[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36538-36539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15405]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061203G]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management 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 Vessel Monitoring and Communications.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0404.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 974.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour for installation of a vessel 
monitoring system (VMS); 2 minutes for verification of installation; 5 
seconds for an automatic position report; and 2 minutes for a Letter of 
Authorization Exemption request.
    Needs and Uses: Owners or operators of vessels that have caught 500 
metric tons of herring in the past year, or intend to catch 500 metric 
tons in the current year, must equip their vessels with an approved 
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). The VMS units automatically report the 
vessel's position at least once per hour when the vessel is underway. 
Vessel owners must submit proof that the VMS has been installed. 
Herring carriers may be exempted from this requirement by obtaining a 
letter of authorization from NOAA.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion, hourly.
    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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance

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Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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: June 11, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-15405 Filed 6-17-03; 8:45 am]
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