[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54042-54043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27526]


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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: Regulations Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act Governing 
the Small Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0151.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Burden: 3,926.
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 60 hours (requests for regulations average 
483 hours, applications for Letters of Authorization average 3 hours, 
applications for Incidental Harassment Authorizations average 200 
hours, and reports range from 30-150 hours a response.
    Needs and Uses: The harassment, injury or death of marine mammals 
is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), unless 
permitted, exempted, or otherwise authorized. Providing the taking 
(harassment, injury, mortality) is negligible, maritime activities that 
result in the incidental taking of marine

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mammals need an authorization under the MMPA to avoid prosecution under 
the MMPA. The Act requires applicants to submit information justifying 
the authorization. The MMPA also requires monitoring and reporting on 
marine mammal interactions with the activity.
    Affected Public: Federal Government, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Frequency: Annually, and 90 day reporting requirements.
    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, 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: October 9, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization
[FR Doc. 97-27526 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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