[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19808-19809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7651]


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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 Tagging Report.
    Form Number(s): 88-162.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0009.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 104.
    Number of Respondents: 1,250.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center operates an angler-
based billfish tagging program. Tagging supplies are provided to 
volunteers. When a fish catch and tag occurs, a brief report is 
submitted on the fish tagged and the location of tagging. The 
information obtained is used in conjunction with tag returns to 
determine billfish migration patterns,

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mortality rates, and similar information useful in the management of 
the billfish fisheries.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: April 7, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-7651 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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