[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2185-2186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 011102D]


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: Southeast Region Bycatch Reduction Device Certification 
Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0345.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,500.
    Number of Respondents: 31.
    Average Hours Per Response: Submissions for certification in the 
Gulf of Mexico, 140 minutes for pre-certification; 180 minutes for pre-
certification data; 140 minutes for a certification application; 20 
minutes each for a vessel identification form, a gear specification 
form, a station sheet form, a turtle excluder device/bycatch reduction 
device specification form, a length frequency form, and a condition and 
fate form; 5 hours for a species characterization form; 4 hours for a 
final report; 1 hour for an observer certification or observer 
reference; 4 hours for testing; and 30 minutes for a submission of 
independent tests. Submissions for certification in the South Atlantic, 
30 minutes each for a vessel identification form or a gear form; 2 
hours for a station sheet bycatch reduction device evaluation form; 50 
minutes for a length frequency form; 100 hours for testing; and 30 
minutes for a submission of independent tests.
    Needs and Uses: Persons seeking to obtain certification for bycatch 
reduction devices to be used on shrimp vessels in the Gulf of Mexico or 
South Atlantic must apply for authorization to conduct tests and submit 
the test results. Persons seeking certification to be observers for 
such tests in the Gulf of Mexico must file an application and provide 
two references. The information is needed for NOAA to determine if 
equipment meets the standards that

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would allow its use in commercial fisheries.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    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. 02-1141 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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