[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 3983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1373]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 011001D]


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: Applications and Reporting Requirements for Small Takes of 
Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0151.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,512.
    Number of Respondents: 44.
    Average Hours Per Response: 483 hours for a request for new or 
renewal of regulations, 25.8 hours for an application for a Letter of 
Authorization, 200 hours for an application for Incidental Harassment 
Authorizations, 120 hours for a report for Incidental Harassment, and 
93.6 hours for a report under a Letter of Authorization.
    Needs and Uses: The taking by harassment, injury, or mortality of 
marine mammals is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) 
unless exempted or authorized by permit. The small-take program 
authorized the taking of marine mammals incidental to maritime 
activities (military, oil industry, shipping). It is the responsibility 
of the activity to determine if it might have a ``taking'' and, if it 
does, to apply for an authorization. Applications are necessary for 
NMFS to know that an authorization is needed and to determine whether 
authorization can be made under the MMPA. Reporting requirements are 
mandated by the MMPA and are necessary to ensure that determinations 
made in regard to the impact on marine mammals are valid.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organization, not-
for-profit institutions, Federal government, and State, Local, or 
Tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion, annual, 90 days.
    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: January 9, 2001
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-1373 Filed 1-16-01; 8:45am]
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