[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33739-33740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11765]


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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: Applications and Reporting Requirements for Small Takes of 
Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0151.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 20,456.
    Number of Respondents: 72.
    Average Hours Per Response: Petition for Regulations, 483 hours; 
simple LOA application, 3 hours; simple LOA report, 20 hours; complex 
LOA application, 120 hours; complex LOA report, 285 hours; simple IHA 
application, 160 hours; simple IHA report, 120 hours; complex IHA 
application, 285 hours; complex IHA report, 325 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The ``taking'' by harassment, injury, or mortality 
of marine mammals is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA) unless exempted or authorized by a permit. The small-take 
program authorized the taking of marine mammals incidental to maritime 
activities (oil industry, shipping). It is the responsibility of the 
activity to determine if it might have a ``taking'' and, if it does, to 
apply for an authorization. Applications are necessary for NMFS to know 
that an authorization is needed and to determine whether authorization 
can be made under the MMPA. The reporting requirements are mandated by 
the MMPA and are necessary to ensure that determinations made in regard 
to the impact on marine mammals are valid.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit

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institutions; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually, quarterly, 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 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 14, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-11765 Filed 6-18-07; 8:45 am]
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