[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20961-20962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10519]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Information Collections Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 25).

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Certificate of Exemption Renewal.
Form Number: Agency: None; OMB Number 0648-0078.
Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date.
Burden: 41 hours; 10 respondents; Avg. Hours Per Response ranges 
between 30 minutes and one hour depending on the requirement.
Needs and Uses: Under the Endangered Species Act, it is illegal to 
engage in [[Page 20962]] interstate or foreign commerce of products 
comprised of endangered fish or wildlife. Certificates of Exemption, 
however, were issued to those persons holding inventories of such items 
before the effective date of the Act. The information collection is to: 
(1) grant the public exemption, and (2) to provide information for 
enforcement purposes.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Quarterly, and every 5 years.
Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Subsequent Purchaser Report.
Form Number: Agency: None; OMB Number 0648-0079.
Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date.
Burden: 150 hours; 150 respondents filing 2 responses; Avg. Hours Per 
Response is 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: Under the Endangered Species Act, it is illegal to 
engage in interstate or foreign commerce of products comprised of 
endangered fish or wildlife. Those persons holding a Certificate of 
Exemption are allowed to sell items that they held before the effective 
date of the Act. For those persons purchasing such items, they must 
file a report if they plan to sell the item in ``intrastate'' commerce. 
This information is used by enforcement officers to distinguish between 
legal and illegal items.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Application for a Commercial Fisheries Exemption Under Section 
114 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
Form Number: Agency: None assigned; OMB Number 0648-0224.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 3,225 hours; 13,000 respondents; Avg. Hours Per Response is 15 
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The MMPA mandates the protection and conservation of 
marine mammals and makes the killing or serious injury of marine 
mammals, except under permit or exemption, a violation of the Act. 
Fishermen must register to obtain the exemption. Without this system, 
commercial fishermen incidentally killing or injuring marine mammals 
during their normal fishing activities are in violation of the MMPA and 
subject to prosecution.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, 
individuals.
Frequency: Annually.
Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing DOC Clearance Officer, Gerald Tache, 
(202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: April 24, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-10519 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]
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