Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: August 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 155)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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).

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Beluga Whale Harvest Report.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0382.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 5 hours.

Number of Respondents: 10

Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service requires Alaskan Natives who harvest beluga whales in Cook Inlet to report certain information and to submit the labeled jawbones on the whales taken. The information will be used to evaluate the health and stability of this stock and to construct a management regime that will provide for a sustainable subsistence harvest by Alaskan Natives.

Affected Public: Individuals.

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 the Internet at LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: August 6, 1999. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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