Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 106 (Friday, June 1, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2012)
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FR Doc No: 2012-13323
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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: List of Gear by Fisheries and Fishery Management Council.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0436.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 6.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 9.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently approved information collection.
Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries Act Pub. L. 104-
297, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is required to publish a list of all fisheries under authority of each Regional Fishery Management Council (Council) and all such fishing gear used in such fisheries (see section 305(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act). The list has been published and appears in 50 CFR 600.725(v). Any person wishing to use gear not on the list, or engage in a fishery not on the list, must provide the appropriate Council or the Secretary, in the case of Atlantic highly migratory species with 90 days of advance notice. If the Secretary takes no action to prohibit such a fishery or use of such a gear, the person may proceed.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 JJessup@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: May 29, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
FR Doc. 2012-13323 Filed 5-31-12; 8:45 am
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