[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32580-32581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15651]


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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: Northeast Region Federal Fishery Permits Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0202.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 40,996 hours--the new requirement is 37 hours of this 
total.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2 minutes per call for the new 
requirement.
    Number of Respondents: 119,159 respondents for the total 
collection--the new requirement consists of 567 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service will issue a 
final rule to implement measures contained in Framework Adjustment 9 to 
the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan. The intent of these 
regulations is to exempt general sea scallop permit holders fishing 
exclusively under the State Waters Exemption Program (SWEP) from the 
400 lb. trip limit. This exemption would require general sea scallop 
vessels to notify NMFS through the call-in system before and after 
fishing under SWEP. Limited access scallop permit holders are already 
required to use either the VTS or call-in system in order to qualify 
for the state waters exemption.

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    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations; federal government; state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: June 9, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-15651 Filed 6-13-97; 8:45 am]
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