[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 76811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30176]


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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: Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0269.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 7.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for approval of use of non-
Community Development Quota (CDQ) harvest regulations, 5 hours; 
transfer of prohibited species quota (PSQ), non-Chinook, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 11.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    The Western Alaska CDQ Program is an economic development program 
implemented under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery 
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, and regulations at 50 CFR part 
679. The purpose of the program is to provide western Alaska 
communities the opportunity to participate and invest in Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Management Area fisheries, to support economic 
development in western Alaska, to alleviate poverty and provide 
economic and social benefits for residents of western Alaska, and to 
achieve sustainable and diversified local economies in western Alaska.
    CDQ and PSQ allocations are made to CDQ groups. However, in many 
cases the CDQ groups contract with existing fishing vessels and 
processors to harvest CDQ on their behalf. The CDQ group is responsible 
to monitor the catch of CDQ and PSQ by all vessels fishing under its 
Community Development Plan and to take the necessary action to prevent 
overages. National Marine Fisheries Service monitors the reported catch 
to assure that quotas are not being exceeded. Information is collected 
only through quota transfers in this collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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: December 13, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30176 Filed 12-18-13; 8:45 am]
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