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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 vessel-identification

requirements under one Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) control

number, 0648–0306, but for internal

management reasons NOAA intends

that future clearances will be obtained

on a regional or fishery basis. This

notice is for the requirements imposed

in the Northeast Region for the

following fisheries: summer flounder;

black sea bass; scup; American lobster;

Atlantic sea scallop; Northeast

multispecies; Atlantic surf clam and

ocean quahog; Atlantic mackerel, squid

and butterfish.

II. Method of Collection

The vessel’s official number must be

displayed in a specified size on the port

and starboard sides of the deckhouse or

hull and on a weather deck.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,655.

Estimated Time Per Response: 45

minutes (15 minutes for each of 3

specified locations).

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 4,241 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $120,169.

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. 98–14949 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Northeast Region Gear Identification

Requirements

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 Mary M. Tokarcik,

Fisheries Management Specialist, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930,

(978) 281–9326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under the provisions of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et. seq.) NOAA is

responsible for management of the

Nation’s marine fisheries. As part of its

efforts to enforce fishery regulations,

NOAA has included in some of those

regulations requirements that fishing

gear be marked. The ability to link gear

to its owner or operator is essential for

enforcement in these fisheries, and the

identification of gear is also useful in

actions concerning the damage or loss of

gear.

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. This notice is

for the requirements imposed in the

Northeast Region for the following:

American lobster traps; black sea bass

traps; scup traps; multispecies fish

traps; multispecies gill nets; and

multispecies longlines.

II. Method of Collection

Fishermen in selected fisheries must

mark their fishing gear. American

Lobster, black sea bass and scup traps

must be marked by a number assigned

by the Regional Administrator.

Multispecies traps, longlines and

gillnets must be marked with the owner

and vessel names or the vessel’s official

number, so that it is visible on the

surface of the water.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,203.

Estimated Time Per Response: Each

lobster trap will take one minute to

mark, each multispecies trap, longline

and gillnet will take one minute to

mark, each scup pot will take one

minute to mark and each black sea bass

pot will take one minute to mark.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 24,516 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $367,736.

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.
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Dated: June 1, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14950 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Gear

Identification Requirements

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 Christopher Rogers,

Highly Migratory Species Management

Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910;

(301) 713–2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Any flotation device attached to

handline or harpoon gear used to fish

for Atlantic highly migratory species

(tunas, swordfish, sharks) must be

marked with the permit number of the

vessel from which it is used.

Regulations for these fisheries prohibit

at-sea transfer of catch. This

requirement is necessary to identify

catch that is buoyed for later pickup.

II. Method of Collection

There is no form used under this

requirement. Permit numbers are issued

to vessel operators (under a separate

information collection) and the permit

number is marked on flotation gear. The

requirement is contained at 50 CFR

285.33.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individuals, Business

and other for-profit organizations

(respondents are operators of vessels in

the Atlantic tunas, swordfish and shark

fisheries who fish with handgear).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,600.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes per float (it is assumed that

each vessel would have a maximum of

five floats).

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 2,000.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $24,000 (for materials).

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. 98–14951 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 980427106–8106–01]

RIN 0648–ZA42

Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy

Fellowship National Sea Grant College

Federal Fellows Program

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

applications may be submitted for a

Fellowship program which was initiated

by the National Sea Grant College

Program Office (NSGCPO), in fulfilling

its broad educational responsibilities, to

provide educational experience in the

policies and processes of the Legislative

and Executive Branches of the Federal

Government to graduate students in

marine related fields. The Fellowship

program accepts applications once a

year during the month of September. All

applicants must submit an application

to one of the Sea Grant College Programs

in their state. If there is no program in

the applicant’s state they should apply

through the closest state Sea Grant

College Program.

DATES: Deadlines vary from state to

state, but are generally due in early

August. Contact your state Sea Grant

College Program for specific deadlines

(see list below).

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

addressed to the Sea Grant College

Program in your state or the closest

state. Contact your state Sea Grant

College Program for the mailing address

from the list below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information and brochures can be

obtained from Dr. Shirley J. Fiske,

Director, National Sea Grant Federal

Fellows Program, National Sea Grant

College Program, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, telephone (301) 713–2431

extension 148 or call your nearest Sea

Grant program:

University of Alaska—(907) 474–7086

University of California—(619) 534–

4440

University of Connecticut—(860) 405–

9128

University of Delaware—(302) 831–2841

University of Florida—(352) 392–5870

University of Georgia—(706) 542–6009

University of Hawaii—(808) 956–7031

University of Illinois—(317) 494–3593

Louisiana State University—(504) 388–

6710

University of Maine—(207) 581–1436

University of Maryland—(301) 405–

6371

Massachusetts Institute of Technology—

(617) 253–7131

University of Michigan—(313) 763–1437

University of Minnesota—(218) 726–

8106

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant

Consortium—(601) 875–9341

University of New Hampshire—(603)

862–3505