[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 77614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Western Pacific 
Pelagic Longline Fishery, American Samoa Longline and Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands Bottomfish Fisheries.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0441.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 208.
    Average Hours Per Response: Installation of vessel monitoring 
system (VMS), 4 hours; replacement, two hours, maintenance/repair, one 
hour and 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 170.
    Needs and Uses: As part of the Western Pacific Management Plan, 
authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), vessels registered to Hawaii 
longline limited entry permits, large (greater than 50 ft. overall 
length) vessels registered to American Samoa longline limited entry 
permits, and medium (greater than 40 ft. overall length) and large 
vessels registered to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
(CNMI) bottomfish permits must have satellite-based vessel monitoring 
systems (VMS) installed and operating during all fishing operations. 
VMS data are used to monitor compliance with closed and prohibited 
fishing areas (including Marine National Monument areas closed to 
commercial fishing), and verification of logbook reports, among other 
compliance and verification purposes. This renewal includes the 
consolidation of VMS requirements from currently approved OMB Control 
Numbers 0648-0441 (VMS requirements for the Hawaii longline fishery), 
0648-0519 (VMS requirements for the American Samoa longline fishery), 
and 0648-0584 (permitting, vessel identification, and VMS requirements 
for the commercial bottomfish fishery in the CNMI) into 0648-0441.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98d7d1cad9c7cbedfaf5f1ebebf1f7f6d8f7f5fab6fdf7e8b6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="024d4b50435d5177606f6b71716b6d6c426d6f602c676d722c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c7854657279775c78737f327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76123e0f18131d3612191558111900">[email protected]</span></a>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eaa5a3b8abb5b99f8887839999838584aa858788c48f859ac48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80cfc9d2c1dfd3f5e2ede9f3f3e9efeec0efede2aee5eff0aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: December 7, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-31155 Filed 12-10-10; 8:45 am]
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