[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 64 (Monday, April 6, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15373-15374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7707]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 902

[Docket No. 070720390-9588-04]
RIN 0648-AV28


Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount 
Groundfish; Management Measures for the Northern Mariana 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 10 to the Fishery Management Plan 
for 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, reporting, and vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
requirements for vessels in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands (CNMI) have been approved by OMB.

DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec.  665.14, 665.16, 665.19, and 665.61, 
published at 73 FR 75615 (December 12, 2008) have been approved by OMB 
and are effective on May 6, 2009.

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 Blvd., 
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: Brett Wiedoff, Sustainable Fisheries 
Division, NMFS PIR, 808-944-2272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Federal Register document is also 
accessible at www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
    A final rule for Amendment 10 was published in the Federal Register 
on December 12, 2008 (73 FR 75615). The requirements of that final 
rule, other than the collection-of-information requirements, were 
effective on January 12, 2009. Because OMB approval of the collection-
of-information requirements

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had not been received by the date the final rule was published, the 
effective date of the associated permitting, reporting, and VMS 
requirements in that rule was delayed. OMB approved the collection-of-
information requirements on March 9, 2009.

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 Numbers 0648-0584 (CNMI bottomfish 
fishing permits, vessel identification, and VMS requirements) and 0648-
0214 (CNMI bottomfish fishing logs and sales reports). The public 
reporting burden for these requirements is estimated to be 0.5 hr per 
permit applicant, with renewals requiring an additional 0.5 hr 
annually, 20 min for completing a fishing logbook each day, and 
approximately 35 min per vessel per fishing trip for completing Federal 
sales reports. For the purpose of this rule only, vessels larger than 
40 ft (12.2 m) in length are required to submit Federal sales reports. 
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 burden, to William 
L. Robinson (see ADDRESSES), or by e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 902

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 1, 2009.
Samuel D. Rauch III
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902 is amended as 
follows:

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, amend the table in paragraph (b), under the entry 
``50 CFR'' by removing the entry for ``665.25'', adding an entry for 
``665.19'' in numerical order, and revising the entries for ``665.16'' 
and ``665.61'' to read as follows:


Sec.  902.1  OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

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    (b) * * *

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CFR part or
  section
 where the
information   Current OMB control number (all numbers begin with 0648-)
 collection
requirement
 is located
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50 CFR       ...........................................................
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665.16       -0360 and -0584
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665.19       -0441 and -0584
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665.61       -0490 and -0584
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