[Federal Register: February 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 28)]
[Notices]
[Page 9687-9688]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020501B]
Southwest Region Vessel Monitoring System Requirements
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230 (or via
Internet at MClayton@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional technical
information on VMS Units and operations, please contact Mr. Bob Harman
at NOAA Honolulu Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 50246, Honolulu,
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HI 96850-7118, (808) 541-3075, bob.harman@noaa.gov. For information on
regulations pertaining to VMS Units or copies of the information
collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Alvin
Katekaru, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd.,
Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814, (808) 973-2935 ext. 207,
alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Federal permit holders in the Hawaii longline pelagic fishery are
prohibited from fishing unless their vessel has an operational Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS)unit. Permit holders in the lobster fishery of
the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that use a VMS are allowed to fish
closer to fishing grounds before the regulated opening of the fishery.
VMS units automatically transmit periodic location reports, allowing
fishery enforcement offices to establish the position of the vessels.
These requirements are currently approved under OMB Control #0648-0307,
but renewal of OMB clearance is being sought separately from the other
requirements that formed 0648-0307.
II. Method of Collection
All VMS position reports are transmitted automatically and
electronically.
III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 165.
Estimated Time Per Response: 4 hours to install a VMS, 2 hours per
year to repair and maintain a VMS, and 24 seconds per day to transmit
automated positions reports.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 731.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: None.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 2, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-3388 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
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