[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64397-64398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 121001A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency 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: NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency.
    Burden Hours: 13,044.
    Number of Respondents: 539.
    Average Hours Per Response: 6 hours for installation of a VMS unit, 
4 hours per year to maintain a VMS unit, 5 seconds for an automated 
position report, and 12 minutes to fax a check-in report.
    Needs and Uses: As required in the reasonable and prudent measures 
in the Endangered Species Act, Section 7 biological opinion on the 
effects of the BSAI and GOA pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod 
fisheries on the endangered Steller sea lions, the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) must implement changes to information 
collected from fishery participants. These new registrations will be in 
effect on January 1, 2002 and will end for Atka mackerel on January 15, 
2002. In order to participate in the three fisheries, these registered 
participants must install vessel monitoring system (VMS) units on their 
vessels and operate the VMS while directed fishing for each of the 
species. Some of these applicants have already acquired VMS units for 
use in the Atka mackerel and pollock fisheries. This emergency 
collection of information extends the requirement for use of VMS units 
to all vessels that are directed fishing for Pacific cod, pollock, and 
Atka mackerel in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Every 20 minutes for a position report, on occasion for 
a check-in report.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

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    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 Paperwork 
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: December 6, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-30826 Filed 12-12-01; 8:45 am]
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