[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47403-47404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17898]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 080204D]


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: Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Western Pacific 
Pelagic Longline Fishery.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0441.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 399.
    Number of Respondents: 164.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 second.
    Needs and Uses: The commercial fishing vessels active in the 
Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery must allow National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) to install vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
units on their vessel when directed to do so by NMFS enforcement 
personnel. The VMS units automatically send periodic reports on the 
position of the vessel. NMFS uses the reports to monitor the vessel's 
location and activities while enforcing longline fishing area closures. 
NMFS pays for the units and messaging.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Hourly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.

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    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
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, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 29, 2004.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-17898 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am]
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