[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 67715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 110700B]


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: Fisheries Capacity Reduction Program Advanced Referenda and 
Other Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0413.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,200.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Average Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA conducts a program to reduce excess fishing 
capacity by paying fishermen to (1) surrender their fishing permits or 
(2) both surrender their permits and either scrap their vessels or 
restrict vessel titles to prevent fishing. Separately approved 
requirements for the program included a referendum to be held at a 
certain point in the process. Comments on the proposed rule indicated 
that additional referenda may be needed. NOAA also decided that certain 
requirements that were considered implicitly part of previous 
requirements need to be made explicit. The submission to OMB covers the 
additional referenda and those other requirements.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    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 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: November 3, 2000.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-28953; Filed 11-9-00; 8:45am]
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