Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32796]


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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: Gear-Marking Requirements in Antarctic Fisheries.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None (previously cleared under 0648-0305).
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB control 
number.
    Burden: 10.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Vessels participating in Antarctic fisheries must 
mark the vessel's fishing gear with the official vessel identification 
number, Federal permit or tag number, or some other specified form of 
identification. The requirement assists law enforcement officials in 
monitoring fishing and other activities and to ascertain whether the 
vessel is participating in activities authorized for that vessel.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    Frequency: Other--this is a marking requirement.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 4, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-32796 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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