[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 042401B]


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: Northeast Red Crab Authorization and Notification.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission.
    Burden Hours: 1.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes for a request for a 
Letter of Authorization, 2 minutes for a trip notification.
    Needs and Uses: Fishermen must obtain a Letter of 
Authorization in order to fish for, catch, possess, transport, land, or 
process at sea more than 100 pounds of red crab from the U.S. Exclusive 
Economic Zone of the western Atlantic Ocean. A person holding such a 
Letter of Authorization may be required to call NOAA prior to fishing 
trips to arrange for the deployment of observers on their vessels. 
These requirements are needed to manage the fishery.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit 
organizations, individuals or households.
    Frequency: Weekly for IVR report, monthly for a Vessel Trip 
Report.
    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 Paperwork 
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: April 24, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-10654 Filed 4-27-01; 8:45 am]
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