[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41484-41485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17326]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 13,409.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 5,836.
Needs and Uses: The collection consists of vessel and dealer
permits that are part of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
program to manage fisheries in the Southeast Region. The fisheries in
the Southeast Region are managed under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (MSA) (16 U.S.C. 1801) and regulations
at 50 CFR part 622, 50 CFR part 635 and 50 CFR prt 300. NMFS issues
permits to fishing vessels and dealers in order to collect information
necessary to comply with domestic and international fisheries
obligations, secure compliance with regulations, and disseminate
necessary information.
This revision would amend the ``Federal Permit Application for
Vessels Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)'' to add the
collection of an International Maritime Organization/Lloyd's Registry
(IMO/LR) number to the permit application for commercial HMS vessels
>=20 meters (65'7'') in length that are obtaining or renewing a HMS
limited access permit, including the Atlantic tuna longline, shark
incidental, shark directed, swordfish incidental, swordfish directed,
and swordfish handgear permits. The International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) approved a recommendation (13-
13) for Contracting Parties to require commercial vessels >=20 meters
(65'7'') in length to obtain an IMO/LR number from IHS/Fairplay by no
later than January 1, 2016. Permit applications that do not contain the
required supporting documents will be considered incomplete.
This revision would also change the Report for the Deposit or
Harvest of Aquacultured Live Rock by adding language to the
instructions, specifically, ``If not originally approved, then provide
a new sample of rock,'' adding the USCG documentation number or state
registration number for
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the primary vessel the permit is used on, changing the wording in the
instructions for the box describing the deposited material to include
the ``type and specific geographic origin'' of the material, and adding
a yes/no check box for whether a sample of the deposit material has
been provided to NMFS.
Also, this revision removes the responses, time and cost burden
associated with the South Atlantic rock shrimp VMS requirement and
transfers those responses, time and cost burden to the OMB Control No.
0648-0544 information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
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 fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: July 9, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-17326 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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