[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Southwest Region Logbook Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0214.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,130 hours.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 5 minutes and 4 hours 
depending on the requirement.
    Number of Respondents: 174 respondents (14,099 responses).
    Needs and Uses: Persons participating in Federally-managed 
fisheries in the western Pacific Ocean are required to provide 
information about their fishing activities. Logbook reports are used in 
stock assessments and fishery evaluations to determine whether 
management is working and the impacts of alternative changes in 
management measures. Notification requirements are in place to 
facilitate placement of observers as needed and to improve compliance 
monitoring and enforcement. Experimental fishing reports are required 
to determine if the specially permitted fishing is successful and 
whether there are broader potential applications of the tested gear or 
techniques. Post-fishing notices are required to ensure the ability to 
monitor landings and sample the landed catch for necessary species, 
size, or sex composition and condition. Without these data, the 
potential for overfishing is high and management has to be more 
conservative than otherwise to safeguard against overfishing.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion, variable.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brett Hauber, (202) 395-6466.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brett Hauber, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 23, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-10927 Filed 4-28-97; 8:45 am]
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