[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54042-54043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27526]
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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 provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Regulations Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act Governing
the Small Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities.
Agency Form Number: None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648-0151.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Burden: 3,926.
Number of Respondents: 35.
Avg Hours Per Response: 60 hours (requests for regulations average
483 hours, applications for Letters of Authorization average 3 hours,
applications for Incidental Harassment Authorizations average 200
hours, and reports range from 30-150 hours a response.
Needs and Uses: The harassment, injury or death of marine mammals
is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), unless
permitted, exempted, or otherwise authorized. Providing the taking
(harassment, injury, mortality) is negligible, maritime activities that
result in the incidental taking of marine
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mammals need an authorization under the MMPA to avoid prosecution under
the MMPA. The Act requires applicants to submit information justifying
the authorization. The MMPA also requires monitoring and reporting on
marine mammal interactions with the activity.
Affected Public: Federal Government, businesses or other for-profit
organizations, not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually, and 90 day reporting requirements.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: October 9, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization
[FR Doc. 97-27526 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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