Respondent survey

ALASKA COMMUNITY QUOTA ENTITY (CQE) PROGRAM

OMB CONTROL NO. 0648-0665

(Expiration Date: 02/29/2016)

It is time to renew the Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program OMB information collection. Could you please take a few moments and provide comments on this program, specifically on the forms you are familiar with in this collection:

♦ Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota

Entity (CQE)

♦ Application for Transfer of QS to or from a CQE

♦ Application for a CQE to transfer IFQ to an eligible community resident or non-resident

♦ Application for a CQE to Receive a Non-trawl Groundfish LLP License

♦ Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit (CCHP)

♦ Application for Transfer Between IFQ and GAF by a CQE

♦ CQE Annual Report

♦ CQE LLP Authorization letter

Please comment on the forms; does the form have:

♦ Public utility of the information we collect from you,

♦ Clarity of instructions,

♦ Accuracy of the time estimate, and

♦ Any other aspect of this information collection.

If you really have no comments, please just say "no comment", since this will count as a comment!

Please e-mail your responses to me at patsy.bearden@noaa.gov by January 29, 2016.

Please call me at 907-586-7008 if you have any questions or need more information. Thanks in advance for your help.

Respectfully,

Patsy A. Bearden

Sustainable Fisheries Division

NMFS Alaska Region

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