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[Federal Register: July 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 128)]
[Notices]               
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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. 062702G]

 
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).y
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Activity 
Submissions.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0309.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 695.
    Number of Respondents: 135.
    Average Hours Per Response: 6 hours for a Scientific Research Plan; 
1 hour for an exempted fishing permit request; 2 hours for an exempted 
fishing permit report; and 30 minutes for an exempted educational 
activity request or report.
    Needs and Uses: Fishery regulations do not generally affect 
scientific research activities conducted by a scientific research 
vessel. Persons planning to conduct such research are encouraged to 
submit a research plan to

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ensure that the activities are considered research and not fishing. 
NOAA may also grant exemptions from fishery regulations for educational 
or other activities (e.g., testing of fishing gear). Applications for 
these exemptions must be submitted, and reports on activities 
submitted.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, Federal 
government, and State, Local or Tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 26, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-16715 Filed 7-2-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S

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