94-5110. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
following proposals 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: Federal Fisheries Permits -- Northwest Region.
    Agency Form Numbers: None Assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0203.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 406 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 956.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Fishermen wanting to conduct experimental fishing 
off Washington, Oregon, and California must apply for a permit and file 
reports. Those fishermen having limited entry permits must annually 
renew them to remain valid. Any permit leased or sold must be reported. 
Permits are also issued for processing vessels over 125 feet. This 
information is needed for the orderly management of the groundfish 
fishery.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions; small 
businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Federal Fisheries Permits -- Southeast Region.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0205.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,737 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 8,867.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Fishing permits are an integral part of the 
management of fisheries in the Southeast. Permits are used to identify 
fishermen, for control, and for information dissemination. The permit 
application forms associated with this family of forms are necessary 
for issuing fishery permits.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; 
small businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Logbooks -- Southeast Region Family of Forms.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0016.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 23,867 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,307 (approximately 40 responses per 
respondent).
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 20 and 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This request is to amend the existing logbooks 
requirements to require certain economic data be provided. The data 
will be used for cost/benefit analysis, as well as for economic 
profitability profiles and trade and import tariff decisions.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions; small 
businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion and after each set of trips.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Edward Michals, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: February 25, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-5110 Filed 3-4-94; 8:45 am]
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