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Request for comments for regulations impacting the harvesting and culture of live rock in the Southeastern US
April 26, 2005, Number 1
Summary: The following Federal Register notice is a request for comments on proposed regulations impacting the harvesting of live rock used in the aquarium trade in the
southeastern US.
[Federal Register: April 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 79)]
[Notices]
[Page 21393-21394]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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: Southeast Region Gear Identification Requirements.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648-0359.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 2,192.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 7 minutes per trap; 10 seconds per
coral rock; and 20 minutes per gillnet float.
Needs and Uses: The participants in certain Federally regulated
fisheries in the Southeast Region of the U.S. must mark their fishing
gear with the vessel's official identification number or permit number
(depending upon the fishery) and color code. The harvesters of aquaculture
live rock must mark or tag the material deposited. These requirements are
needed to aid fishery enforcement activities and for purposes of gear
identification
of lost or damaged gear and related civil proceedings.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Individuals or households.
Frequency: Annually.
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: April 21, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-8315 Filed 4-25-05; 8:45 am]
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