54096 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Friday, October 17, 1997 / Notices

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with section 353.34(d) of the

Department’s regulations. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

These amended final results of review

and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

§ 1675(a)(1)) and section 353.28(c) of the

Department’s regulations.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27633 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988;

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 16,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Dan Viele, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W. Ocean

Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802, (562–

980–4039).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Treaty on Fisheries Between the

Governments of Certain Pacific Island

States and the Government of the

United States of America, signed in Port

Moresby, Papua New Guinea, in 1987,

and its annexes, schedules and

implementing agreements, as amended

(Treaty), authorizes U.S. tuna vessels to

fish within fishing zones of a large

region of the Pacific Ocean. The South

Pacific Tuna Act (16 U.S.C. 973g and

973j) and U.S. implementing regulations

(50 CFR 282.3 and 282.5) authorize the

collection of information from

participants in the Treaty fishery.

Vessel operators who wish to

participate in the Treaty fishery must

submit annual license and registration

applications and periodic written

reports of catch and unloading of fish

from a licensed vessel. The information

collected is submitted to the Forum

Fisheries Agency (FFA) on forms

supplied by the FFA through the U.S.

government (National Marine Fisheries

Service [NMFS]). License and

registration application information is

used by FFA to determine the

operational capability and financial

responsibility of a vessel operator

interested in participating in the Treaty

fishery. Information obtained from

vessel catch and unloading reports is

used by FFA to assess fishing effort and

fishery resources in the region and to

track the amount of fish caught within

each Pacific island state’s exclusive

economic zone for fair disbursement of

Treaty monies. If the information is not

collected, the U.S. government will not

meet its obligations under the Treaty,

and the lack of fishing information will

result in poor management of the fishery

resource.

II. Method of Collection

The information is collected using the

forms required under the Treaty.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0218.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Businesses

(respondents are the operators of U.S.

commercial tuna purse seine vessels

participating in the Treaty fishery).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Approximately 32 vessels are expected

to participate in the fishery during each

year the Treaty is in effect, however, the

number may vary.

Estimated Time Per Response: The

estimated response times for the

reporting requirements are: .25 hours for

a license application form; .25 hours for

a registration application form; 1 hour

for a catch report form; and .5 hours for

an unloading log sheet.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: The estimated total annual

burden has decreased from 337 hours to

248 hours due to a decrease in the

number of respondents and responses.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $576 for mailing costs.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–27525 Filed 10–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Evaluation of Coastal Zone

Management Program and National

Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

DOC.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate

the performance of Hawaii and New

Jersey Coastal Zone Management

Programs and the Chesapeake Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve in

Maryland.

These evaluations will be conducted

pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

(CZMA), as amended. The CZMA

requires a continuing review of the

performance of states with respect to

coastal program or estuarine research

reserve program implementation.

Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management

and Estuarine Research Reserve

Programs require findings concerning

the extent to which a state has met the

national objectives, adhered to its