Notice2024-14036
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Vessel Identification Requirements
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Published
June 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14036]
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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; West Coast 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 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: West Coast Region Vessel Identification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0355.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,007.
Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 151 (annualized over five years).
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection. The success of fisheries management
programs depends significantly on regulatory compliance. The vessel
identification requirement is essential to facilitate enforcement. The
ability to link fishing (or other activity) to the vessel owner or
operator is crucial to enforcement of regulations issued under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. A vessel's official number is required to be displayed on the port
and starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, and on a weather deck. It
identifies each vessel and should be visible at distances at sea and in
the air. Law enforcement personnel rely on vessel marking information
to assure compliance with fisheries management regulations. Vessels
that qualify for particular fisheries are also readily identified, and
this allows for more cost-effective enforcement. Cooperating fishermen
also use the vessel numbers to report suspicious or non-compliant
activities that they observe in unauthorized areas. The identifying
number on fishing vessels is used by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and other marine
agencies in issuing regulations, prosecutions, and other enforcement
actions necessary to support sustainable fisheries behaviors as
intended in regulations. Regulation-compliant fishermen ultimately
benefit from these requirements, as unauthorized and illegal fishing is
deterred, and more burdensome regulations are avoided.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: SFD staff consulted with various groundfish vessel
captains participating in various groundfish pot, longline, midwater
trawl, bottom trawl fisheries, and determined that gear and vessel
markings have a five-year life span.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.
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 0648-0355.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-14036 Filed 6-26-24; 8:45 am]
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