[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40256-40257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20069]


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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 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0213.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 46,610 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,336 (with multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 3 and 35 minutes depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Under the authority of the Magnuson Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, Regional Fishery Management Councils 
develop fishery management plans (FMPs) to conserve and manage marine 
resources. Participants in the groundfish fisheries

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of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska must submit information about 
their fishing or processing activities. The information is placed in a 
database used for monitoring and management of fisheries as well as for 
the enforcement of fisheries regulations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: Weekly, monthly, other, recordkeeping.
    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 of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 22, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-20069 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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