[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37464-37465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15948]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061803G]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast 
Region Logbook Family of Forms

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to John Poffenberger at 305-361-4263, ext. 263, or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Participants in most Federally-managed fisheries in the Southeast 
Region are currently required to keep and submit catch and effort 
logbooks from their fishing trips. A subset of these vessels also 
provide information on the species and quantities of fish, shellfish, 
marine turtles, and marine mammals that are caught and discarded or 
have interacted with the vessel's fishing gear. Participants in the 
Atlantic snapper-grouper and mackerel fisheries are required to submit 
information about dockside prices, trip operating costs, and annual 
fixed costs.
    The data are used for scientific analyses that support critical 
conservation and management decisions made by national and 
international fishery management organizations. Interaction reports are 
needed for fishery management planning and to help protect endangered 
species and marine mammals. Price and cost data will be used in 
analyses of the economic effects of proposed regulations.

II. Method of Collection

    The information is submitted on paper forms. Logbooks are completed 
daily and submitted on either a by trip or monthly basis, depending on 
the fishery. Fixed costs are submitted on an annual basis. Other 
information is submitted on a trip basis.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0648-0016.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,925.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes for a catch and effort 
report for the Columbian waters fishery; 10 minutes for logbook trip 
reports in other fisheries; 2 minutes for a negative catch and effort 
or logbook trip report; 12 minutes for a headboat logbook in the Gulf 
of Mexico reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic fisheries and the 
South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery; 15 minutes for an aquacultured 
live rock logbook report; 10 minutes for a trip operating cost survey 
in the snapper-grouper and mackerel fisheries; 30 minutes for an annual 
fixed-cost economic surveys in the same fisheries; 10 minutes for cost 
data in the swordfish fishery; and 15 minutes for a discard and marine 
mammal/bird/sea turtle interaction report from the 20% sample of 
fishermen selected.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,086.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the

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proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: June 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-15948 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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