Notice2024-00579
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Vessel Monitoring System Requirements for the Pacific Islands Fisheries
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Published
January 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00579]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Vessel Monitoring System Requirements for the Pacific Islands
Fisheries
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on September 1, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Vessel Monitoring System Requirements for the Pacific
Islands Fisheries.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0441.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 69.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours for installation of a VMS unit;
2 hours for VMS unit replacement, and 1.5 hours for annual maintenance.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 131.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Pacific Islands Region, and the NOAA
Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), Pacific Islands Division, collect
vessel tracking information through a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).
The authority for this collection is specified at 50 CFR 665.19.
As part of fishery ecosystem plans developed under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, owners of
commercial fishing vessels in the Hawaii pelagic longline fishery,
American Samoa pelagic longline fishery (only vessels longer than 50
feet), Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster fishery (currently
inactive), and Northern Mariana Islands bottomfish fishery (only
vessels longer than 40 feet) must allow NOAA to install VMS units on
their vessels when directed by OLE personnel. VMS units automatically
send periodic reports on the position of the vessel to OLE. NOAA uses
the reports to monitor the vessel's location and activities, primarily
to enforce regulated fishing areas. NOAA pays for all costs related to
the VMS systems for the aforementioned fisheries. There is no public
burden for the automatic messaging; however, VMS installation and
maintenance are considered public burden. Aside from updates to the
burden estimates, there are no changes to the collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.19
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0441.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00579 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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