Federal Register: October 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 201)
DOCID: fr20oc09-24 FR Doc E9-25134
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr20oc09-24
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Processed Products Family of Forms
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before December 21, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Abstract
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) annually collects information from seafood and industrial fishing processing plants on the volume and value of their processed fishery products and monthly employment figures. NOAA also collects monthly information on the production of fish meal and oil. The information gathered is used by NOAA in the economic and social analyses when proposing and evaluating fishery management actions.
II. Method of Collection
In the current survey, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) provides each processor a preprinted form that includes the
products produced by the dealer in the previous year. The dealer needs
only to fill in the quantities, and add any new products, before
returning the form every year. Processors have the option to use a Web
based application that allows them to submit the data electronically. III. Data
OMB Control Number: 06480018.
Form Number: NOAA Forms 8813, 8813C.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,322.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes for an Annual Processed
Products Report and 15 minutes for a Fishery Products Report Fish Meal and Oil, Monthly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 681.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: October 15, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E925134 Filed 101909; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Alan Lowther, (301) 7132328 or Alan.Lowther@noaa.gov.