[Federal Register: September 10, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 175)]
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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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Foreign Fishing Gear Identification Requirements.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None (previously cleared under 0648-0305).
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1 hour.
    Number of Respondents: 0.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour if in use.
    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 that deploy gear which is not physically and 
continuously attached to the vessel are required to mark such gear in a 
prescribed manner to allow enforcement personnel to monitor fishing 
activities and ensure that a vessel harvests only from its own gear and 
that its gear is not illegally placed. There are no foreign vessels 
currently fishing in U.S. waters.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Third party disclosure.
    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 Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, 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.

    Dated: September 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24262 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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