[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9727]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041499A]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted 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). This request is being submitted
under the emergency processing procedures of the Paperwork Reduction
Act.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Title: Large Pelagic Fishing Survey.
Agency Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection--emergency clearance requested.
Burden: 4,752 hours.
Number of Respondents: 21,500 (multiple responses).
Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 2 and 15 minutes depending
on the requirement.
Needs and Uses: The Large Fishing Survey consists of dockside and
telephone surveys of recreational anglers and headboats fishing for
large pelagic species (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the Atlantic
Ocean. The summer fisheries for bluefin tuna and marlin begin in June.
Catch monitoring in these two fisheries and collection of catch and
effort statistics for all large pelagic fish is required under the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. Information collected through the
survey is essential for the U.S. to meet its reporting obligation to
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5033, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via Internet at
LE[email protected]).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent no later than April 30, 1999 to David
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: April 12, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-9727 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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