[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 117 (Friday, June 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37764-37765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15304]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Ocean Service

[I.D. 061200LE]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: Tortugas Access Permits.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.

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    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 24.
    Number of Respondents: 101.
    Average Hours Per Response: 10 minutes for a permit application, 2 
minutes for radio notifications when entering or leaving the reserve, 
30 minutes for requests to certify existing leases or licences, and 1 
hour for appeals of permit actions.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA is proposing regulations to implement a 
Tortugas Ecological Reserve and to regulate activities within that 
Reserve. The proposed rule will prohibit fishing, taking of organisms, 
anchoring, or discharging pollutants by vessels, and would control 
access to the Reserve through an access permit. The permits will help 
to enforce access and no-take restrictions. Persons with permits would 
have to provide notification via telephone or radio prior to entering 
the reserve and when leaving.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals, and not-for-profit institutions.
    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 6066, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[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, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 8, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-15304 Filed 6-15-00; 8:45 am]
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