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[Federal Register: May 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 96)]
[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. 051101C]

 
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: South Pacific Tuna Act.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0218.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 430.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Average Hours Per Response: 15 minutes for a license application, 
30 minutes for a registration application, 15 minutes for a vessel 
monitoring system application, 1 hour for a catch report, 30 minutes 
for an unloading logsheet, 4 hours to install a vessel monitoring 
system, 24 seconds a day for

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position reports from a vessel monitoring system, and 2 hours per year 
to maintain a vessel monitoring system.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA collects license, registration, catch, and 
unloading information from tuna vessels fishing within a large region 
of the Pacific Ocean governed by the ``Treaty on Fisheries Between the 
Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the 
United States.'' Vessel monitoring systems are also required to provide 
automated position reports. The information collected is needed to meet 
obligations under that treaty.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly, and 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: May 10, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-12482 Filed 5-16-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S

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