[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2744]


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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: Marine Mammal Certificate of Inclusion.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0083.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Burden: 6 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Under the General Permit issued under Section 
101(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, a 
certificate of inclusion is issued to individual U.S. tuna purse seine 
vessel owners and operators fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific 
Ocean. The certificate of inclusion allows fishermen to lawfully take 
marine mammals incidental to the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery in 
this region.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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: January 29, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-2744 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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