[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15536]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061499B]


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    The Department of Commence (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). This request is submitted under 
the emergency processing procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection--Emergency Collection Request.
    Burden: 750 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service will provide 
disaster assistance for persons or entities in the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery who have incurred losses from a commercial fishing 
failure under section 308(b) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act. 
In exchange for the disaster assistance the recipients will commit to 
assisting fishing-related research through a cooperative program in 
which fishermen provide vessels and support and government or academic 
institutions provide scientific staff and equipment. The collection of 
information is needed to identify individuals wishing to participate in 
the program and to confirm their acceptance of the conditions of 
receiving the disaster assistance.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via Internet at 
L[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by no later June 23, 1999, to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 10, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-15536 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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