[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1914-1915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-427]


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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: Southeast Region Gear Identification Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0359.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 3,021.
    Average Hours per Response: Coral rocks, 10 seconds; traps and 
pots, 7 minutes; buoy gear and mackerel gillnets, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 9,177.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Region manages 
the U.S. fisheries of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the South 
Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico under the Fishery Management 
Plans (FMP) for each Region. The Regional Fishery Management Councils 
prepared the FMPs pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (MSA).
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 622 
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the basis for this collection of information. Requirements that fishing 
gear be marked are essential to facilitate enforcement. The ability to 
link fishing gear to the vessel owner is crucial to enforcement of 
regulations issued under the authority of the MSA. The marking of 
fishing gear is also valuable in actions concerning damage, loss, and 
civil proceedings. The requirements imposed in the Southeast Region are 
for coral aquacultured live rock; golden crab traps; mackerel gillnet 
floats; spiny lobster traps; black sea bass pots; and buoy gear.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#155a5c47544a466077787c66667c7a7b557a78773b707a653b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d19e9883908e82a4b3bcb8a2a2b8bebf91bebcb3ffb4bea1ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#521818372121272212363d317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="074d4d62747472774763686429606871">[email protected]</span></a>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82cdcbd0c3ddd1f7e0efebf1f1ebedecc2edefe0ace7edf2ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90dfd9c2d1cfc3e5f2fdf9e3e3f9fffed0fffdf2bef5ffe0bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: January 9, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-427 Filed 1-11-12; 8:45 am]
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