77 FR 15 pg. 3439 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 15Page: 3439
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-1294 Filed 1-23-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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: Fisheries Finance Program Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0012.
Form Number(s): 88-1.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 474.
Average Hours per Response: Application, 8 hours; annual report, 2 hours.
Burden Hours: 1,332.
Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a current information collection.
NOAA operates a direct loan program to assist in financing certain actions relating to commercial fishing vessels, shoreside fishery facilities, aquaculture operations, and individual fishing quotas. Application information is required to determine eligibility pursuant to 50 CFR Part 253 and to determine the type and amount of assistance requested by the applicant. An annual financial statement is required from the recipients to monitor the financial status of the loan. Revision: Loans for crab individual fishing quota holders have been added to this collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 JJessup@doc.gov ).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov .
Dated: January 19, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1294 Filed 1-23-12; 8:45 am]
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