[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 16216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6236]


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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 Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northeast Multispecies Framework Adjustment 40-A Permit 
Information Data Collection.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0501.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: -557. This is a further reduction to the previous 
reduction of -2,094, which was due to the accounting for much of the 
information collection under other requirements. This latest reduction 
results from corrections to previous calculations.
    Number of Respondents: 997.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This submission requests renewal of the information 
collection approval for measures contained in Framework Adjustment 40-A 
and approved under OMB Control No. 0648-0501. Framework Adjustment 40-A 
included the following measures: (1) A Category B (regular) days-at-sea 
Pilot Program; (2) Closed Area I Hookgear Special Access Program (SAP); 
(3) Eastern United States/Canada SAP Pilot Program; and (4) 
Modifications to the Western United States/Canada Area Regulations.
    Affected Public: business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and 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: March 24, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-6236 Filed 3-29-05; 8:45 am]
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