[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33666]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 122299A]


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: Large Pelagic Fishing Survey.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0380.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 5,032 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000 (multiple responses).
    Average Hours Per Response: Ranges between 2 and 15 minutes 
depending on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The Large Pelagic Fishing survey consists of 
dockside and telephone surveys of recreational anglers for large 
pelagic fish (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean. The 
survey provides the National Marine Fisheries Service with information 
to monitor catch of bluefin tuna and marlin. Catch monitoring in these 
fisheries and collection of catch and effort statistics for all pelagic 
fish is required under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The 
information collected is essential for the U.S. meet its reporting 
obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of 
Atlantic Tuna.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly.
    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 of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: December 17, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-33666 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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