67660 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2005 / Notices 

Title: Monitoring of Fish Trap Fishing 

in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0392. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 244. 

Number of Respondents: 86. 

Average Hours Per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: Any persons using 

fish traps to participate in the 

commercial reef fish fishery in the Gulf 

of Mexico are required to make 

telephone reports when initiating and 

terminating fishing trips. This 

information is needed to monitor fish 

trap fishing until the implementation of 

a vessel monitoring system for this 

population. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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: November 2, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22182 Filed 11–7–05; 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 of 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: Pacific Islands Region Coral 

Reef Ecosystems Logbook and 

Reporting. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0462. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 382. 

Number of Respondents: 5. 

Average Hours Per Response: At-sea 

notifications, 3 minutes; logbook 

reports, 30 minutes; and transshipment 

reports, 15 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: Logbooks are 

required for U.S. fishing vessels 

registered for use (or any U.S. citizen 

issued) with a Special Coral Reef 

Ecosystem Fishing Permit authorized 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western 

Pacific Region. The information in the 

mandatory logbooks are used to obtain 

fish catch/fishing effort data on coral 

reef management species harvested in 

designated low-use marine protected 

areas and on potentially-harvested coral 

reef management species in certain 

waters of the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone in the western Pacific region. 

These data are needed to determine the 

condition of the stocks and whether the 

current management measures are 

having the intended effects, to evaluate 

the benefits and costs of changes in 

management measures, and to monitor 

and respond to incidental takes of 

endangered and threatened marine 

animals. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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: November 2, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22183 Filed 11–7–05; 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: Report of Whaling Operations. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0311. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 48. 

Number of Respondents: 52. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Individual reports, 30 minutes; and 

summary reports, 10 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: Native Americans 

are allowed to conduct certain 

aboriginal subsistence whaling in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

International Whaling Commission 

(IWC). Captains participating in these 

operations must submit certain 

information to the relevant Native 

American whaling organization about 

strikes on and catch of whales. Anyone 

retrieving a dead whale is also required 

to report. Captains must place a 

distinctive permanent identification 

mark on any harpoon, lance, or 

explosive dart used, and must also 

provide information on the mark and 

self-identification information. The 

relevant Native American whaling 

organization receives the reports, 

compiles them, and submits the 

information to NOAA. The information 

is used to monitor the hunt and to 

ensure that quotas are not exceeded. 

The information is also provided to the 

International Whaling Commission, 

which uses it to monitor compliance 

with its requirements. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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