[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2513-2514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-346]


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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).

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    Title: International Dolphin Conservation Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0387.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 146.
    Number of Respondents: 62.
    Average Hours per Response: Vessel permit application: 30 minutes; 
operator permit application: 10 minutes; waiver request: 30 minutes; 
vessel departure notification: 10 minutes; change in permit operator 
notification: 10 minutes; modified net notification: 10 minutes; 
experimental fishing permit application: 10 hours; dolphin mortality 
limit request: 15 minutes; arrival notification: 10 minutes; tuna 
tracking form submission: 1 hour; monthly tuna storage removal report: 
10 minutes; monthly tuna receiving report: 1 hour; produce report: 30 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA) collects information to implement the International Dolphin 
Conservation Program Act (Act). The Act allows entry of yellowfin tuna 
into the United States, under specific conditions, from nations in the 
Program that would otherwise be under embargo. The Act also allows U.S. 
fishing vessels to participate in the yellowfin tuna fishery in the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean on terms equivalent with the vessels of 
other nations. NOAA collects information to allow tracking and 
verification of ``dolphin safe'' and ``non-dolphin safe'' tuna products 
from catch through the U.S. market.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly 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: January 10, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-346 Filed 1-13-06; 8:45 am]
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