[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22147]


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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: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Transfer Log.
    Agency Form Number(s): None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0238.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 52 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 206 (multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Persons holding Individual Transferable Quotas 
(ITQs) in the surf clam/ocean quahog fishery are annually issued an 
allowed quota for harvest. Individual allocations are transferable to 
other fishermen, but the ITQ holder must register such a transfer in 
advance with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The information 
registered is used for enforcement purposes.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 Street 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: August 12, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-22147 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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