[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61339-61340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27181]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 031016260-3260-01; I.D. 091603A]

15 CFR Part 902

RIN 0648-AR71


NOAA Information Collection Requirements; Update and Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This final rule, technical amendment, updates and corrects 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers and related 
regulatory citations for NMFS information collection requirements. 
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies are required to 
display a current control number assigned by the Director of OMB for 
each agency information requirement. The intent of this action is to 
update and correct the NOAA inventory of control numbers so that the 
inventory reflects the valid OMB control number with its associated 
regulatory citation for each NMFS information collection requirement.

DATES: This regulation is effective October 28, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Belli, Fishery Management 
Specialist, (301) 713-2341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
Part 902 of title 15 CFR displays control numbers assigned to NMFS 
information collection requirements by OMB. This part fulfills the 
requirements of section 3506(c)(1)(B)(i) of the PRA, which requires 
that agencies display a current control number, assigned by the 
Director of OMB, for each agency information collection requirement. 
Portions of 15 CFR 902.1(b) reflect expired or incorrect OMB control 
numbers. In some cases, the regulations cited have previously been 
removed from the CFR and, therefore, there are no approved OMB control 
numbers for those regulations. In addition, the OMB control numbers for 
some requirements have changed but the obsolete numbers are still 
reflected in the inventory. Also, when new collection-of-information 
requirements were previously approved, the final rule implementing the 
collection-of-information requirement did not update 15 CFR part 902.
    Therefore, through this final rule, technical amendment, the 
inventory of OMB approved control numbers is corrected and updated to 
reflect the currently valid control numbers. All of the collection-of-
information requirements displayed in Sec.  902.1(b) have previously 
been submitted to OMB for approval during implementation of regulations 
appearing in the individual parts of title 50. Therefore, this final 
rule, technical amendment does not involve any new reporting or 
recordkeeping requirements.
    Under NOAA Administrative Order 205-11, 7.01, dated December 17, 
1990, the Under Secretary for Oceans and

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Atmosphere has delegated authority to sign material for publication in 
the Federal Register to the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 
(AA).

Classification

    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (b)(B), the AA waives prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment because this action is a rule of agency 
organization, procedure or practice. Because this rule makes only 
minor, non-substantive changes and does not change operating practices 
in any fishery, it is unnecessary to provide for prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment. Because this final rule, technical 
amendment does not constitute a substantive rule, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
553(d), this final rule is not subject to the 30-day delay in 
effectiveness. This final rule, technical amendment makes no 
substantive changes to existing regulations, but rather updates OMB 
control numbers associated with NMFS information collections, all of 
which OMB has previously approved during implementation of regulations 
appearing in the individual parts of title 50 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    Because prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not 
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 
required and has not been prepared.
    This rule is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 902

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: October 21, 2003.
John Oliver
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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For the reasons stated in the preamble, 15 CFR chapter IX is amended as 
follows:

15 CFR Chapter IX

PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS

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1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

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2. In Sec.  902.1, the table in paragraph (b) under 50 CFR is amended 
by:
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a. Removing the following CFR parts or sections in the left hand column 
and their related current OMB control number(s) in the corresponding 
positions in the right hand column, for: 50 CFR 216.24(d), 216.24(e), 
216.114, 216.155, 222.201(c) and (d), 222.202, 222.204 (f) and (g), 
229.7, 663.6, 679.4, 679.4(b)(5)(vi), 679.4(k)(6)(iii), 
679.4(k)(6)(iv), 679.4(k)(7)(iii), 679.5, 679.5(n)(2)(iii), 679.24, 
679.28, 679.28(f)(3)(i), 679.28(f)(3)(ii), 679.28(f)(3)(iii), 
679.28(f)(4), (f)(5), and (f)(6), and 679.32;
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b. Adding the CFR part or sections in numerical order in the left hand 
column and its related OMB control number(s) in the corresponding right 
hand column in numerical order: 50 CFR 216.26, 223.203(b), 229.4, 
260.15, 260.36, 260.37, 260.96, 260.97, 300.107, 600.745, 679.4(b), 
(f), (h), and (i), 679.4(d) and (e), 679.4(l), 679.5(a), 679.5(b), (c), 
(d), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (m), 679.5(e), (f), and (o), 
679.5(l)(1), (l)(2), (l)(3), (l)(4), and (l)(5), 679.5(l)(7), 679.5(n), 
679.5(p), 679.24(a), 679.24(e), 679.28(b) and (d), 679.32(c), 
679.32(d), 679.32(f), 679.45, 679.61(c) and (f), 679.61(d) and (e), 
679.62(b)(3) and (c) and 679.63(a)(2); and,
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c. Revising the control number entries in the right hand column for the 
following parts or section identified in the left hand column: 50 CFR 
229.5, 300.34, 300.35, 300.108(a), 300.108(c), 300.125, 622.4, 622.18, 
635.5(c), 640.6, 648.8, 648.9, 648.10, 648.58, 648.80, 648.84, 654.6, 
660.16, 660.24, 660.25, 660.305, 660.322, 679.4(g), 679.40, 679.43, and 
679.50 to read as follows:
    (b) Display

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                                              Current OMB control number
 CFR part or section where the information     (all numbers begin with
     collection requirement is located                  0648-)
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50 CFR                                       ...........................
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216.26                                       -0084
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223.203(b)                                   -0399
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229.4                                        -0293
229.5                                        -0292
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260.15                                       -0266
260.36                                       -0266
260.37                                       -0266
260.96                                       -0266
260.97                                       -0266
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300.34                                       -0218
300.35                                       -0361
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300.107                                      -0194
300.108(a)                                   -0368
300.108(c)                                   -0367
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300.125                                      -0358
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600.745                                      -0309
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622.4                                        -0205
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622.18                                       -0205
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635.5(c)                                     -0328
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