Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 82 / Thursday, April 27, 2000 / Notices 24683

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10514 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042400D]

Pelagic Longline Vessel Monitoring

System Checklist; Proposed

Information Collection; Request for

Comments

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington

DC 20230 (or via Internet at

lengelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Christopher Rogers,

Highly Migratory Species Management

Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910;

301–713–2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Under the provisions of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) is responsible

for management of the nation’s marine

fisheries. In addition, NOAA must

comply with the United States’

obligations under the Atlantic Tunas

Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971

et seq.) to implement the

recommendations of the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). ICCAT adopted

a recommendation that each member

country institute, as a 3-year pilot

program, a satellite-based vessel

monitoring system (VMS) on certain

vessels fishing for ICCAT-regulated

species on the high seas outside the

Exclusive Economic Zone of any coastal

state. NOAA’s National Marine

Fisheries Service (NMFS) has obtained

Office of Management and Budget

approval to collect automated VMS

position reports from pelagic longline

vessels as of September 1, 2000.

NMFS proposes to add an additional

requirement for the submission of a

certification and checklist regarding

installation of the VMS equipment.

These would have to be returned to

NMFS prior to the effective date of the

VMS regulation. Given that the VMS

hardware and satellite communications

services are provided by third-parties as

approved by NMFS, there is a need for

NMFS to collect information regarding

the individual vessel’s installation in

order to ensure that automated position

reports will be received.

II. Method of Collection

Respondents would submit a signed

copy of the checklist, certifying that

they followed the applicable

procedures. They would also provide

information on the equipment used and

the service provider selected.

III. Data

KOMB Number: 0648–0372.

KForm Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit institutions, individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

298.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5

minutes (the burden for actual

installation of the VMS equipment was

included in previous clearance requests,

so this response time is solely for

completing the checklist form and

submitting it).

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Public: $100.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10515 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042400B]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene

public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held May

15–19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Radisson Hotel New Orleans, 1500

Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana;

telephone: 504–522–4500.

Council Address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

Florida 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 813–228–2815.