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: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).

Title: Request for Reexport Authorization.

Agency Form Number: BXA 699-P, EAR 774.3(b).

OMB Approval Number: 0694-0010.

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

approved collection.

Burden: 304 hours.

Number of Respondents: 700.

Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes per response, 1 minute for

recordkeeping per response.

Needs and Uses: When certain goods or technology have been exported

from the U.S. on an approved export license, the items may not be

reexported without the authority of BXA. U.S. exporters or the foreign

firms intending to reexport commodities must provide information on the

new destination and intended use. BXA needs the information to

determine whether or not the new consignee is reliable.

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

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.

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

OMB Desk Officer: Gary Waxman, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).

Title: Statement by Ultimate Consignee and Purchaser.

Agency Form Number: BXA 629-P, EAR 775.2.

OMB Approval Number: 0694-0021.

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

approved collection.

Burden: 4,289 hours.

Number of Respondents: 8,300.

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes per response, 1 minute for

recordkeeping per response.

Needs and Uses: Most export license application requests must be

accompanied by supporting documents designed to elicit information

concerning the intended end-use and end-user of the goods abroad. In

order to verify what the U.S. exporter has told the Bureau of Export

Administration about the shipment, the ultimate consignee and purchaser

are also required to provide information on the use of the item. The

information is used by licensing officers in determining the validity

of the end-use.

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

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.

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

OMB Desk Officer: Gary Waxman, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Economic Survey of Commercial Reef Fishermen in the Gulf of

Mexico.

Agency Form Number: No number assigned.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New Collection.

Burden: 413 hours.

Number of Respondents: 265.

Avg Hours Per Response: Response time varies but on average will be

about 90 minutes.

Needs and Uses: This is a survey of fishermen with commercial

permits for reef fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey is designed

to collect economic information about commercial fishing activities for

reef fish and other species, including catch, revenue and cost data.

The information provided will be used to determine the current economic

status of commercial fishermen and to estimate the economic effects of

regulatory alternatives under consideration.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

institutions, small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: The U.S. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

(GOES) Data Collection Systems (DCS).

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648--0157.

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

approved collection.

Burden: 27 hours.

Number of Respondents: 9.

Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.

Needs and Uses: The GOES DCS is a system for collecting and

transmitting data from remote locations via a government-owned

geostationary satellite. GOES collects meteorological, hydrological and

oceanic data. The entire capacity of GOES is not presently being used.

Therefore, it is possible for NOAA to allow others involved in

environmental data collection to use GOES. Before admitting a user to

GOES, NOAA requests information on the project to determine if it meets

program requirements. Without this information, NOAA could not make a

determination on the application.

Affected Public: Individuals, state or local governments,

businesses or other for-profit institutions, federal agencies, non-

profit institutions, small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion -- information is provided one time when

initially making application.

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

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Alaska Region Federal Fisheries Permits.

Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-155.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0206.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 906 hours.

Number of Respondents: 2,296.

Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes for permits, 30 hours for

experimental fishing permits.

Needs and Uses: Fishermen wanting to fish in regulated fisheries in

the Alaska Region must apply for vessel permits. Fishermen who wish to

experiment with fishing techniques must apply for an experimental

permit. The information is used in developing management controls on

fishing effort, as well as to enforce the measures once they are in

effect.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

institutions, small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: Annually.

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

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Southwest Region Logbook Family of Forms.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0214.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 1,293 hours.

Number of Respondents: 215 (65 responses per respondent).

Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 5 minutes and 4 hours

depending on reporting requirement -- most requirements are 5 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council has

prepared four Fishery Management Plans for crustaceans, precious

corals, bottomfish and seamount groudfish, and pelagic species. This

request covers logbooks and other reporting requirements

(transshipment, sales, notifications, experimental fishing reports,

etc.). The information is used in developing management measures to

control fishing effort, as well as to enforce the measures once they

are in effect.

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

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340, Room 3208, New

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

Copies of the above information collection proposals can be

obtained by calling or writing Edward Michals, 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 the respective OMB Desk Officer listed

above, Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: March 22, 1994

Edward Michals,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 94-7386 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]

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