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[Federal Register: August 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 151)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 080801A]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: Northeast Region Raised Footrope Trawl Exempted Fishery.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0422.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission.
    Burden Hours: 230.
    Number of Respondents: 288.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Framework 35 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 
Management Plan modified existing multispecies regulations to allow for 
a seasonal whiting raised footrope trawl exempted fishery. Persons 
holding multispecies Federal Fisheries Permits and wanting to 
participate in the exempted fishery must: (1) request a certificate to 
fish in the fishery, and (2) provide notification when they withdraw 
from the fishery. Requests for certificates must include the vessel 
name, owner name, permit number, and the desired period of time that 
the vessel will be enrolled. The information is needed for management 
of the fishery and enforcement.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at <A HREF="mailto:MClayton@doc.gov">MClayton@doc.gov</A>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent prior to August 15, 2001 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 31, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-19600 Filed 8-1-01; 3:20 pm]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S

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