[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 220 (Thursday, November 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67123-67124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26873]


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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: Northeast Region Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual 
Transfer Quota (ITQ) Administration.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0240.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 45.
    Number of Respondents: 205.
    Average Hours Per Response: Individual Transfer Quota (ITQ) 
requests, 5 minutes; and applications to shuck surfclams at sea, 30 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Federally-permitted fishing vessels participating 
in the Atlantic surfclam or ocean quahog ITQ fishery in the Northeast 
Region of the U.S. are subject to certain information collection 
requirements. These requirements allow NMFS to process requests for the 
transfer of surfclam or

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ocean quahog quota shares or authorization to shuck surfclams or ocean 
quahogs at sea. The regulations governing the Atlantic surfclam and 
ocean quahog fishery including the collections of information are found 
in 50 CFR part 648, subpart E.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: 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 7845, 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: November 6, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-26873 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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