[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 70120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26575]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 112904A]


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: Reporting of Sea Turtle Entanglement in Pot Gear Fisheries.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0496.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 45.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: Sea turtles can become accidentally entangled in 
active or discarded fixed fishing gear. These entanglements may prevent 
the recovery of endangered and threatened sea turtle populations. NOAA 
Fisheries had established the Sea Turtle Disentanglement Network to 
promote reporting and increase successful disentanglement of sea 
turtles. As there is limited to no observer coverage of pot gear 
fisheries, NOAA Fisheries relies on the U.S. Coast Guard, fishing 
industry, stranding network, Federal, state, and local authorities, and 
the public for this information. The information provided will help 
NOAA Fisheries better assess pot gear fisheries (lobster, whelk/conch, 
crab, fish trap) and their impacts on sea turtle populations in the 
northeast region (Maine to Virginia).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households; not-for-profit institutions; Federal 
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 23, 2004.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26575 Filed 12-1-04; 8:45 am]
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