30722 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 108 / Friday, June 5, 1998 / Notices

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. 98–14947 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Foreign Fishing 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 Bob Dickinson, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, International

Fisheries Division, 1315 East West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301) 713–2337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under provisions of the MagnusonStevens 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 requirements imposed on foreign

fishing vessels authorized to deploy gear

in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

At this time no vessels have such an

authorization.

II. Method of Collection

Deployed gear which is not physically

and continuously attached to the vessel

must be marked by a buoy displaying

the vessel identification of the vessel

that deployed the gear and must have

attached a light visible for two miles at

night in good visibility.

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: 0.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 0.

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. 98–14948 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Northeast Region Vessel 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 a requirement that fishing

vessels display the vessel’s official

number in a specific way. The display

of the number assists law enforcement