[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 29964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12184]


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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: U.S. Fishermen Fishing in Russian Waters.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0228.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.
    Burden Hours: 1.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    Regulations at 50 CFR part 300, Subpart J, govern United States 
(U.S.) fishing in the Economic Zone of the Russian Federation. Russian 
authorities may permit U.S. fishermen to fish for allocations of 
surplus stocks in the Russian Economic Zone. Permit application 
information is sent to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for 
transmission to Russia. If Russian authorities issue a permit, the 
vessel owner or operator must submit a permit abstract report to NMFS, 
and also report 24 hours before leaving the U.S. Exclusive Economic 
Zone (EEZ) for the Russian Economic Zone and 24 hours before re-
entering the U.S. EEZ after being in the Russian Economic Zone.
    The permit application information is used by Russian authorities 
to determine whether to issue a permit. NMFS uses the other information 
to help ensure compliance with Russian and U.S. fishery management 
regulations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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 information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: May 15, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-12184 Filed 5-18-12; 8:45 am]
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