Notice2024-20269
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Southeast Region Vessel and Gear Identification Requirements
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Published
September 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 73074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20269]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Southeast Region Vessel and 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 May 9th, 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: Southeast Region Vessel and Gear Identification
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0358.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,031.
Estimated Time per Response: Vessel marking: 75 minutes. Gear
marking: aquacultured live rocks, 10 seconds each; golden crab traps, 2
minutes each; spiny lobster traps and buoys, 7 minutes each; black sea
bass pots, buoys, and buoy lines, 16 minutes each; and Spanish mackerel
gillnet buoys, 20 minutes each; and buoy gear, 10 minutes each.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,335.
Needs and Uses: The NMFS Southeast Region manages domestic
fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic regions under multiple fishery management
plans (FMPs). The regional fishery management councils prepared the
FMPs pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). NMFS implements the FMPs through
located at 50 CFR part 622.
The regulations located at 50 CFR part 622 form the basis for the
information collection requirements that are currently approved under
OMB Control Number 0648-0358, Southeast Region Vessel and Gear
Identification Requirements. NMFS has no immediate plans to change
identification requirements for fishing vessels or gear in 50 CFR part
622. Accordingly, NMFS proposes to extend to the information
collections under OMB Control Number 0648-0358 without change.
Regulations at 50 CFR part 622 require that all federally permitted
fishing vessels must be marked with some form of identification. A
vessel's official number, under most regulations, must be displayed on
the port and starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, and on the
weather deck. In addition, regulations for certain fisheries also
require the display of the assigned color code for the vessel. The
official number and color code identify each vessel and should be
visible at distance from the sea and in the air. These markings provide
law enforcement personnel with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea
processing, and other related activities, and to determine whether
observed activities on the vessel are in accordance with those
authorized for that vessel. NMFS, the United States Coast Guard, and
other marine agencies use the identifying official number in monitoring
compliance, issuing violations, prosecutions, and other enforcement
actions. Vessels that are permitted for particular fisheries are
readily identified and gear violations are more readily prosecuted,
thereby enabling for more cost-effective enforcement.
In addition to vessel marking, requirements that fishing gear be
marked are essential to facilitate enforcement. The ability to link
fishing gear to the vessel owner is crucial to enforcement of
regulations issued under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The
marking of fishing gear is also valuable in actions concerning damage,
loss, and civil proceedings. The requirements imposed on U.S. fisheries
in the southeast region apply to aquacultured live rock; golden crab
traps; spiny lobster traps and buoys; black sea bass pots, buoys, and
buoy lines; Spanish mackerel gillnet buoys; and buoy gear.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://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 must be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this
notice on the following website <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://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
information collection or the OMB Control Number 0648-0358.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-20269 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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