[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13216]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0353.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 3,138.
    Number of Respondents: 1,692.
    Average Hours per Response: Fifteen minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Participants in the groundfish fisheries in the 
Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Alaska are required to mark 
identification information on marker buoys for hook-and-line, longline 
pot, and pot-and-line gear. The information is needed for fishery 
enforcement purposes. Cooperating fishermen also use the gear 
identification to report placement or occurrence of gear in 
unauthorized areas. Fishermen marking their gear correctly ultimately 
benefit, as unauthorized and illegal fishing is deterred and more 
burdensome regulations are avoided.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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: July 3, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-13216 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P