[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51445-51446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20416]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands 
Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and Reporting

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 3, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 944-2275 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires U.S. fishing 
vessels registered for use with, or any U.S. citizen issued with, a 
Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit (authorized under the 
Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western 
Pacific Region) to complete logbooks and submit them to NMFS. The 
information in the logbooks is used to obtain fish catch/fishing effort 
data on coral reef taxa (level of classification such as family, genus, 
or species, depending on level applicable for management) harvested in 
designated low-use marine protected areas and on potentially-harvested 
coral reef taxa in waters of the U.S. exclusive economic zone in the 
western Pacific region. These data are needed to determine the 
condition of the stocks and whether the current management measures are 
having the intended effects, to evaluate the benefits and costs of 
changes in management measures, and to monitor and respond to 
incidental takes of endangered and threatened marine animals.

II. Method of Collection

    Information is submitted to NMFS in the form of paper logbook 
sheets and paper transshipment forms within 30 days of each landing of 
coral reef harvest.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0648-0462.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Pre-trip and pre-landing 
notifications, 3 minutes; logbook reports, 30 minutes; and 
transshipment reports, 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 382.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-20416 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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