[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 77 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8411]


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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 Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0490.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 192.
    Number of Respondents: 276.
    Average Hours per Response: Shallow-set certificate requests, 10 
minutes; Northwest Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish permit applications, 1 
hour; American Samoa Longline permit applications, 45 minutes; all 
other applications, half an hour; appeals, 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Fishermen in Federally-managed fisheries in the 
western Pacific region are required to maintain valid fishing permits 
on-board their vessels at all times. The permits are generally renewed 
annually and are needed to identify participants in the fisheries. 
Permits also are important to help measure impacts of management 
controls on the participants in the fisheries of the U.S. exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ) in the western Pacific.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, every three years, and 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: April 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-8411 Filed 4-18-08; 8:45 am]
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