[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 20608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8053]


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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: Southwest Region Vessel Identification Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0361.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,348.
    Number of Respondents: 1,750.
    Average Hours per Response: Purse seine vessel marking, 1 hour and 
15 minutes; all other vessel marking, 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The vessels in certain federally-regulated 
fisheries off the U.S. west coast are required to display the vessel's 
official number in three locations (port and starboard sides of the 
deckhouse or hull, and an appropriate weather deck). For the purse 
seine vessels, the vessel's official number is required on the above 
locations, one skiff, and one helicopter.
    These requirements are necessary to aid enforcement of fishery 
regulations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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].

    Dated: April 10, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-8053 Filed 4-15-08; 8:45 am]
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