[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26649-26650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12926]


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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: Gulf of Mexico Electronic Logbook.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0543.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 300.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for the initial installation 
and 1 minute x 6 for the removal/reinstallation of the electronic 
logbook (ELB).

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    Needs and Uses: There are currently approximately 1,932 permitted 
vessels that harvest shrimp from the Exclusive Economic Zone, and the 
Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Fishery Management Council (Council) estimates 
that there are over 13,000 boats that fish in state waters. With such a 
large number of vessels of differing sizes, gears used, and fishing 
capabilities compounded by seasonal variability in abundance and price 
and the broad geographic distribution of the fleet, it is practically 
impossible to estimate the actual amount of fishing effort using 
current methods and data. The only practical way of improving the 
estimates of the amount and type of bycatch is by having a more precise 
means of estimating effort. Therefore, Amendment 13 to the GOM shrimp 
fishery amended the Fishery Management Plan to include a mandatory 
electronic logbook program for a random sample of federally-permitted 
vessels.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Every two months.
    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: May 29, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-12926 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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