[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25440]


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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: Fisheries Certificate of Origin.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA Form 370.
    OMB Approval Number: New number being requested but formerly under 
0648-0040.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a collection but with a request 
to assign a new OMB Control Number.
    Burden: 1,033 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 350 respondents with a total 4,000 
responses.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes for processors and importers/
exporters and 5 minutes for vessel captains.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the collection of information is to 
comply with the requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The 
Act requires the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations 
restricting the importation of tuna from those nations without a marine 
mammal protection program comparable to that of the United States. In 
addition, tuna that is not dolphin-safe cannot be transported or sold 
in the United States. The collection serves three purposes: (1) 
documents that the shipment is dolphin safe, (2) verifies that the fish 
was not harvested by large-scale high seas driftnets, and (3) verifies 
that tuna was not harvested by a nation under primary or secondary 
embargo.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25440 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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