[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 41299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 070703D]


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: Application for the Marine Mammal Authorization Program 
Under Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0293.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 2,800.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 15 minutes for a new application; and 9 
minutes for a renewal application.
    Needs and Uses: The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires 
any commercial fisher operating in a Category I or II fishery to 
register for a certificate of authorization that will allow the fisher 
to take marine mammals incidental to commercial fishing operations. 
Category I and II fisheries are those identified by NOAA as having 
either frequent or occasional takings of marine mammals.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; and 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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: July 3, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

 
[FR Doc. 03-17624 Filed 7-10-03; 8:45 am]
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