[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65145-65146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25090]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 110404H]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management

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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: Billfish Certificate of Eligibility.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0216.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 43.
    Number of Respondents: 350.
    Average Hours Per Response: 20 minutes for initial completion of 
certificate; and two minutes for subsequent billfish purchase 
recordkeeping.
    Needs and Uses: Persons who are first receivers of billfish, except 
for billfish landed in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of 
landing, are required to complete a Certificate of Eligibility for 
Billfish as a condition for domestic trade of fresh or frozen billfish 
shipment. The dealers or processors who subsequently receive or possess 
billfish must retain a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility for 
Billfish while processing the billfish. The purpose of the requirement 
is to ensure the Atlantic billfish are retained as a recreational 
resource, and that any billfish entering the commercial trade have not 
been harvested from the Atlantic Ocean management unit.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 3, 2004.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25090 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]
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