[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 40970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19511]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 073101A]


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: Gear-Marking Requirements for the Harbor Porpoise Take 
Reduction Plan.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0357.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 21.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 minute per net tagged.
    Needs and Uses: Federal regulations at 50 CFR 229.34 limit the 
number of nets that can be used in certain mid-Atlantic fisheries that 
appear to be most closely linked with the accidental catch of harbor 
porpoises. Fishermen in these fisheries must obtain and attach numbered 
tags for their nets. Because the number of tags per vessel is capped, 
the tagging program helps to limit the number of nets in use and helps 
NOAA to identify the number in use.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Third-party disclosure.
    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 27, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-19511 Filed 8-3-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S