30718 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 108 / Friday, June 5, 1998 / Notices

II. Method of Collection

The information is collected on a

form.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648–0227.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; individuals; business or

other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal

governments; the Federal government;

and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 50 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $0.

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: June 1, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14941 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Gear-Marking Requirements for

Fishing in the Southern Ocean Areas

of the Convention of Antarctic Marine

Living Resources

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

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

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 4, 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 Robin Tuttle, Office of

Science and Technology, National

Marine Fisheries Service, Room 14212,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301–713–2282).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under the provisions of the

Convention of Antarctic Marine Living

Resources a requirement had been

imposed that vessels operating in

certain areas of the southern oceans and

fishing for finfishes, krill, or crab must

mark any fishing gear not attached to

the vessel with a buoy displaying the

vessel’s identification number. The

requirements assists law enforcement

officials in monitoring fishing and other

activities and to ascertain whether the

vessel is participating in activities

authorized for that vessel.

NOAA has previously received

Paperwork Reduction Act clearance for

all of its gear-marking requirements

under one Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) control number, 0648–

0305, but for internal management

reasons NOAA intends that future

clearances will be obtained on a

regional or fishery basis.

II. Method of Collection

The vessel’s official number must be

displayed on any fishing gear not

attached to the vessel.

III. Data

OMB Number: None (Previously

cleared under 0648–0305).

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes per buoy.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 5.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $200.

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: June 1, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14942 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Northwest Emergency Assistance Plan

(NEAP)

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

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

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 4, 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