[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2876-2877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1063]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 010901A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management

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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: Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0202.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 21,035.
    Number of Respondents: 43,203.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes for an initial vessel permit 
application, 15 minutes for a vessel permit renewal application, 5 
minutes for a dealer permit application, 1 hour for an operator permit 
application, 3 hours for a limited access vessel upgrade or replacement 
application, 30 minutes for a request for retention of a permit 
history, 3 hours for limited access permit appeal, 2 minutes for a 
notification prior to the start or end of a fishing trip or for any 
other notification related to fishery activity unless otherwise noted 
below, 3 minutes to declare a block of time out of specified fisheries, 
1 hour to install a vessel monitoring system, 5 seconds for an 
automated position report from a vessel monitoring system, 30 minutes 
for a request to turn off a vessel monitoring system, 2 minutes for 
notification for observer coverage, 30 minutes to apply for a Good 
Samaritan credits when assisting Coast Guard search and rescue 
operations or assisting in towing a disabled vessel; 5 minutes to 
request a letter of authorization for an exemption program (unless 
otherwise noted below), 2 minutes to obtain a Charter/Party Exemption 
Certificate for Gulf of Maine Closed Areas, 2 minutes to request a 
certificate for the state waters winter flounder exemption program, 5 
minutes for a limited access scallop vessel fishing under the scallop 
DAS program to request a letter of authorization to fish for scallops 
with trawl nets, 5 minutes for an initial lobster area designation, 2 
minutes for a request for additional lobster gear tags, 3 minutes for a 
notification of lost lobster gear tags, 2 minutes for a request to 
change a permit category designation, 2 minutes for a request for 
transit, 3 minutes for an area declaration, 3 minutes to call out of a 
fishery, 10 minutes for a gillnet category designation (including 
initial request for gillnet tags), 2 minutes to request additional 
gillnet tags, 2 minutes to notify of lost tags and to request 
replacement, 1 minute to attach a gillnet tag, and 1 hour to request a 
state quota transfer. Note that many of these requirements only apply 
to specified fisheries in specified circumstances.
    Needs and Uses: Any individual or organization participating in 
federally-controlled fisheries is required to obtain permits. The 
purpose and use of permits is to: (1) register fishermen, fishing 
vessels, fish dealers and processors, (2) list the characteristics of 
fishing vessels and/or dealer/processor operations, (3) exercise 
influence over compliance (e.g., withhold issuance pending collection 
of unpaid penalties), (4) provide a mailing list for the dissemination 
of important information to the industry, (5) register participants to 
be considered for limited entry, and (6) provide a universe for data 
collection samples. Identification of the participants, their gear 
types, vessels, and expected activity levels is an effective tool in 
the enforcement of fishery regulations. This information is needed to 
measure the consequences of management controls as well. Participants 
in certain fisheries may also be required to notify NOAA before fishing 
trips for the purpose of observer placement and to make other reports 
on fishing activities.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations, 
individuals and households.
    Frequency: On occasion, annual, triennial.
    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 Forms 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: January 5, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-1063 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45am]
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