[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 43679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0445.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,796.
    Number of Respondents: 1,545.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 minute.
    Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under 
the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab 
(FMP). Amendments 18 and 19 amend the FMP to include the Crab 
Rationalization Program (Program). Congress amended the Magnuson-
Stevens Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to approve the 
Program. The Program reallocates BSAI crab resources among harvesters, 
processors, and coastal communities. This collection-of-information 
addresses the vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements for the 
Program. A vessel that harvests crab in the crab fisheries, including a 
vessel harvesting community data quota or Adak allocations, would be 
required to have onboard an operating NMFS-approved VMS transmitter at 
any time when the vessel has crab gear on board. These transmitters 
automatically determine the vessel's location several times per hour 
using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and send the position 
information to NMFS via a mobile communication service provider.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 
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 22, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-14906 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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