[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55901-55902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27013]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101299D]


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.
    Title: Bluefin Tuna Dealer Reporting Package.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-144.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0239.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 433 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 500 (multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies between 1 minute and 43 minutes 
depending on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of these requirements is to comply with 
U.S. obligations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). The ATCA 
requires the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations adopted by 
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 
The information requirements serve three purposes: (1) provides stock 
assessment and research information, (2) monitors landings so the 
country quota will not be exceeded, and (3) verifies Atlantic and 
Pacific bluefin tuna export shipments in conjunction with the Bluefin 
Tunas Statistical Document program.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, bi-weekly, 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 5027, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 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

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Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: October 8, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-27013 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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