[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13011-13012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5238]


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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: Southwest Region Permit Family of Forms--Pacific.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0490.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 85.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: 23 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The permits are required for persons to participate 
in federally-managed fisheries in the western Pacific region and off 
the U.S. West Coast. The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council has 
recommended the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) approval and 
implementation of Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the 
Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region. Amendment 11 would 
establish a limited access permit program for the American Samoa-based 
pelagic longline fishery which necessitates a revised collection of 
information. The program requires information from potential initial 
participants and subsequent new entrants (via permit transfers) in the 
fishery. NMFS will use the information to determine who is eligible for 
issuance of American Samoa longline limited access permits. The 
fishermen will be required to use appropriate permit application forms/
supplementary information sheets provided by NMFS.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Variable.
    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,

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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: March 10, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5238 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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