Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposals 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: Capital Construction Fund Agreement and Certificate.

Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-14.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0090.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 2,250.

Number of Respondents: ,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 2.25 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Merchant Marine Act provides for the

administration of the Capital Construction Fund by NOAA. This program

enables fishermen to construct, reconstruct, or (under limited

circumstances), acquire fishing vessels with before-tax, rather than

after-tax dollars. NOAA collects information from fishermen to

determine their eligibility to participate in the program.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, small

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Certificate of Eligibility for Atlantic Billfishes.

Agency Form Number: None Assigned -- Requirements are found at 50

CFR 644-24(B).

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0216.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 117 recordkeeping hours.

Number of Respondents: 260 recordkeepers.

Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 2 and 20 minutes depending

on the recordkeeping requirement.

Needs and Uses: Billfishes are managed under the Atlantic Billfish

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Under the FMP, the sale of billfish

caught in the management area is prohibited. The required documentation

allows enforcement agents to track the route of the shipment and, thus,

helps enforce the prohibition of the commercial sale of certain

billfish coming from the management area.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

institutions, small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: Recordkeeping.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title of Survey: South Pacific Tuna Act Requirements.

Agency Form Number: None assigned.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0218.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 302 hours.

Number of Respondents: 45, with an average 12 responses per

respondent.

Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 15 minutes and one hour

depending on the requirement.

Needs and Uses: In 1987, the U.S. signed a Treaty with a number of

Pacific Island States for the purpose of managing tuna resources in the

South Pacific. The information requirements (license, registration,

catch and unloading data) contained in the implementing regulations are

specific to the Treaty. The consequences of not collecting the data

would result in the U.S. not meeting its obligations.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, small

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: Annually and upon completion of each trip.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Copies of the above information collection proposals can be

obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance

Officer, (202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: December 5, 1994

Gerald Tache,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 94-30392 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]

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