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

[Federal Register: June 25, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 122)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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: Northeast Region Logbook Family of Forms.

Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-30 and 88-140.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0212.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 6,348 hours.

Number of Respondents: 5,875 with multiple responses.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes for vessel logbooks and 12.5 minutes for shellfish logbooks. These estimates do not include the time for entries that respondents would make to their own logbooks as normal business practice.

Needs and Uses: Under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Regional Fishery Management Councils have developed fishery management plans to conserve and manage marine resources in the exclusive economic zone. Participants in the summer flounder, scup, black seas, bass, Northeast multispecies, Atlantic sea scallop, Atlantic mackerel, squid, butterfish or surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries in the Northeast must submit logbooks containing catch and effort data about their fishing trips. The information is used in the development of management measures to control fishing effort, as well as to enforce the measures once they are in effect.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.

Frequency: Weekly, monthly.

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 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

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

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Dated: June 18, 1998. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization.

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