) for 
fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Pacific 
Council has prepared a FMP for the coastal pelagic species (CPS) 
fishery off the U.S. West Coast and for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for 
Highly Migratory Species. Each of these FMPs contain a requirement that 
commercial fishery participants obtain permits for the fishery. This 
request deals with the continuing information collection requirements 
for permits: Basic fishery permits (e.g., highly migratory species 
(HMS)), limited entry permits for selected fisheries (e.g., West Coast 
coastal pelagic fishery), and experimental fishing permits (EFP).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and biannually.
    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 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent

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within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or [email protected].

    Dated: February 22, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-3885 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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