[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 32506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8752]



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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: Groundfish Tagging Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0276.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 88.
    Number of Respondents: 661.
    Average Hours Per Response: Forms for tagged fish, 5 minutes; 
electronic archival tag return, 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Groundfish Tagging Program provides scientists 
with information necessary for effective conservation, management, and 
scientific understanding of the groundfish fishery off Alaska and the 
Pacific Northwest. The program area includes the Pacific Ocean off 
Alaska (the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area, 
the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska), California, Oregon, and 
Washington. The distribution, movement rates and direction, growth, 
recruitment and mortality estimated from tag recoveries are important 
parameters used in groundfish population assessment models and in 
developing allocation systems.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: June 1, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8752 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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