[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31070]


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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: Foreign Fishing Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0075.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (renewal of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: Reports, 6 minutes; logbook reports, 30 
minutes.
    Burden Hours: 56.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for renewal of a current 
information collection.
    Foreign fishing activities are authorized under the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.). The collection of information from permitted foreign vessels is 
necessary to monitor their activities and whereabouts in U.S. waters. 
Reports are also necessary to monitor the amount of fish, if any, such 
vessels receive from U.S. vessels in joint venture operations, wherein 
U.S. vessels catch and transfer at-sea to permitted foreign vessels 
certain species for which U.S. demand is low relative to the abundance 
of the species.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Daily and weekly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 6616, 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 [email protected].

    Dated: December 6, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-31070 Filed 12-9-10; 8:45 am]
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