[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5504-5505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01896]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and

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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: Pacific Albacore Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0223.
    Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88-197.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 4,000.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    U.S. fishermen, participating in the Pacific albacore tuna fishery, 
are required to obtain a Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management 
Plan and/or a High-Seas Fishery Compliance Act permit (under the 
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Council and/or the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act). A requirement for 
the permits is to complete and submit logbooks documenting their daily 
fishing activities, including catch and effort for each fishing trip. 
Submissions must be made within 30 days of the completion of a trip. 
The information obtained is used by the agency to assess the status of 
Pacific albacore stocks and to monitor the fishery.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Approximately four times per year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: January 28, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01896 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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