25014 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 87 /Wednesday, May 6, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Recovery and Implantation of

Archival Tags.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0338.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 14 hours.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 1.5 hours

for implantation of tags and 30 minutes

for report on recovery of a tag.

Number of Respondents: 18.

Needs and Uses: To investigate the

migratory patterns of Atlantic bluefin

tuna, a program has been undertaken to

implant archival tags in selected tuna.

Under a scientific research exemption,

any person may catch, possess, retain,

and land any regulated species in which

an archival tag has been affixed or

implanted, provided that the person

immediately reports the landing of such

fish. In addition, any person affixing or

implanting an archival tag into a

regulated species is required to provide

written notification to the National

Marine Fisheries Service in advance of

commencing the activity, and upon

completion of the activity, must provide

a written report.

Affected Public: Individuals,

businesses or other for-profit

organizations, and not-for-profit

institutions.

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 Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

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, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–11999 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Generic Clearance for Customer

Satisfaction Surveys

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 July 6, 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 Joanne Dickinson, U.S.

Bureau of the Census, Room 3019–3,

Washington, DC 20233–0800, and 301–

457–4081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is requesting an

extension of the generic clearance to

conduct customer satisfaction research

surveys which may be in the form of

mailed or electronic questionnaires and/

or focus groups or personal interviews.

The Census Bureau has ranked a

customer focused environment as one of

its most important strategic planning

objectives. The Bureau routinely needs

to collect and analyze customer

feedback about its products and services

to better align them to its customers’

needs and preferences. Several products

and distribution channels have been

designed/redesigned based on feedback

from its various customer satisfaction

research efforts.

Each research design is reviewed for

content, utility, and user-friendliness by

a variety of appropriate staff (including

research design and subject-matter

specialists). The concept and design are

tested by internal staff and a select

sample of respondents to confirm its

appropriateness, user-friendliness, and

to estimate burden (including hours and

cost) of the proposed collection of

information. Collection techniques are

discussed and included in the research

concept design discussions to define the

most time-, cost-efficient and accurate

collection media.

The clearance operates in the

following manner: a block of hours is

reserved at the beginning of each year,

and the particular activities that will be

conducted under the clearance are not

specified in advance. The Census

Bureau provides information to OMB

about the specific activities on a flow

basis throughout the year. OMB is

notified of each activity in a letter that

gives specific details about the activity,

rather than by means of individual

clearance packages. At the end of each

year, a report is submitted to OMB that

summarizes the number of hours used

as well as the nature and results of the

activities completed under the

clearance.

Some modifications of the clearance

from previous years are planned. The

number of hours is expanded from 3,500

per year to 3,750 to allow for largerscale research efforts with increased

analytical power. In addition, incentives

as a survey procedure may also be the

subject of research under the clearance.

II. Method of Collection

This research may be in the form of

mailed or electronic questionnaires and/

or focus groups or personal interviews.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0760.

Form Number: Various.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, State or local governments,

farms, businesses or other for-profit

organizations, Federal agencies or

employees, Non-profit institutions,

Small businesses or organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

45,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 3,750 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is

no cost to respondents, except for their

time to answer the questions posed.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Executive Order

12862.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information