[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17226]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 070501A ]


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: Pacific Tuna Fisheries Logbook.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0148.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 117.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Average Hours Per Response: 6 minutes per day.
    Needs and Uses: Operators of U.S. purse seine vessels fishing for 
tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are required (50 CFR 300.22) 
to maintain logbooks of catch and effort. Information requirements 
include the date, noon position, and tonnage of fish on board by 
species. The data collected is used to meet U.S. obligations to the 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and for the management 
of tuna stocks.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    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 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: July 2, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-17226 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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