Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices 2887

Comment 12: Countervailability of

European Coal and Steel Community

Article 54 Loans

Comment 13: Countervailability of PrePrivatization Retirement Benefits under

Law 451/94

Comment 14: 1988 Equity Infusion

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010801E]

South Pacific Tuna Act

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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 March 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Raymond P. Clarke,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1601

Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, Honolulu,

Hawaii 96814-4704, (808-973-2935 ext.

205), on the Internet at

ray.clarke@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Treaty on Fisheries Between the

Governments of Certain Pacific Island

States and the Government of the

United States, signed in Port Moresby,

Papua New Guinea, in 1987, and its

annexes, schedules and implementing

agreements, as amended (Treaty),

authorize U.S. tuna vessels to fish

within fishing zones of a large region of

the Pacific Ocean. The South Pacific

Tuna Act (16 U.S.C. 973g and 973f) and

U.S. implementing regulations (50 CFR

282.3 and 282.5) authorize the

collection of information from

participants in the Treaty fishery.

Vessel operators who wish to

participate in the Treaty fishery must

submit annual license and registration

applications and periodic written

reports of catch and unloading of fish

from a licensed vessel. The information

collected is submitted to the Forum

Fisheries Agency (FFA) through the U.S.

government (National Marine Fisheries

Service). License and registration

application information is used by FFA

to determine the operational capability

and financial responsibility of a vessel

operator interested in participating in

the Treaty fishery. Information obtained

from vessel catch and unloading reports

is used by FFA to assess fishing effort

and fishery resources in the region and

to track the amount of fish caught

within each Pacific island state’s

exclusive economic zone for fair

disbursement of Treaty monies. If the

information is not collected, the U.S.

government will not meet its obligations

under the Treaty, and the lack of fishing

information will result in poor

management of the fishery resources.

II. Method of Collection

The information is collected using

forms required under the Treaty.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0648-0218.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

32.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes for a license application or a

registration application, 1 hour for a

catch report, and 30 minutes for an

unloading log sheet.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 248.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $576.

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: January 4, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010801D]

NOAA Customer Surveys

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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 March 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

MClayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Richard Roberts, OFA1x1,

Station 8118, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (phone 301-

713-3525, ext. 115).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is

planning to seek renewed Paperwork

Reduction Act approval for a generic

clearance for customer surveys

conducted by NOAA program offices.