# 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 and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery.
*OMB Control Number:* 0648-0398.
*Form Number(s):* NA.
*Type of Request:* Regular submission (revision and extension of a current information collection).
*Number of Respondents:* 2,980.
*Average Time per Response:* IFQ Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and Volume Report and IFQ Permit Holder Fee Submission Form, 2 hours each.
*Burden Hours:* 5,960.
*Needs and Uses:* This request is for revision and extension of a currently approved information collection.
The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires the Secretary of Commerce conduct a Cost Recovery Program to cover the management and enforcement costs of the Alaska Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. This Cost Recovery Program requires IFQ permit holders to submit information about the value of landings of IFQ species and to calculate and submit fees. The Cost Recovery Program requires Registered Buyers to submit information about the value and volume of landings of IFQ species.
*Revision:* The IFQ liability appeals are no longer applicable and this burden and cost have been removed from the information collection.
*Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit organizations.
*Frequency:* Annually and on occasion.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Mandatory.
*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: July 9, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.