Notice2024-09173
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region Vessel Identification Requirements
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Published
April 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 33331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09173]
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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; NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region Vessel Identification
Requirements
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 February 14, 2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region Vessel Identification
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0350.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 3,935.
Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes (0.75 hours) to affix vessel
information to the required locations.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,952.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 648.8 and 697.8 require
that owners of vessels over 25 ft (7.6 m) in registered length that
have federal permits to fish in the Greater Atlantic Region display the
vessel's name and official number. The name and number must be of a
specific size at specified locations: the vessel name must be affixed
to the port and starboard sides of the bow and, if possible, on its
stern. The official number must be displayed on the port and starboard
sides of the deckhouse or hull, and on an appropriate weather deck to
be clearly visible from enforcement vessels and aircraft. The success
of fisheries management programs depends upon regulatory compliance.
The vessel identification requirement, which is required of all
federally permitted fishing vessels in the Greater Atlantic region, is
essential to facilitate enforcement. The ability to link fishing or
other activities to a vessel owner or operator are crucial to the
enforcement of regulations issued under the authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. When this information
is clearly displayed, it enables enforcement personnel to easily
identify Federal permit holders while engaged in fishing.
Affected Public: Individuals or households and business or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Once per year.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 648.8 and 697.8.
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 0648-0350.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-09173 Filed 4-26-24; 8:45 am]
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