Notice2024-16159
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel and Gear Marking
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Published
July 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59715-59716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16159]
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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; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel and Gear Marking
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 March 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period.
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This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel and Gear Marking.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0373.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 6,556.
Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes to mark the vessel; 15
minutes each to mark highflyers, buoys, and floats.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,437.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current
information collection.
These requirements apply to vessel owners in the Atlantic highly
migratory species (HMS) Fishery.
Under current regulations at 50 CFR 635.6, fishing vessels
permitted for Atlantic HMS fisheries must display their official vessel
numbers on their vessels. Flotation devices and high-flyers attached to
certain fishing gears must also be marked with the vessel's official
number to identify the vessel to which the gear belongs. These
requirements are necessary for identification, law enforcement, and
monitoring purposes.
Specifically, all vessel owners that hold a valid Atlantic HMS
permit under 50 CFR 635.4, other than an Atlantic HMS Angling permit,
are required to display their official vessel identification number.
Numbers must be permanently affixed to, or painted on, the port and
starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull and on an appropriate weather
deck, so as to be clearly visible from an enforcement vessel or
aircraft. In block Arabic numerals permanently affixed to or painted on
the vessel in contrasting color to the background. At least 18 inches
(45.7 cm) in height for vessels over 65 ft (19.8 m) in length; at least
10 inches (25.4 cm) in height for all other vessels over 25 ft (7.6 m)
in length; and at least 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height for vessels 25 ft
(7.6 m) in length or less.
Furthermore, the owner or operator of a vessel for which a permit
has been issued under Sec. 635.4 and that uses handline, buoy gear,
harpoon, longline, or gillnet, must display the vessel's name,
registration number or Atlantic Tunas, Atlantic HMS Angling, or
Atlantic HMS Charter/Headboat permit number on each float attached to a
handline, buoy gear, or harpoon, and on the terminal floats and high-
flyers (if applicable) on a longline or gillnet used by the vessel. The
vessel's name or number must be at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height in
block letters or arabic numerals in a color that contrasts with the
background color of the float or high-flyer.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations (vessel
owners).
Frequency: Annually for each vessel or piece of gear required to be
marked. The estimated number of gear items that require marking per
vessel owner range from 2 buoys for bottom longline vessels, up to 35
buoys for swordfish buoy gear and Caribbean Small Boat vessels.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.)
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 0648-0373.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-16159 Filed 7-22-24; 8:45 am]
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