[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 57 (Monday, March 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5872]


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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: Billfish Certificate of Eligibility.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0216.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 43.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial dealer information, 20 minutes; 
subsequent dealer information, 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Persons who are first receivers of billfish, except 
for billfish landed in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of 
landing, are required to complete a Certificate of Eligibility for 
Billfish as a condition for the domestic trade of fresh and frozen 
billfish shipments. The dealers or processors who subsequently receive 
or possess billfish must retain a copy of the Certificate of 
Eligibility for Billfish while processing the billfish. The purpose of 
this requirement is to ensure that Atlantic billfish are retained as a 
recreational resource, and that any billfish entering the commercial 
trade have not been harvested from the Atlantic Ocean management unit.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: 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: March 19, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-5872 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]
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