[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34630-34631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16864]


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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 the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northeast Region Logbook Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-30 and 88-140.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0212.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 6,348 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,875 with multiple responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes for vessel logbooks and 12.5 
minutes for shellfish logbooks. These estimates do not include the time 
for entries that respondents would make to their own logbooks as normal 
business practice.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, the Regional Fishery Management Councils have developed 
fishery management plans to conserve and manage marine resources in the 
exclusive economic zone. Participants in the summer flounder, scup, 
black seas, bass, Northeast multispecies, Atlantic sea scallop, 
Atlantic mackerel, squid, butterfish or surf clam and ocean quahog 
fisheries in the Northeast must submit logbooks containing catch and 
effort data about their fishing trips. The information is used in the 
development of management measures to control fishing effort, as well 
as to enforce the measures once they are in effect.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Weekly, monthly.
    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 to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20503.


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    Dated: June 18, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-16864 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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