[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53915-53916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 081402B]


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: Gear-Marking Requirements for Atlantic Large Whale Take 
Reduction Plan.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0364.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 2,572.
    Number of Respondents: 4,506.
    Average Hours Per Response: 0.6 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Persons setting lobster trap or gillnet gear in 
specified areas of the Atlantic Ocean are required to mark their gear 
with one color designating the type of gear and the area where the gear 
is set. The shark gillnet fishery requires their gear to be marked with 
two color codes, one color designating the type of gear and the other 
designating the area where the gear is set. The designated areas are 
critical right whale habitat or areas where right whales are seen on a 
regular basis. The purpose of the requirement is

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to obtain information on where large whales are becoming entangled in 
fishing gear and the type of gear responsible for the entanglement. The 
information helps NOAA to focus risk-reduction efforts on specific 
problem areas rather than broader overall requirements on the industry.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    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 13, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-21173 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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