[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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