[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20625-20626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8828]


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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).


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    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Reporting of Sea Turtle Entanglements in Fixed Gear 
Fisheries.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0496.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection with revisions).
    Number of Respondents: 59.
    Average Hours per Response: Telephone calls and written reports, 1 
hour; interviews, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 99.
    Needs and Uses: This notice is for extension, with revisions, of a 
current information collection.
    This collection of information involves sea turtles becoming 
accidentally entangled in active or discarded fixed fishing gear or 
marine debris. These entanglements may prevent the recovery of 
endangered and threatened sea turtle populations. National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Region (Maine to Virginia) has 
established the Sea Turtle Disentanglement Network to promote reporting 
and increase successful disentanglement of sea turtles. This Network is 
made up of sea turtle stranding network organizations, as well as 
federal, state, and municipal agencies. NMFS relies on the Network and 
on opportunistic reports from fishermen and recreational boaters for 
information about entangled turtles. The information provided will help 
NMFS better assess the threat of sea turtle entanglement in vertical 
line from fixed gear fisheries (lobster, whelk/conch, crab, fish trap, 
gill net), discarded gear and marine debris. Our understanding of the 
prevalence and nature of sea turtle entanglement in fixed gear 
fisheries is necessary to ensure sea turtles are being conserved and 
protected, as mandated by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (ESA).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; not for profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: April 8, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-8828 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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