[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15977-15978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6046]


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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: Pacific Islands Region Vessel and Gear Identification 
Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0360.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,134.
    Number of Respondents: 301.
    Average Hours Per Response: Vessel marking for South Pacific tuna 
vessels, 1 hour and 15 minutes; for all other vessels, 45 minutes; gear 
marking, 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information covers regulatory 
requirements for fishing vessel and gear identification authorized 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
other applicable law. The vessels in federally-regulated fisheries in 
the western Pacific region are required to display the vessel's 
official number in three locations. Purse seine vessels in the South 
Pacific are required to display their international radio call sign in 
three locations and on any helicopter or skiff. The fishing gear in the 
western Pacific pelagic longline fisheries, Northwestern Hawaiian 
Islands crustacean fishery, and western Pacific coral reef ecosystem 
fisheries are required to be marked with the vessel's official number 
in a specific manner and location. This collection renews OMB Control 
No. 0648-0360 and adds vessel identification requirements for western 
Pacific fisheries and the South Pacific purse seine fishery from OMB 
Control No. 0648-0361. The vessel identification requirements for 
fisheries off the U.S. west coast will continue to be covered under OMB 
Control No. 0648-0361.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    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].


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    Dated: March 20, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-6046 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]
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