[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 26685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11169]


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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: Profiles of Fish Processing Plants in Alaska (title 
shortened from the 60-day notice).
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for review of a new 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 186.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial and follow-up telephone calls, 
6 minutes; surveys, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 95.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for review of a new information 
collection.
    Workers come from many places inside and outside Alaska to work 
seasonally in its fish processing facilities. As a result, the 
population of an Alaska community with a fish processing plant can 
increase significantly during peak processing seasons. However, very 
limited information is available in a consolidated location or format 
about these fish processing facilities. The National Marine Fisheries 
Service's Alaska Fisheries Science Center proposes to obtain such basic 
information, as an accurate number of individuals employed at each 
processing facility during the months of operation, the peak number of 
workers for processing various species by season, the ethnicity of 
processing workers, types of lodging and other accommodations and 
activities available for processing workers, whether or not the company 
provides meals for the processing workforce in a company galley, the 
interactions between seasonal processing workers and permanent 
residents of the community, and the history of the fish processing 
facility in the community. This type of information is important when 
attempting to forecast the possible social impacts of fishing 
regulations on communities which have an onshore fish processing 
facility.
    This project would produce ``processor profiles'', short narrative 
descriptions of all the onshore fish processing plants in the state of 
Alaska that will augment and update existing community profiles.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: May 3, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-11169 Filed 5-6-11; 8:45 am]
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