# 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* : Documentation of Fish Harvest.
*Form Number(s)* : None.
*OMB Approval Number* : 0648-0365.
*Type of Request* : Regular submission.
*Burden Hours* : 50.
*Number of Respondents* : 25.
*Average Hours Per Response* : 30 minutes.
*Needs and Uses* : Seafood dealers who possess red porgy, gag, black grouper, or greater amberjack during seasonal fishery closures must maintain documentation that such fish were harvested from areas other than the South Atlantic. Documentation includes information on the vessel that harvested the fish and on where and when the fish were offloaded. The information is required for the enforcement of fishery regulations.
*Affected Public* : Business or other for-profit organizations, individuals or households.
*Frequency* : Recordkeeping.
*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 Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at *[email protected]* ).
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, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 26, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.