[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4231-4232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1430]


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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: Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0490.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 157.
    Number of Respondents: 232.
    Average Hours Per Response: Hawaii longline limited entry permit, 
Western Pacific bottomfish, lobster, longline general and receiving 
vessel permits, 30

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minutes; Northwest Hawaiian Islands bottomfish permit, 1 hour; American 
Samoa longline limited entry permit, 45 minutes; permit appeals, 2 
hours; and shallow-set certificate request, 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is needed to assist with the 
administration and evaluation of the NOAA Community-based Restoration 
Program (CRP), which has provided financial assistance on a competitive 
basis to over 1,200 habitat restoration projects since 1996. The 
information is used to provide accountability for the CRP and NOAA on 
the expenditure of federal funds used for restoration, contributes to 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) ``acres restored'' 
measure and to the President's Wetlands Initiative goal of 3 million 
acres of wetland restoration, enhancement and protection by 2010. 
Information is required only from parties receiving CRP funds. 
Fishermen in Federally-managed fisheries in the Western Pacific region 
are required to maintain valid fishing permits on-board their vessels 
at all times. The permits are renewed annually and are needed to 
identify participants in the fisheries. Permits are also important to 
help measure impacts of management controls on the participants in the 
fisheries of the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Western 
Pacific.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually, on occasion and variable.
    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 24, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-1430 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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