[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 55030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22232]


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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: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0327.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 8,571.
    Number of Respondents: 40,810.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial vessel permit applications 
other than shark and swordfish, 30 minutes; renewals, 6 minutes; shark 
and swordfish permit applications, 20 minutes; dealer Atlantic Tunas 
permits: initial, 15 minutes and renewal, 5 minutes; dealer shark and 
swordfish and international trade permits, 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection, for which renewal is 
requested, consists of a mandatory vessel permit program for commercial 
tuna, swordfish and shark fisheries, recreational highly migratory 
species (HMS) fisheries and charter//headboat HMS fisheries, and 
mandatory dealer permits for purchase of HMS from vessels and for 
international trade of several HMS. These permits provide the basis for 
catch monitoring and collection of catch and effort statistics in these 
fisheries as required under the Atlantic Tuna Conventions Act and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Such 
information is essential for the United States to meet its reporting 
obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of 
Atlantic Tunas.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, biweekly 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].

    Dated: September 18, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-22232 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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