[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65881-65882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21685]


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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: Gear-Marking Requirements for Atlantic Large Whale Take 
Reduction Plan.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0364.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 2,572.
    Number of Respondents: 4,506.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 minute.
    Needs and Uses: The gear-marking requirements will assist the 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in obtaining detailed 
information about which fisheries or specific parts of fishing gear are 
responsible for the incidental mortality and serious injury of North 
Atlantic right, humpback, and fin whales obtained as a result of gear-
marking, which links incidental mortality and serious injury of marine 
mammals to specific gear types, locations, and fishermen. The 
information will enable NMFS to focus future management measures on 
specific problem areas and issues and avoid instituting potentially 
overly broad measures that affect fisheries unnecessarily. This 
collection of information would affect the following fisheries: 
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic lobster trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic blue 
crab trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries 
targeting crab (red, Jonah, and rock), hagfish, finfish (black sea 
bass, scup, tautog, cod, haddock, pollock, redfish, and white hake), 
conch/whelk, and shrimp; Northeast and Mid-Atlantic anchored gillnet; 
Northeast drift gillnet; Mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet; Southeast shark 
gillnet; and Southeast Atlantic gillnet.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.

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    Frequency: Annually.
    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: October 26, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-21685 Filed 10-31-05; 8:45 am]
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