[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16328]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 Program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish 
Fishery.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0478.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,890.
    Number of Respondents: 723.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours to install a VMS; 4 hours per 
year to maintain a VMS; 5 seconds for an automated position report; 5 
minutes to complete and fax a check-in report or to complete an 
exemption report; 4 minutes for a declaration report.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA) has established large irregularly-based rockfish conservation 
areas off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. In order to 
allow fishing in or near these areas that does not threaten the 
conservation objectives, NOAA needs methods to effectively enforce 
restrictions on the location of fishing and the gear used. NOAA 
requires certain vessels to install a vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
that automatically gives hourly position reports. Inactive vessels or 
vessels fishing outside the monitored area can request an exemption 
from the automatic reporting requirement. Certain vessels would also be 
required to declare what gear will be used.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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 
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: September 28, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-16328 Filed 10-3-06; 8:45 am]
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