98-24263. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48468-48469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24263]


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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 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Foreign Fishing Vessel Identification Requirements.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None (formerly cleared under 0648-0306).
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 15 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes for each marking.
    Needs and Uses: Under provisions of Section 204 of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act, foreign fishing 
vessels may be authorized to conduct fishing activities in U.S. waters. 
Vessels so authorized are required to display vessel identification to 
make it possible for enforcement personnel to monitor fishing, at-sea 
processing, and other related activities, to ascertain whether a 
vessel's observed activities are in accordance with those authorized 
for that vessel.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Third party disclosure.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
[phone], 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.


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    Dated: September 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24263 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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