[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10929]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 651

[Docket No. 950410096-5096-01; I.D. 042695A]
RIN 0648-AH66


Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework 9 Measures; Reporting 
Requirements

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; effectiveness of collection-of-information 
requirements.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in Framework 
Adjustment 9 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP). This rule makes effective several reporting requirements that 
are associated with regulations that provide significant regulatory 
relief to fishermen, including transiting certain closed areas under 
specified conditions, fishing by vessels in a given state's winter 
flounder fishing program under certain conditions using net mesh size 
less than the minimum mesh size, and fishing by party and charter boats 
in the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area under certain conditions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Sections 651.20(a)(6)(iii)(B), 651.20(j)(1), and 
651.21(c)(2)(iv)(A) published at 60 FR 19364 (April 18, 1995) are 
effective on April 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Any comments regarding burden-hour estimates for collection-
of-information requirements contained in this final rule should be sent 
to the Regional Director, Northeast Regional Office, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Gloucester, MA 01930, and to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, (Attention: NOAA Desk Officer), 
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan A. Murphy, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, 508-281-9252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final rule that implemented the measures 
contained in Framework 9 to the FMP was published in the Federal 
Register on April 18, 1995 (60 FR 19364), and most of those measures 
were made effective on April 13, 1995. However, because OMB approval of 
the reporting requirements contained in Framework 9 had not yet been 
received as of the effective date of that rule, effectiveness of those 
measures was delayed. OMB approval for those measures was received on 
April 26, 1995. Consequently this rule makes the three reporting 
measures (Secs. 651.20(a)(6)(iii)(B), 651.20(j)(1), and 
651.21(c)(2)(iv)(A)), which were codified in the April 18 final rule, 
effective.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds that, under 
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1), because immediate implementation of this rule 
relieves restrictions on the industry with virtually no impact on the 
conservation objectives of the FMP, there is no need to delay the 
effectiveness of the reporting requirements contained herein.
    This rule contains three new collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that have been approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget under OMB control number 0648-0202. The 
public reporting burden for each of these collections of information is 
estimated to be 2 minutes per response, including time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of 
information. Send comments regarding these reporting burden estimates 
or any other aspect of these collections of information, including 
suggestions for reducing the burdens, to NMFS and OMB (see ADDRESSES).
    NOAA codifies its OMB control numbers for information collection at 
50 CFR 204.1.
    This action has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of E.O. 12866.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 28, 1995.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-10929 Filed 4-28-95; 4:36 pm]
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