[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41296-41297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16488]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

[Docket No. 071211828-8826-03]
RIN 0648-AU22


Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount 
Groundfish; Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main Hawaiian 
Islands

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

ACTION: Final rule; effectiveness of collection-of-information 
requirements.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in 
regulations implementing Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan 
for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western 
Pacific Region. The intent of this final rule is to inform the public 
that the associated permitting and reporting requirements have been 
approved by OMB.

DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec.  665.13(f)(2) and (g), 665.14(a), 
and 665.61(a), published at 73 FR 18450 (April 4, 2008) have been 
approved by OMB and are effective on August 18, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or 
other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained 
in this final rule may be submitted to William L. Robinson, 
Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani 
Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-4700, and to David Rostker, 
OMB, by e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR, 808-944-2271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    This Federal Register document is also accessible at the Office of 
the Federal Register: www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.

Background

    A final rule for Amendment 14 was published in the Federal Register 
on April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18450), and the requirements of that final 
rule, other than the collection-of-information requirements, were 
effective on April 1, 2008. Because OMB approval of the collection-of-
information requirements had not been received by the date that final 
rule was published, the effective date of the associated permitting and 
reporting requirements in that rule was delayed. OMB approved the 
collection-of-information requirements contained in the final rule on 
July 3, 2008. Accordingly, this final rule makes effective the 
collection-of-information requirements at Sec. Sec.  665.13, 665.14, 
and 665.61, which were amended in the April 4, 2008, final rule.

Classification

    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, and no person shall be subject to penalty for 
failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.
    This final rule contains new collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the PRA under OMB Control Number 0648-0577. The public 
reporting burden for these requirements is estimated to be 20 minutes 
for a new permit application, two (2) hours for a permit appeal, and 20 
minutes for completing a fishing logbook each day. These estimates 
include time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding these 
burden estimates or any other aspect of this data collection, including 
suggestions for reducing the

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burden, to William L. Robinson (see ADDRESSES), or by e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 15, 2008.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator For Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-16488 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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