[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20378]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 080702A]


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: Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Transfer Log.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0238.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 52.
    Number of Respondents: 206.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Persons holding Individual Transferable Quotas 
(ITQs) in the surf clam/ocean quahog fishery are annually issued a 
quota for harvest. To facilitate enforcement and tracking, sequentially 
numbered tags are issued to each owner on an annual basis and all cages 
of product must be tagged, with tag use reported by both the harvesting 
vessel and the purchasing dealer. Individual allocations are 
transferable, and owners may transfer their allocation on a permanent 
basis or may transfer tags to other vessel owners to use on a temporary 
basis. This transferability means that the allocation ownership changes 
constantly, and the ITQ Allocation Transfer Form is used by allocation 
holders to register these transfers with the National Marine Fisheries 
Service. Once processed, new allocation permits are issued and all 
databases are updated. The information registered is used for 
enforcement purposes.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 5, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-20378 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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