[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 043099B]

 
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). This request is being submitted 
under the emergency processing procedures of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Beluga Whale Harvest Report.
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection--Emergency Collection Request.
    Burden: 5 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10. 
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service will require 
Alaskan Natives who harvest beluga whales in Cook Inlet to report 
certain information and to submit the labeled jawbones on the whales 
taken. The information will be used to evaluate the health and 
stability of this stock and to construct a management regime that will 
provide for a sustainable subsistence harvest by Alaskan Natives.
    Affected Public: 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 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via Internet at 
LEngelme@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by Monday, May 10, 1999, to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 29, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-11397 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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