[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 67717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28952]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[110700A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: At-Sea Scale Certification Program.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0330.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,508.
    Number of Respondents: 49.
    Average Hours Per Response: 45 minutes for a daily scale test, 6 
minutes per day to retain printed scale output, 6 minutes to request a 
scale inspection, 6 minutes to attach a scale approval sticker, 6 
minutes for an application for authority to inspect scales, 2 hours for 
a request for an observer station inspection, and 30-190 hours for 
scale type evaluations.
    Needs and Uses: Fishermen on certain Federally-regulated fisheries 
off Alaska must weigh their catch at sea on approved scales. Vessels 
must request inspection of scales and observer stations, test their 
scales daily, and maintain output from the scales. Related information 
collection requirements are requests from scale manufacturers to have 
their scale approved, and requests from non-NOAA scale inspectors to 
have authority to conduct scale inspections.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Daily, annually, and 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 Madeleine Clayton, DOC 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: November 3, 2000.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-28952 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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