[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 41967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17299]


 ========================================================================
 Notices
                                                 Federal Register
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
 or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
 and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
 delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
 statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
 appearing in this section.
 
 ========================================================================
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2012 / 
Notices  

[[Page 41967]]



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: Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia 
Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0470.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 81.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.

This action would continue the reporting measure requiring all Virginia 
Chesapeake Bay pound net fishermen to report interactions with 
endangered and threatened sea turtles, found both live and dead, in 
their pound net operations. When a live or dead sea turtle is 
discovered during a pound net trip, the Virginia pound net fisherman is 
required to report the incidental take to the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) and, if necessary, the appropriate rehabilitation and 
stranding network. This information will be used to monitor the level 
of incidental take in the state-managed Virginia pound net fishery and 
ensure that the seasonal pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR 
223.206(d)(10)) are adequately protecting listed sea turtles. Based on 
the number of sea turtle takes anticipated in the Virginia pound net 
fishery and the available number of Virginia pound net fishermen and 
pound nets, the number of responses anticipated on an annual basis is 
483.
    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 information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: July 11, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-17299 Filed 7-16-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DT-P