[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49204-49205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24880]


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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 Permit Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0202.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 34,662 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 44,202.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies depending on the requirement but 
ranges between 1 minute and 5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce has responsibility for the conservation and management of 
marine fishery resources. Participants in the marine fishing industry, 
including vessel owners, operators and fish dealers, who wish to 
participate in controlled Northeast Regional fisheries must apply for 
and obtain permits. Observer and call-in requirements are also included 
in this information collection request. Without this information, the 
fisheries in the Northeast Region could not be managed.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals, federal government, state, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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, 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.


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    Dated: September 11, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-24880 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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