[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 43588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17991]
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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: Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0202.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 65,360.
Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes: Dealer Permit Renewal, VMS
Certification Form, Industry Call to Confirm Reporting to NOAA, Emails
for US EEZ Arrival/Departure and Transhipment Activity, VMS Reporting,
Exemption programs authorized for permit holders, Change in
Multispecies Permit Category, Gillnet Designations; 10 minutes: VMS
certification form and Installation confirmation, Lobster Area
Designation and Requests for Trap Tags; 15 minutes: Initial Dealer
Permit, VMS Power Down Exemption; 20 minutes: Lobster Area 5 Waiver; 30
minutes: Vessel Permit Renewal, Good Samaritan Credit, Entangled Whale
DAS Credit, Canceled Trip DAS Credit, Vessel Owner Single Letter
Option; 45 minutes: Initial Vessel Permit; 1 hour: Initial Operator
Permit, Operator Permit Renewal, VMS Installation, State Quota
Transfer; 1.3 hours: Installation and Operation Maintenance Fees; 1.5
hours: Replacement/CPH, History Retention; 2 hours: Notification and
Communication with USCG and Center for Coastal Studies regarding
Entangled Whale.
Burden Hours: 20,825.
Needs and Uses: The information collected via permit issuance
(vessel, dealer, and operator) and through the Vessel Monitoring
Systems (VMS) is used by several offices of the NOAA Fisheries Service,
the U.S. Coast Guard, the Councils, and state fishery enforcement
agencies under contract to the NOAA Fisheries Service in order to
develop, implement, and monitor fishery management strategies.
Identification of the participants, gear types, vessels, expected
activity, and activity levels is an effective and necessary tool in the
enforcement and management of fishery regulations.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations are
primarily affected. Individuals or households, state, local or tribal
governments, and the Federal Government are also affected.
Frequency: On occasion, weekly, monthly, annually, every three
years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-17991 Filed 8-20-19; 8:45 am]
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