[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40325-40326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16633]


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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: Report of Whaling Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0311.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Average Hours per Response: Captains' reports, 30 minutes; whaling 
commission reports, 35 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 45.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    Native Americans may conduct certain aboriginal subsistence whaling 
in accordance with the provisions of the International Whaling 
Commission (IWC). In order to respond to obligations under the 
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and the IWC, 
captains participating in these operations must submit certain 
information to the relevant Native American whaling organization about 
strikes on and catch of whales. Anyone retrieving a dead whale is also 
required to report. Captains must place a distinctive permanent 
identification mark on any harpoon, lance, or explosive dart used, and 
must also provide information on the mark and self-identification 
information. The relevant Native American whaling organization receives 
the reports, compiles them, and submits the information to NOAA.
    The information is used to monitor the hunt and to ensure that 
quotas are not exceeded. The information is also provided to the IWC, 
which uses it to monitor compliance with its requirements.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly and 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 information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].


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    Dated: July 3, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-16633 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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