[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26655-26656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel and Gear Marking.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0373.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 3,282.
    Average Hours per Response: Vessels, 45 minutes; gear, 15 minutes 
per piece.
    Burden Hours: 3,894.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current 
information collection. These requirements apply to vessel owners in 
the Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) Fishery.
    Under current regulations at 50 CFR 635.6, fishing vessels 
permitted for Atlantic HMS fisheries must display their official vessel 
numbers on their vessels. Flotation devices and high-flyers attached to 
certain fishing gears must also be marked with the vessel's number to 
identify the vessel to which the gear belongs. These requirements are 
necessary for identification, law enforcement, and monitoring purposes.
    Specifically, all vessel owners that hold a valid Atlantic HMS 
permit under 50 CFR 635.4, other than an Atlantic HMS Angling permit, 
are required to display their vessel identification number. Numbers 
must be permanently affixed to, or painted on, the port and starboard 
sides of the deckhouse or hull and on an appropriate weather deck, so 
as to be clearly visible from an

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enforcement vessel or aircraft. The vessel's identification number must 
be in block Arabic numerals permanently affixed to or painted on the 
vessel in contrasting color to the background, and must be at least 18 
inches (45.7 cm) in height for vessels over 65 ft (19.8 m) in length; 
at least 10 inches (25.4 cm) in height for all other vessels over 25 ft 
(7.6 m) in length; and at least 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height for vessels 
25 ft (7.6 m) in length or less.
    Furthermore, the owner or operator of a vessel for which a permit 
has been issued under Sec.  635.4 and that uses handline, buoy gear, 
harpoon, longline, or gillnet, must display the vessel's name, 
registration number or Atlantic Tunas, Atlantic HMS Angling, or 
Atlantic HMS Charter/Headboat permit number on each float attached to a 
handline, buoy gear, or harpoon, and on the terminal floats and high-
flyers (if applicable) on a longline or gillnet used by the vessel. The 
vessel's name or number must be at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height in 
block letters or arabic numerals in a color that contrasts with the 
background color of the float or high-flyer.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: June 5, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-12345 Filed 6-7-18; 8:45 am]
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