E8-13814. 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: Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Report.

Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0247.

Type of Request: Regular submission.

Burden Hours: 400.

Number of Respondents: 12,000.

Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Program was initiated in 1971 as part of a comprehensive research program resulting from passage of Public Law 86-359, Study of Migratory Game Fish, and other legislative acts under which the National Marine Fisheries Service operates. The Cooperative Tagging Center attempts to determine the migration patterns and other biological information of billfish, tunas, and swordfish. The fish tagging report is used to collect the information and provided to the angler with the tags, and he/she completes the report with the information when a fish is tagged. The card is then mailed back to NMFS where the data is stored.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, [phone].

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at [e-mail]).

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, FAX number [phone], or [e-mail].

Dated: June 13, 2008.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.