[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30046-30047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11597]


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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: U.S. Pacific Albacore Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0223.
    Form Number(s): 88-197.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,000.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: U.S. fishermen, participating in the Pacific 
albacore tuna fishery, are required to obtain a Highly Migratory 
Species Fishery Management Plan and/or a High-Seas Fishery Compliance 
Act permit. A requirement for the permits is to complete and submit 
logbooks documenting their daily fishing activities, including catch

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and effort for each fishing trip. The submissions must be made within 
30 days of the completion of a trip. The information obtained is used 
by the agency to assess the status of Pacific albacore stocks and to 
monitor the fishery. The agency also provides an electronic alternative 
to the hard copy form. Use of this electronic logbook is voluntary.
    Affected Public: 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: May 20, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-11597 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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