[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1535]



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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: Alaska Seabird Avoidance Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0474.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 16,000.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This collection describes an activity of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region (NMFS) intended to 
reduce the incidental take of the short-tailed albatross and other 
seabird species. The goal of the Seabird Avoidance Plan is to 
potentially benefit the endangered short-tailed albatross population 
and populations of other seabird species and to reduce the risk of 
potentially serious economic impacts to the Alaska hook-and-line 
fisheries. If the incidental take limit of short-tailed albatross and 
other seabird species under the section 7 ESA consultation were 
exceeded, fishery closures could become a possibility under the section 
7 consultation process.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    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: January 31, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-1535 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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