[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7679]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 Atmosphere Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0205.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 15,670.
    Number of Respondents: 16,820.
    Average Hours per Response: Vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
maintenance, 2 hours; VMS position reports, 14 minutes; dealer permit 
applications, 5 minutes; operator card applications, 1 hour; vessel 
permit applications and endorsements, 20 minutes; rock shrimp non-
renewed endorsement requests, 2 hours; trap retrieval authorization 
notification, 15 minutes; notification of lost traps, 5 minutes; 
request for observer, 5 minutes; live rock site evaluation report, 45 
minutes; shrimp annual landings report, 5 minutes; permit transfer 
notarization, 20 minutes; shrimp moratorium basis of eligibility for 
permit, 1 minute.
    Needs and Uses: The participants in the federally-regulated 
fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the South Atlantic, Gulf of 
Mexico, and Carribean are required to obtain federal permits under the 
existing permit program for the specific Fishery Management Plans of 
each region. NOAA Fisheries Service needs information from the 
applications and associated data collections to identify fishing 
vessels/dealers/participants, properly manage the fisheries, and 
generate fishery-specific data.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually 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 proposal 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: September 11, 2006.
Gwellnar, Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7679 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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