[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 49437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20286]



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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: Billfish Tagging Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0009.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-162.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 83.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center operates a billfish tagging program. Tagging 
supplies are provided to volunteer anglers. When anglers catch and 
release a tagged fish they submit a brief report on the fish and the 
location of the tagging. The information obtained is used in 
conjunction with tag returns to determine billfish migration patterns, 
mortality rates, and similar information useful in the management of 
the billfish fisheries. This program is authorized under 16 U.S.C. 
760(e), Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose.

    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: OIRA [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]">OIRA_[email protected].

    Dated: August 5, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20286 Filed 8-9-11; 8:45 am]
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