[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36538-36539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15405]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061203G]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce has submitted 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: Northeast Region Vessel Monitoring and Communications.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648-0404.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 974.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour for installation of a vessel
monitoring system (VMS); 2 minutes for verification of installation; 5
seconds for an automatic position report; and 2 minutes for a Letter of
Authorization Exemption request.
Needs and Uses: Owners or operators of vessels that have caught 500
metric tons of herring in the past year, or intend to catch 500 metric
tons in the current year, must equip their vessels with an approved
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). The VMS units automatically report the
vessel's position at least once per hour when the vessel is underway.
Vessel owners must submit proof that the VMS has been installed.
Herring carriers may be exempted from this requirement by obtaining a
letter of authorization from NOAA.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations,
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion, hourly.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
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Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
[email protected]).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: June 11, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-15405 Filed 6-17-03; 8:45 am]
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