[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: E8-5873]


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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: Implantation and Recovery of Archival Tags.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0338.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 21.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Average Hours per Response: Tag recovery, 30 minutes; written 
notification of beginning of tagging activity, 30 minutes; reports, 1 
hour.
    Needs and Uses: Under a scientific research exemption any person 
may catch, possess, retain, and land any Highly Migratory Species 
Division-regulated species in which an archival tag has been affixed or 
implanted, provided that the person immediately reports the landing to 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In addition, any person 
affixing or implanting an archival tag to a regulated species is 
required to provide NMFS with written notification in advance of 
beginning the tagging activity, and to provide a written report upon 
completion of the activity.
    Affected Public: Individual or household; 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. E8-5873 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45am
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