[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46771-46772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22551]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 083101C]


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: Southwest Region Gear Identification Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0360.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,420.
    Number of Respondents: 232.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes per gearmarking.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information covers regulatory 
requirements for fishing gear identification under the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The regulations specify that 
fishing gear must be marked with the vessel's official identification 
number. The regulations further specify how the gear is to be marked, 
e.g., location and visibility. Vessels in the Western Pacific pelagic 
longline and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster fisheries are 
affected. This information is used for enforcement purposes, and for 
purposes of gear identification

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concerning damage, loss, and civil proceedings.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    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. 01-22551 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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