[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 141 (Thursday, July 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19602]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northeast Region Dealer Purchases Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number(s): NOAA 88-30 and 88-142.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0229.
    Type of Request: Northeast Region Dealer Purchases Family of Forms.
    Burden: 3,391.
    Number of Respondents: 1,245.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2 to 24 minutes depending on the 
requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Dealer reporting of purchases is needed to obtain 
fishery-dependent data on the landings and purchases of fish and 
shellfish to monitor, evaluate and enforce fishery regulations, collect 
basic fisheries statistics (species, pounds, and value), and to collect 
certain effort information for economic and biological assessment of 
the stocks. Data received via the Interactive Voice Response System are 
needed to monitor harvest levels of certain species on a real-time 
basis and implement catch limits or closures needed.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, 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 within 30 days of publication to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 17, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-19602 Filed 7-22-98; 8:45 am]
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