[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18787-18788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7379]


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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: Pacific Islands Logbook Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0214.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 280.
    Average Hours per Response: Logbooks and sales reports, between 5 
and 30 minutes; experimental fishing report, 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 1,742.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Fishermen in Federally-managed fisheries in the western Pacific 
region are required to provide certain information about their fishing 
activities, catch, and interactions with protected species by 
submitting reports to National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), per 50 
CFR part 665. These data are needed to determine the condition of the 
stocks and whether the current management measures are having the 
intended effects, to evaluate the benefits and costs of changes in 
management measures, and to monitor and respond to accidental takes of 
endangered and threatened species, including seabirds, sea turtles, and 
marine mammals.
    Revisions: Observer notices and meetings are now covered under OMB 
Control No. 0648-0593, Observer Programs' Information That Can Be 
Gathered Only Through Questions, approved by OMB in 2009. In addition, 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commercial Bottomfish 
information collections are now under OMB Control No. 0648-0584, 
Permitting and Vessel Identification Requirements for the Commercial 
Bottomfish Fishery in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
approved in 2009.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to [email protected].

    Dated: March 22, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-7379 Filed 3-27-12; 8:45 am]
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