[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2636]


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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: Gear-Marking Requirement for Atlantic Large Whale Take 
Reduction Plan.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0364.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 10,235.
    Number of Respondents: 1,470.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Gear-marking requirements in accordance with the 
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, developed under Section 118 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, assist National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) in obtaining detailed information about which fisheries 
or specific parts of fishing gear are responsible for the incidental 
mortality and serious injury of right, humpback, and fin whales. 
Generally, only a portion of gear is recovered from an entangled whale 
and it is almost impossible to link that portion of gear to a 
particular fishery. Therefore, requiring fishermen to mark surface 
buoys and the buoy line provides NMFS with an additional source of 
information, which could then be used to determine the gear responsible 
for and the location of the entanglement event. The following fisheries 
are affected by this information collection: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 
lobster trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic blue crab trap/pot fisheries; 
Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries targeting crab (red, Jonah, 
and rock), hagfish, finfish (black sea bass, scup, tautog, cod, 
haddock, pollock, redfish, and white hake), conch/whelk, and shrimp; 
Northeast anchored gillnet; Northeast drift gillnet; Mid-Atlantic 
gillnet; Southeast Atlantic gillnet; and Southeastern United States 
Atlantic shark gillnet.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: February 4, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-2636 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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