Notice2024-12880
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region Gear Identification Requirements
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Published
June 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 49862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12880]
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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 Gear 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 April 2, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Gear Identification
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0351.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,307.
Average Hours per Response: 1 minute per string of gear.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,571.
Needs and Uses: This request would extend an approved information
collection regarding Greater Atlantic Region fishing gear marking
requirements. There are no changes to the gear marking requirements in
this collection.
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is
responsible for the conservation and management of marine fishery
resources. The Secretary has delegated much of this responsibility to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The Magnuson-Stevens Act gives the
Secretary and NOAA certain regulatory authorities to ensure the most
beneficial uses of marine fishery resources. One of the regulatory
steps taken to carry out the conservation and management objectives is
to collect data from users of the resource.
Regulations at 50 CFR 648.84(a),(b), and (d), 648.125(b)(3),
648.144(b)(1), 648.264(a)(5), and 697.21(a) and (b) require Federal
permit holders using certain types of fishing gear to mark the gear
with information necessary to identify the vessel and gear (e.g., hull
identification number, Federal fishing vessel permit number). The
regulations also specify gear marking requirements for visibility
(e.g., buoys, radar reflectors). These gear marking requirements aid in
fishery law enforcement, support safe navigation by increasing gear
visibility, and help prevent gear conflicts by providing gear type
information to other fisherman.
The number of end lines associated with each string of hooks, pots,
or traps determine the quantity of gear in this collection. A single
Federal permit holder may be responsible for marking several strings of
a given gear type and may use multiple gear types that require marking.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 648.84(a), (b), and (d), 648.125(b)(3),
648.144(b)(1), 648.264(a)(5), and 697.21(a) and (b).
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 0648-0351.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-12880 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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