[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13814]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Report.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0247.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 400.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Program was 
initiated in 1971 as part of a comprehensive research program resulting 
from passage of Public Law 86-359, Study of Migratory Game Fish, and 
other legislative acts under which the National Marine Fisheries 
Service operates. The Cooperative Tagging Center attempts to determine 
the migration patterns and other biological information of billfish, 
tunas, and swordfish. The fish tagging report is used to collect the 
information and provided to the angler with the tags, and he/she 
completes the report with the information when a fish is tagged. The 
card is then mailed back to NMFS where the data is stored.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 
[email protected]).
    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 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 13, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-13814 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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