[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 155 (Thursday, August 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080699A]


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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Beluga Whale Harvest Report.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0382.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service requires 
Alaskan Natives who harvest beluga whales in Cook Inlet to report 
certain information and to submit the labeled jawbones on the whales 
taken. The information will be used to evaluate the health and 
stability of this stock and to construct a management regime that will 
provide for a sustainable subsistence harvest by Alaskan Natives.
    Affected Public: 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 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
LE[email protected]).
    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: August 6, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20903 Filed 8-11-99; 8:45 am]
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