[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35635-35636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14246]


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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: Southeast Region Gear Identification Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0359.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,806.
    Number of Respondents: 961.
    Average Hours per Response: Traps,7 minutes; coral rocks, 10 
seconds; Spanish mackerel gillnet floats, 20 minutes.

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    Needs and Uses: The participants in certain federally-regulated 
fisheries in the Southeast Region must mark their fishing gear with the 
vessel's official identification number or permit number (depending on 
the fishery) and color code. Harvesters of aquaculture live rock must 
mark or tag the material deposited. The marking may include the use of 
geologically distinguishable materials. These requirements aid fishery 
enforcement activities and gear identification of lost or damaged gear 
and related 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 19, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-14246 Filed 6-23-08; 8:45 am]
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