[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 53465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25105]


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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: Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and 
Management Measures.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0194.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 86.
    Average Hours per Response: Five-year permit applications, 1 hour; 
applications for new or exploratory fisheries, 28 hours; harvest and/or 
transshipment applications, 2 hours; radio transmissions, 12 minutes 
per vessel; vessel monitoring system: installation (annualized over 5 
years), annual maintenance and initial activation certification 
(annualized over 5 years, 2 hours, 48 minutes; vessel and gear marking, 
15 minutes per marking; observer requests, 5 minutes; catch data 
submission, 30 minutes; dealer import and/or re-export permit 
applications, dealer pre-approval of toothfish catch documents, dealer 
re-export catch documents and dealer import tickets, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 294.
    Needs and Uses: The 1982 Convention on the Conservation of 
Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Convention) established the 
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 
(CCAMLR). The United States (U.S.) is a Contracting Party to the 
Convention. The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act 
(AMLRCA) directs and authorizes the U.S. to take actions necessary to 
meet its treaty obligations as a Contracting Party to the Convention. 
The regulations implementing AMLRCA are at 50 CFR part 300, subpart G. 
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 300 form 
the basis for this collection of information. This collection of 
information concerns research in, and the harvesting and importation 
of, marine living resources from waters regulated by CCAMLR related to 
ecosystem research, U.S. harvesting permit application and/or 
harvesting vessel operators and to importers and re-exporters of 
Antarctic marine living resources. The collection is necessary in order 
for the United States to meet its treaty obligations as a contracting 
party to the Convention.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    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: October 14, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-25105 Filed 10-16-09; 8:45 am]
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