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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [052501A]

# AGENCY:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

# ACTION: 

Proposed information 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, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

# DATES:

Written comments must be submitted on or before July 30, 2001.

# ADDRESSES: 

Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 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 Christopher Rogers, Highly Migratory Species Management Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (phone 301-713-2347). 

# 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.  In addition, NOAA must comply with the United States’ obligations under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.).  A Certificate of Eligibility for Billfishes is required under 50 CFR part 635 to accompany all billfish offered for sale except for a billfish landed in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of landing.  This documentation certifies that the accompanying billfish was not harvested from the Atlantic Ocean management unit (described on the form).  The certificate must accompany the billfish to any dealer or processor who subsequently receives or possesses the billfish.  This collection is necessary to implement the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan, whose objective is to reserve Atlantic billfish for the recreational fishery.

## II. Method of Collection

A paper form and recordkeeping is used.

## III. Data

*OMB  Number*: 0648-0216.                

*Form  Number*: None.                

*Type  of  Review*: Regular submission.                

*Affected  Public*: Business and other for-profit organizations.                

*Estimated  Number  of  Respondents*: 10 for completion of certificate and 2250 for recordkeeping.                

*Estimated  Time  Per  Response*: 20 minutes for completion of the certificate, 2 minutes per subsequent recordkeepers.                

*Estimated  Total  Annual  Burden  Hours*: 117.                

*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: May 23, 2001.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01-13679 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]

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