[Federal Register: November 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 219)]
[Notices]               
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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: Gear-Marking Requirement for Atlantic Large Whale Take 
Reduction Plan.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without OMB approval 
number.
    Burden: 4,206 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,260.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 6 minutes (multiple responses).
    Needs and Uses: Lobster and gillnet fishermen setting gear in right 
whale critical habitats and other areas where right whales are likely 
to occur will be required to mark their gear with specific color codes. 
The purpose of this requirement is to assist in determining where 
entanglements of endangered whales are occurring.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals.
    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 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: November 6, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-30384 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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