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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - 50 CFR Part 229
          - [Docket No. 080103017-8598-03]
          - RIN 0648-AS01

# AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

# ACTION:

Final rule; notice of OMB approval of collection -of-information collection requirements.

# SUMMARY:

                        NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in regulations                               ( print page 23971)                            implementing amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.                     

# DATES:

The information collection requirements associated with the final rule published on October 5, 2007 are effective May 1, 2008.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Diane Borggaard, NMFS, Northeast Region, 978-281-9300 Ext. 6503,                         *diane.borggaard@noaa.gov*; Kristy Long, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, 301-713-2322,                         *kristy.long@noaa.gov*; or Barb Zoodsma, NMFS, Southeast Region, 904-321-2806,                         *barb.zoodsma@noaa.gov*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Electronic Access

                    This                     **Federal Register**                     document is also accessible at the web site of the Office of the Federal Register:                     *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/​fr/​index.html*.                

## Background

                    On October 5, 2007, NMFS published a final rule implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) (72 FR 57104). That final rule contained collection-of-information requirements that were submitted to, but not yet approved by, the Office of Management and Budget.  Because OMB had not yet approved the collection-of-information requirements by the publication date of that final rule, NMFS noted in that final rule that it would publish a subsequent                     **Federal Register**                     notice upon OMB's issuance of a control number.                 

On December 7, 2007, OMB approved the collection-of-information requirements contained in the October 5, 2007 final rule.  NMFS announces that the collection-of-information requirements are approved under Control Number 0648-0364, with an expiration date of February 28, 2009. 

Dated:   April 25, 2008.

Samuel D. Rauch III,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 08-1202 Filed 4-28-08; 4:00 pm]

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