Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 1998 / Notices 19239

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 13, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–10170 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 a.m.]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing

Space Systems

ACTION: 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, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 16, 1998.

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 Richard Roberts, NOAA/

OFA1x1, Station 8118, 1305 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301–713–3525, ext. 115).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Pub. L. 102–555 requires that any

person subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States who operates a private

remote-sensing space system must

obtain a license. Before issuing such a

license NOAA must obtain certain

information (see 15 CFR 960) in order

for it to determine whether U.S.

interests will be protected. NOAA is

currently working on a revision of the

applicable regulations, but some issues

concerning those revisions may not be

resolved prior to the expiration of the

Office of Management and Budget’s

Paperwork Reduction Act approval of

the existing regulations. This notice

announces NOAA’s intent to request

extension of that approval for the

existing requirements so that they can

remain in force until the revised

requirements take effect.

II. Method of Collection

No forms are used. Respondents must

address the requirements as set forth in

the regulation.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0174.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.

Estimated Time Per Response: 16

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 96 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0 (no

capital expenditures).

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: April 14, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–10204 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033198B]

RIN 0648–AH77

Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Notice of

Availability

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

Highly Migratory Species Management

Division has prepared a draft

consideration of the economic effects

and potential alternatives to the 1997

quotas on the Atlantic large coastal

shark fishery as ordered by the Middle

District Court of Florida, Tampa

Division, on February 26, 1998. Written

comments are requested from the

public.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before April 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Rebecca

Lent, Chief, Highly Migratory Species

Management Division (F/SF1), National

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910. Requests for copies of the draft

should be sent to Margo Schulze at the

same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margo Schulze or Karyl Brewster-Geisz,

301–713–2347; fax: 301–713–1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

fishery for Atlantic sharks is managed

under the Fishery Management Plan for

Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean prepared

by NMFS under authority of section

304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), as amended,

and was implemented on April 26,

1993, through regulations found at 50

CFR part 678.

On April 2, 1997 (62 FR 16648),

NMFS reduced the large coastal shark

commercial quota and recreational bag

limit by 50 percent as proposed, with an

exception for an additional recreational

allowance of two Atlantic sharpnose

sharks per person per trip. The

prohibition on possession of white

sharks was modified to allow for a

catch-and-release-only recreational

fishery. Otherwise, all measures were

implemented as proposed. Partly

because NMFS received comments that

indicated the proposed measures may

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

and because it wanted to ensure that the

impacts were thoroughly analyzed,

NMFS prepared a Final Regulatory

Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) that

assessed the economic impacts of the

regulation on small entities engaged in

the Atlantic shark fishery in the final

rule. In that FRFA, NMFS reaffirmed its

conclusion from the proposed rule stage

that the 1997 quotas would not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

engaged in the large coastal shark

fishery.