[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3439-3440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1299]


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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: Southeast Region Bycatch Reduction Device Certification 
Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0345.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Average Hours per Response: Application for testing and gear 
specification form, 30 minutes each; station sheet bycatch reduction 
device (BRD) evaluation form, species characterization form, length 
frequency form, condition and fate form and trip report/cover sheet, 
signatures only, 5 minutes each; duplication and mailing of non-federal 
test documents, 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 70.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Region manages 
the United States (U.S.) fisheries of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 
off the South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico under the Fishery 
Management Plans (FMP) for each Region. The Regional Fishery Management 
Councils prepared the FMPs pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act. The regulations implementing the FMPs 
that have reporting requirements are at 50 CFR Part 622.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 622 
form the basis for this collection of information. NMFS Southeast 
Region requests information from the shrimp fishery participants to 
certify individual Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDs). This information, 
upon receipt, results in an increasingly more efficient and accurate 
database for management and permitting of the fisheries of the EEZ off 
the South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).

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    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: January 19, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1299 Filed 1-23-12; 8:45 am]
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