[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25977]


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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: Statement of Financial Interests (Regional Fishery 
Management Councils).
    Agency Form Number(s): 88-195.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0192.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 118 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 196.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Approximately 35 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act requires disclosure of financial interests in any 
harvesting, processing, or marketing activities by nominees and members 
of the Fishery Management Councils. This information is made available 
for public inspection. Through the collection of information, the 
public and others will be more readily able to identify bias or 
apparent conflicts of interest in Council activities.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion and annually.
    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: September 23, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25977 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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