[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11924]


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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 collection of information under 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Certificate of Eligibility for Atlantic Billfishes.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0216.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 43 hours.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes for completion of certificate 
and 2 minutes for recordkeeping.
    Number of Respondents: 53 respondents (400 annual responses).
    Needs and Uses: Billfishes are managed under the Atlantic Billfish 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The primary objective of the FMP is to 
maintain the highest availability of billfishes to the traditional U.S. 
recreational fishery. Under the FMP, the sale of billfish caught in the 
management area is prohibited. To enforce this prohibition, a billfish 
in trade must have a ``Certificate of Eligibility'' accompany it so 
that enforcement agents will know that it was not harvested from the 
Atlantic Ocean management unit.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    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, 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. 20230.

    Dated: April 30, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-11924 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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