[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8069-8070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3039]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: Human Dimensions of Marine Resource Management.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0488.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,000.
    Number of Respondents: 4,800.
    Average Hours per Response: 38 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: In order to address National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(MSA) requirements, NOAA Fisheries social scientists must collect a 
broad range of social, cultural and economic information currently 
unavailable. NOAA Fisheries social scientists both conduct social 
science research and apply research findings to fishery management 
needs. This research is designed to improve social science data related 
to the human dimensions of fisheries management by: (1) Investigating 
social, cultural and economic issues/processes related to marine 
fishery stakeholders including but not limited to commercial and 
recreational fishermen, subsistence fishermen, fishing vessel owners, 
fishermen's families, fish processors and processing workers, related 
fishery support businesses, and fishing

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communities as defined in MSA section 3(16); (2) improving the current 
knowledge of baseline information related to marine fishery 
stakeholders, as described in (1) above; and (3) monitoring and 
measuring trends among marine fishery stakeholders, as described in (1) 
above, affected by fishery management decisions.
    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: February 10, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-3039 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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