[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 49988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20331]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Alaska Pacific Halibut & Sablefish Fisheries: Individual 
Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0398.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2,184.
    Average Hours per Response: IFQ Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value 
and Volume Report, 13 hours; IFQ Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and 
Volume Report, 2 hours if on paper, 5 minutes if online.
    Burden Hours: 240.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection. The purpose of the IFQ fee is to 
recover actual costs incurred in managing and enforcing the IFQ Program 
(75%) and to make funds available for Congress to appropriate for 
support of the North Pacific IFQ Loan Program (25%).
    An IFQ permit holder incurs a cost recovery fee liability for every 
pound of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish that is landed under his or her 
IFQ permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is responsible for self-collecting 
the fee liability for all IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings on his 
or her permit(s). Fees must be collected at the time of a legal landing 
of halibut or sablefish, filing of a landing report, or sale of such 
fish during a fishing season or in the last quarter of the calendar 
year in which the fish is harvested.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: August 13, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20331 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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