[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 8679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03135]


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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: Cost-Earnings Survey of Hawaii and American Samoa Small 
Boat-Based Fisheries.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,013.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 507.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to collect 
information about fishing expenses and catch distribution (such as for 
sale, home consumption, and give-away, etc.) in the Hawaii and American 
Samoa small boat-based reef fish, bottomfish, and pelagics fisheries 
with which to conduct economic analyses that will improve fishery 
management in those fisheries; satisfy NMFS' legal mandates under 
Executive Order 12866, the Magnuson-Steven Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 
the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act; 
and quantify achievement of the performances measures in the NMFS 
Strategic Operating Plans.
    Respondents will include small boat fishers in Hawaii and American 
Samoa and their participation in the economic data collection will be 
voluntary. These data will be used to assess how fishermen will be 
impacted by and respond to regulations likely to be considered by 
fishery managers.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    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 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: February 10, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03135 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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