[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9687-9688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3388]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020501B]


Southwest Region Vessel Monitoring System Requirements

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request.

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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 comment on proposed and/or continuing 
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230 (or via 
Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional technical 
information on VMS Units and operations, please contact Mr. Bob Harman 
at NOAA Honolulu Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 50246, Honolulu,

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HI 96850-7118, (808) 541-3075, [email protected]. For information on 
regulations pertaining to VMS Units or copies of the information 
collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Alvin 
Katekaru, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., 
Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814, (808) 973-2935 ext. 207, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Federal permit holders in the Hawaii longline pelagic fishery are 
prohibited from fishing unless their vessel has an operational Vessel 
Monitoring System (VMS)unit. Permit holders in the lobster fishery of 
the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that use a VMS are allowed to fish 
closer to fishing grounds before the regulated opening of the fishery. 
VMS units automatically transmit periodic location reports, allowing 
fishery enforcement offices to establish the position of the vessels. 
These requirements are currently approved under OMB Control #0648-0307, 
but renewal of OMB clearance is being sought separately from the other 
requirements that formed 0648-0307.

II. Method of Collection

    All VMS position reports are transmitted automatically and 
electronically.

III. Data

    OMB Number: None.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 165.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4 hours to install a VMS, 2 hours per 
year to repair and maintain a VMS, and 24 seconds per day to transmit 
automated positions reports.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 731.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: None.

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: February 2, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-3388 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
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