[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13700]


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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: Designation of Fishery Management Council Members and 
Application for Reinstatement of State Authority.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0314.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,607.
    Number of Respondents: 146.
    Average Hours per Response: 58 hours average for a nomination 
package for one to three candidates; 16 hours for a nominee to provide 
background documentation, and 1 hour for application of State authority 
over a fishery.
    Needs and Uses: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, as amended in 1996, provides for members of Fishery 
Management Councils by State governors and Indian treaty tribes, for 
the designation of a principal state fishery official for the purposes 
of the Act, and for a request by a state for reinstatement of state 
authority over a managed fishery. The information submitted with these 
actions will be used to ensure that the requirements of the Act are 
being met.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: Annually and 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: June 8, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13700 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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