[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-91]


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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: Pacific Islands Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and 
Reporting.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0462.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 382.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: At-sea notification, 3 minutes; daily 
catch report, 30 minutes; and transshipment log, 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, logbooks are required for United States (U.S.) fishing 
vessels registered to use (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. The information in the mandatory logbooks are used to obtain 
fish catch/fishing effort data on coral reef taxa harvested in 
designated low-use marine protected areas and on potentially harvested 
coral reef taxa in certain 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.
    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: January 5, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-91 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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