[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 27860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11165]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region Gear Identification 
Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0351.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 6,116.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 minute.
    Burden Hours: 21,156.
    Needs and Uses: This request is extension of this information 
collection.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 648.84(a), (b), and (d), 648.123(b)(3), 
648.144(b)(1), 648.264(a)(5), and 697.21(a) and (b) require that 
Federal fishing permit holders using certain types of fishing gear mark 
the gear with specified information. The gear marking requirements 
provide vessel and gear identification information (e.g., hull 
identification number, Federal fishing permit number, etc.). The 
regulations also specify how the gear is to be marked for the purposes 
of visibility (e.g., buoys, radar reflectors, etc.).
    The quantity of gear in the case of longline, pots, and traps is 
not the number of hooks, pots, or traps, but rather the number of 
attached end lines associated with each string of hooks, pots, or 
traps. As such, a single Federal permit holder may be responsible for 
marking several strings of a given gear type, or may use multiple 
different gear types that require marking. These gear marking 
requirements aid in fishery law enforcement, make the gear more visible 
to other vessels to aid in navigation, and provide other fishermen with 
information regarding the gear type being used to help prevent gear 
conflicts.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: May 9, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-11165 Filed 5-14-14; 8:45 am]
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