[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 144 (Friday, July 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43405-43406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17060]


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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: Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings 
Data Reports.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0371.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 29,460.
    Number of Respondents: 7,451.
    Average Hours per Response: Trip reports with catch, 12 minutes; 
trip reports without catch, and no-trip reports, 2 minutes; cost-
earnings and annual expenditure reports, 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks 
to renew an existing logbook information and cost-earnings data 
collection from fishermen who possess permits to fish for highly 
migratory species (HMS). This renewal would continue the successful HMS 
Vessel Logbook program and have several revisions. The revisions would: 
(1) Decrease the overall number of respondents based on recent 
information; (2) decrease the number of Atlantic tunas, shark, 
swordfish, and HMS Charter/Headboat permit holders based on recent 
information; (3) increase the number of Dolphin/Wahoo commercial and 
Charter/Headboat permit holders; and (4) decrease the burden estimate 
associated with the cost-earnings and logbook forms.
    The information collected in logbooks and the cost-earnings form 
will help NMFS identify impacts of proposed regulatory measures on 
fishermen and the resource, consistent with applicable law such as the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually 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].


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    Dated: July 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-17060 Filed 7-24-08; 8:45 am]
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