[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 011102C]


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: Statement of Financial Interests, Regional Fishery 
Management Councils.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-195.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0192.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 110.
    Number of Respondents: 188.
    Average Hours Per Response: 35 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act authorizes the establishment of Regional Fishery 
Management Councils to exercise sound judgement in the stewardship of 
fishery resources through the preparation, monitoring, and revision of 
such plans under circumstances (a) which will enable the States, the 
fishing industry, consumer and environmental organizations, and other 
interested persons to participate in, and advise on, the establishment 
and administration of such plans, and (b) which take into account the 
social and economic needs of the States. Section 302 (j) of the Act, 
requires that Council members and Executive Directors disclose their 
financial interests in any harvesting, processing, or marketing 
activity that is being, or will be, undertaken within any fishery over 
which the Council concerned has jurisdiction.
    The Act further provides that a member shall not vote on a Council 
decision which would have a significant and predictable effect on such 
financial interest. A Council decision shall be considered to have a 
significant and predictable effect on a financial interest if there is 
a close, causal link between the Council decision and an expected and 
substantially disproportionate benefit to the financial interest of the 
affected individual relative to the financial interest of other 
participants in the same gear type or sector of the fishery. However, 
an affected individual who is declared ineligible to vote on a Council 
action may participate in Council deliberations relating to the 
decision after notifying the Council of his/her recusal and identifying 
the financial interest that would be affected.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion; annually.
    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: January 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1140 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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