[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37325-37326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12784]


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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: Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0327.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 8,490.
    Number of Respondents: 45,520.
    Average Hours Per Response: 7 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection consists of a mandatory 
annual vessel permit program for commercial tuna fisheries, 
recreational highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries and charter/
headboat HMS fisheries, and mandatory dealer permits for purchase HMS 
from vessels and international trade of several HMS. The catch 
monitoring and collection of catch and effort statistics in these 
fisheries are required under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Such 
information is collected through the permit programs, and is essential 
for the United States to meet its reporting obligations to the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Both 
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and 
the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission require trade tracking 
programs which are implemented in part by the dealer permit for 
international trade under this collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.

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    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: June 23, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-12784 Filed 6-28-05; 8:45 am]
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