[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 120 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35119-35120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13908]


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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

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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: Southeast Region Vessel Identification Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0358.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,331.
    Number of Respondents: 9,774.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The participants in the Federally-regulated 
Sargassum fishery in the Southeast Region of the United States are 
required to mark their fishing vessels (port and starboard sides of the 
deckhouse or hull, and weather deck) with the official identification 
number or some other form of identification. This identification is 
necessary to aid fishery enforcement activities and for purposes of 
gear identification concerning damage, loss, and civil proceedings.
    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: June 16, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-13908 Filed 6-19-08; 8:45 am]
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