[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17283]



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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: Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted 
Educational Activity Submissions.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0309.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,357.
    Number of Respondents: 124.
    Average Hours per Response: Scientific research plans, 35 minutes; 
scientific research reports, 30 minutes; exempted fishing permit 
requests, 20 hours and 30 minutes; exempted fishing reports, 2 hours; 
exempted educational requests, 4 hours and 30 minutes; and exempted 
educational reports, 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (MSA) and its regulations do not apply to scientific 
research activities conducted on board a scientific research vessel. 
Persons planning to conduct such research are encouraged to submit a 
research plan to ensure that the activities are considered research and 
not fishing. The National Marine Fisheries Service may also grant 
exemptions, through an application process, from fishery regulations 
for educational or other activities (e.g., testing of fishing gear). 
Those granted exemptions for any of these activities must submit annual 
reports.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; individuals or 
households; not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, 
local or tribal government.
    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: August 25, 2005
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17283 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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