[Federal Register: November 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 215)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance of 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: Pacific Islands Region Coral Reef Ecosystems Logbook and 
Reporting.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0462.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 382.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours Per Response: At-sea notifications, 3 minutes; 
logbook reports, 30 minutes; and transshipment reports, 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Logbooks are required for U.S. fishing vessels 
registered for use (or any U.S. citizen issued) with a Special Coral 
Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit authorized under the Fishery Management 
Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western Pacific Region. The 
information in the mandatory logbooks are used to obtain fish catch/
fishing effort data on coral reef management species harvested in 
designated low-use marine protected areas and on potentially-harvested 
coral reef management species in certain waters of the U.S. exclusive 
economic zone in the western Pacific region. These data are needed to 
determine the condition of the stocks and whether the current 
management measures are having the intended effects, to evaluate the 
benefits and costs of changes in management measures, and to monitor 
and respond to incidental takes of endangered and threatened marine 
animals.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov).

    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, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.


    Dated: November 2, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-22183 Filed 11-7-05; 8:45 am]

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