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prohibition, such as a taking for 

scientific research purposes or to 

enhance the propagation or survival of 

species listed as threatened or 

endangered under the ESA. NOAA has 

issued regulations to provide for 

application and reporting for exceptions 

related to scientific research or to 

enhance the propagation of threatened 

or endangered species. The information 

used to evaluate the proposed activity 

(permits) and on-going activities 

(reports) is necessary for NMFS to 

ensure the conservation of the species 

under the ESA. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations, not-for-profit institutions; 

federal government; state, local or tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21683 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Alaska Region Scale and Catch 

Weighing Requirements. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0330. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 6,904. 

Number of Respondents: 103. 

Average Hours per Response: 6 

minutes for at-sea inspection request; 45 

minutes for record of daily scale tests; 

45 minutes for printed output of at-sea 

scale weight; 45 minutes for printed 

output of State of Alaska scale weight; 

63 hours for scale type evaluation; 6 

minutes for at-sea scale approval report/ 

sticker; 6 minutes for application to 

inspect scales on behalf of NMFS; 2 

hours for observer sampling station 

inspection request; 0 hours for certified 

bins for volumetric estimates of catch 

weight; 5 minutes for inspection request 

for inshore catch monitoring and control 

plan (CMCP); 40 hours for inshore 

processors CMCP; 8 hours for CMCP 

addendum; 5 minutes for notification of 

observer offloading schedule for Bering 

Sea and Aleutian Island pollock; 2 

minutes for prior notice to observers of 

scale tests; and 40 hours for crab catch 

monitoring plan. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the 

commercial groundfish harvest off 

Alaska using an annual total allowable 

catch for each species based on ‘‘round’’

weight, or the weight of the fish prior to 

processing. However, much of the fish 

harvested off Alaska is harvested by 

catcher/processors that process the 

catch at-sea. NMFS estimates the total 

weight of fish harvested by those trawl 

gear catcher/processors by requiring the 

vessel to weigh all or part of their catch 

on a motion-compensated scale. This 

collection describes the steps involved 

and the procedure for: evaluating scales 

prior to NMFS approval for use, 

inspecting and testing approved scales 

onboard vessels, recordkeeping and 

audit trails, coordinating with onboard 

and onshore observers, and providing 

NMFS with a catch monitoring plan for 

crab, offshore groundfish, and inshore 

groundfish. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Daily for time period. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21684 Filed 10–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Gear-Marking Requirements for 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction 

Plan. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0364. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 2,572. 

Number of Respondents: 4,506. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 

minute. 

Needs and Uses: The gear-marking 

requirements will assist the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 

obtaining detailed information about 

which fisheries or specific parts of 

fishing gear are responsible for the 

incidental mortality and serious injury 

of North Atlantic right, humpback, and 

fin whales obtained as a result of gearmarking, which links incidental 

mortality and serious injury of marine 

mammals to specific gear types, 

locations, and fishermen. The 

information will enable NMFS to focus 

future management measures on 

specific problem areas and issues and 

avoid instituting potentially overly 

broad measures that affect fisheries 

unnecessarily. This collection of 

information would affect the following 

fisheries: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 

lobster trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic blue 

crab trap/pot fisheries; Atlantic mixed 

species trap/pot fisheries targeting crab 

(red, Jonah, and rock), hagfish, finfish 

(black sea bass, scup, tautog, cod, 

haddock, pollock, redfish, and white 

hake), conch/whelk, and shrimp; 

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic anchored 

gillnet; Northeast drift gillnet; MidAtlantic coastal gillnet; Southeast shark 

gillnet; and Southeast Atlantic gillnet. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations.