[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 50677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20581]


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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 Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and 
Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0462.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: At-sea notifications, 3 minutes; 
logbook reports, 30 minutes; transshipment reports, 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 382.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requires United States 
(U.S.) fishing vessels registered for use with, or any U.S. citizen 
issued with, a Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit (authorized 
under the Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the 
Western Pacific Region), to complete logbooks and submit them to NMFS. 
The information in the logbooks is used to obtain fish catch/fishing 
effort data on coral reef fishes and invertebrates harvested in 
designated low-use marine protected areas and on those listed in the 
regulations as potentially-harvested coral reef taxa in waters of the 
U.S. exclusive economic zone in the western Pacific region. 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 incidental takes of endangered and threatened 
marine animals. NMFS Fishery Management Plans are developed per Section 
303 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
    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: August 16, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-20581 Filed 8-21-12; 8:45 am]
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