[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 52427-52428] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-25237] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 15 CFR Part 902 50 CFR Part 622 [Docket No. 990330083-9166-02; I.D. 091499E] RIN 0648-AK32 Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Effective Date Notification and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS), National Oceanic and [[Page 52428]] Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final rule; effective date of OMB control numbers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This rule makes effective the collection-of-information requirements in the final rule implementing procedures for the testing and certification of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) for use in shrimp trawls in the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999. OMB has approved those collection-of-information requirements. DATES: The collection-of-information requirements in Sec. 622.41(h)(3)(i) and (h)(3)(ii), Appendix--Gulf of Mexico Bycatch Reduction Device Testing Protocol Manual, and Appendix I-- Qualifications of Observer are effective September 29, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Branstetter, 727-570-5305. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 13, 1999, NMFS published a final rule (64 FR 37690) that established procedures for the testing and certification of BRDs for use in shrimp trawls in the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. That final rule was published prior to OMB's approval of the information collection requirements in Sec. 622.41(h)(3)(i) and (h)(3)(ii), Appendix--Gulf of Mexico Bycatch Reduction Device Testing Protocol Manual, and Appendix I-- Qualifications of Observer; therefore, the effectiveness of those information collection requirements was deferred pending OMB approval. Those information collection requirements are related to the BRD certification process and include applications for pre-certification and certification of a new BRD, pre-certification adjusting, the testing itself, the submission of the test results, application for observer position, and references for observers. On August 20, 1999, OMB approved those information collection requirements. This notice informs the public of the OMB approval of those information collection requirements under OMB control number 0648-0345 and makes them effective. List of Subjects 15 CFR Part 902 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 50 CFR Part 622 Fisheries, Fishing, Puerto Rico, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Virgin Islands. Dated: September 22, 1999. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902 is amended as follows: 15 CFR Chapter IX PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS 1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows: Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 2. In Sec. 902.1, paragraph (b) table, under 50 CFR, the following entries are added in numerical order to read as follows: Sec. 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. * * * * * (b) * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current OMB control number CFR part or section where the information (All numbers begin with 0648- collection requirement is located ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * * 50 CFR * * * * * 622.41 -0345 * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FR Doc. 99-25237 File 9-28-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F