[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3457]


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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: Application and Reports for Registration as a Tanner or 
Agent.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0179.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 112.
    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 
1361 et seq., Sections 1371, 1373, 1374 and 1379), mandates the 
protection and conservation of marine mammals and makes the taking, 
killing or serious injury of marine mammals, except under permit or 
exemption, a violation of the Act. An exemption is provided for Alaskan 
natives to take marine mammals if the taking is for subsistence or for 
creating and selling authentic native articles of handicraft and 
clothing. The possession of marine mammals and marine mammal parts by 
other than Alaskan natives is therefore prohibited (exception, 50 CFR 
216.26: beach found non-Endangered Species Act (ESA) teeth or bones 
that have been registered with National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS)). As native handicrafts are allowed by the MMPA to enter 
interstate commerce, an exemption is also needed to allow non-natives 
to handle the skins or other marine mammal produce, whether to tan the 
pinniped hide or to act as an agent for the native to sell his 
handicraft products.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; State, 
local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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: February 12, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3457 Filed 2-18-09; 8:45 am]
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