[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46713-46714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23409]


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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.
    Title: Southeast Region Federal Fisheries Permits Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0205.
    Burden: 1,651 hours.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 5 and 45 minutes depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: One of the steps taken to manage regulated 
fisheries is to issue permits to users of the resources. Permits are 
issued to dealers and fishermen alike. Permits serve several purposes 
including (1) to identify vessels that are eligible to participate in a 
fishery; (2) to identify dealers; (3) to allow revocation of a permit 
as an enforcement tool, and (4) to acquire data on the economic 
structure of the fleet. The data obtained are used by the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, the Regional Councils, state agencies, and 
the U.S. Coast Guard in developing management measures to control 
fishing effort, as well as to enforce the measures once they are in 
effect.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion, biennially, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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,

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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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 26, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-23409 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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