[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 083101B]


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 Region Gear Identification Requirements
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0351.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 32,664.
    Number of Respondents: 3,685.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 minute per piece of gear.
    Needs and Uses: Regulations at 50 CFR 648.81 (f), 648.84, 648.123 
(b)(3), 648.144 (b), and 697.21 require that Federal fishing permit 
holders using specified fishing gear mark that gear with specified 
information (the official vessel numbers, Federal permit number, tag 
number, or other method identified in the regulation). The regulations 
also specify how the gear is to be marked (e.g. location and 
visibility). Marking of gear aids law enforcement and also helps 
identify gear involved in damage, loss, or civil proceedings.
    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: August 30, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22550 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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