[Federal Register: July 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 139)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41296-41297]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18jy08-22]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 071211828-8826-03]
RIN 0648-AU22
Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount
Groundfish; Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main Hawaiian
Islands
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; effectiveness of collection-of-information
requirements.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in
regulations implementing Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan
for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western
Pacific Region. The intent of this final rule is to inform the public
that the associated permitting and reporting requirements have been
approved by OMB.
DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 665.13(f)(2) and (g), 665.14(a),
and 665.61(a), published at 73 FR 18450 (April 4, 2008) have been
approved by OMB and are effective on August 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or
other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained
in this final rule may be submitted to William L. Robinson,
Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani
Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-4700, and to David Rostker,
OMB, by e-mail to David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 202-395-7285.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR, 808-944-2271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
This Federal Register document is also accessible at the Office of
the Federal Register: www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
Background
A final rule for Amendment 14 was published in the Federal Register
on April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18450), and the requirements of that final
rule, other than the collection-of-information requirements, were
effective on April 1, 2008. Because OMB approval of the collection-of-
information requirements had not been received by the date that final
rule was published, the effective date of the associated permitting and
reporting requirements in that rule was delayed. OMB approved the
collection-of-information requirements contained in the final rule on
July 3, 2008. Accordingly, this final rule makes effective the
collection-of-information requirements at Sec. Sec. 665.13, 665.14,
and 665.61, which were amended in the April 4, 2008, final rule.
Classification
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, and no person shall be subject to penalty for
failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
This final rule contains new collection-of-information requirements
subject to the PRA under OMB Control Number 0648-0577. The public
reporting burden for these requirements is estimated to be 20 minutes
for a new permit application, two (2) hours for a permit appeal, and 20
minutes for completing a fishing logbook each day. These estimates
include time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding these
burden estimates or any other aspect of this data collection, including
suggestions for reducing the
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burden, to William L. Robinson (see ADDRESSES), or by e-mail to David_
Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 202-395-7285.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 15, 2008.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator For Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-16488 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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