DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provision of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104 13.

Bureau: International Trade Administration.

Title: U.S. Government Trade Event Information Request.

Agency Form Number: ITA4136P.

OMB Number: 06250238.

Type of Request: Regular Submission.

Burden: 50 hours.

Number of Respondents: 50.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour.

Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's Advocacy Center marshals federal resources to assist U.S. firms competing for foreign government procurements worldwide. The Advocacy Center is under the umbrella of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), which is chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and includes 19 federal agencies involved in export promotion. The mission of the Advocacy Center is to promote U.S. exports and create U.S. jobs and coordinate U.S. Government ( ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-05-03-30238 Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-05-03-30285

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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Scup Gear Restricted Area (GRA) Access Program Authorization.

Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: 06480469.

Type of Request: Emergency submission.

Burden Hours: 887.

Number of Respondents: 72.

Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes for a telephone call to request a GRA authorization; 2 minutes for a notification call at least 5 days prior to a trip; 2 minutes for a transmission for declaring into a GRA when the vessel leaves port; 15 seconds per automated position report from a vessel monitoring system; and 10 minutes for a daily manual vessel monitoring system report of discards (including null reports).

Needs and Uses: This collection of informati ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-05-03-30285 Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-05-03-30286

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: Human Dimensions of Marine Resource Management.

Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: Regular submission.

Burden Hours: 3,000.

Number of Respondents: 4,800.

Average Hours Per Response: 0.625.

Needs and Uses: This request is for a generic clearance for social science research related to the human dimensions of the utilization of living marine resources. This process has been initiated in order to expedite the approval process for future specific data collections.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for profit organizations; notforprofit institutions; Federal government; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
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