[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1429]


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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 Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0548.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,456.
    Number of Respondents: 87.
    Average Hours Per Response: General, recreation and Native Hawaiian 
practices permits, 5 hours; special ocean use permits, 24 hours; VMS 
purchase and installation and VMS maintenance, 4 hours; VMS 
certification and entry and exit notification, 5 minutes; and hourly 
VMS reports, 5 seconds.
    Needs and Uses: On June 15, 2006, President Bush established the 
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument by issuing 
Presidential Proclamation 8031 (71 FR 36443, June 26, 2006) under the 
authority of the Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 431). The proclamation 
includes restrictions and prohibitions regarding activities in the 
monument consistent with the authority provided by the Act. 
Specifically, the proclamation prohibits access to the monument except 
when passing through the monument without interruption or as allowed 
under a permit issued by NOAA and the Department of the Interior's Fish 
and Wildlife Services (FWS). Vessels passing through the monument 
without interruption are required to notify NOAA and FWS upon entering 
into and leaving the monument. Individuals wishing to access the 
monument to conduct certain regulated activities must first apply for 
and be granted a permit issued by NOAA and FWS and certify compliance 
with certain vessel monitoring system requirements. On August 29, 2006, 
NOAA and FWS published a final rule codifying the provisions of the 
proclamation (71 FR 51134).
    Affected Public: Federal government, individuals or households, 
not-for-profit institutions; business or other for-profit; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 24, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-1429 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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