[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 93 (Thursday, May 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26546-26547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10987]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 051004I]


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).

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    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Reporting System.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission.
    Burden Hours: 928.
    Number of Respondents: 700.
    Average Hour Per Response: Phone call to ensure that the vessel is 
on the list of vessels exchanged with Canada, 5 minutes. Notification 
of border crossing, 5 minutes. Logbook reporting, 5 minutes per day. 
Vessel marking, 5 minutes per vessel.
    Needs and Uses: The owners of vessels that fish out of West Coast 
ports for albacore tuna will be required to report their desire to be 
on the list of vessels provided to Canada each year indicating vessels 
that are eligible to fish for albacore in waters under the fisheries 
jurisdiction of Canada. They also report, in advance, their intention 
to fish in those waters prior to crossing the border, and to report 
prior to returning to U.S. waters; maintain and submit to NMFS catch 
and effort logbooks covering fishing in Canadian waters; and to mark 
their fishing vessels to facilitate effective enforcement of the effort 
limits under the Treaty.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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 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 by May 15, 2004 to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, FAX number 202-395-7285, or [email protected].

    Dated: May 10, 2004.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-10987 Filed 5-11-04; 2:50 pm]
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