[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57518-57519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19861]


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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).

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    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: An Observer Program for At-Sea Processing Vessels in the 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0500.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 50.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Average Hours per Response: Observer applications; 15 minutes; 
observer appeals, 4 hours; observer providers' registrations for 
observer training and debriefing, observer assignments, and weekly 
deployment/logistics reports, 7 minutes; observer physicals and 
observer provider reports on observer harassment, safety or performance 
concerns, 2 hours; notification of observer physicals, 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) At-Sea 
Hake Observer Program defines observer duties, trains and debriefs 
observers, and manages data and release. The observers, deployed aboard 
at-sea processing vessels in the U.S. West Coast hake (a.k.a. whiting) 
fishery, are hired by observer providers who contract with the at-sea 
processors to provide the required observer coverage (50 CFR part 660). 
This data collection relates to the response time for observer 
providers and observers to register for training, debriefing or that 
have been issued suspension or decertification.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    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: October 3, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-19861 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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