[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8214]



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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: Tortugas Access Permits.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0418.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 13.
    Number of Respondents: 49.
    Average Hours per Response: Applications, 10 minutes; radio call-
in/call-out, 2 minutes; and appeals, 1 hour and 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA has regulations to implement a Tortugas 
Ecological Reserve and to regulate activities within the reserve. The 
rule prohibits fishing, taking of organisms, anchoring, or discharging 
pollutants by vessels, and by controlling access to the reserve through 
an access permit. A limited number of mooring buoys is provided to 
allow access without anchoring. The overall objective is to protect the 
deepwater coral reef community from being degraded by human activities. 
The permits have been shown to help enforce access and no-take 
restrictions. Persons with permits provide notification prior to 
entering the reserve and when leaving it.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Frequency: 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: May 22, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-8214 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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