[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

  

[I.D. 090100C]


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: American Fisheries Act: Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0401.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 888.
    Number of Respondents: 26.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes to submit a copy of a 
cooperative contract to NMFS, 35 minutes to submit an electronic 
shoreside processor logbook, 5 minutes to submit a cooperative pollock 
catch report, 8 hours to submit a cooperative preliminary reports, and 
8 hours to submit a cooperative final report.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA has issued an emergency interim rule to 
implement portions of the American Fisheries Act. Included are 
requirements that participating shoreside processors in Alaska must 
submit electronic logbooks, and that certain fishery cooperatives must 
submit copies of their contracts, catch reports, and preliminary and 
final annual reports. This information is needed for the management of 
the fishery program. These requirements were originally given emergency 
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and NOAA is now requesting 
approval under standard procedures.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion for submission of contracts and catch 
reports, daily for electronic shoreside processor logbooks, and 
annually for preliminary and annual reports.
    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 Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 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: August 31, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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