83 FR 44866 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Related Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)

Page Range		44866-44867
FR Document		2018-19092

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44866-44867]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19092]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast 
Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Related Requirements

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 5, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Adam Bailey, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 
Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701, (727) 824-5305, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    This request is for an extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
authorizes the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) 
and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (South Atlantic Council) 
to prepare and amend fishery management plans for any fishery in 
Federal waters under their respective jurisdictions. NMFS and the Gulf 
Council manage the reef fish fishery in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) under 
the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf 
of Mexico. NMFS and the South Atlantic Council manage the fishery for 
rock shrimp in the South Atlantic under the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery 
in the South Atlantic Region. The vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
regulations for the Gulf reef fish fishery and the South Atlantic rock 
shrimp fishery may be found at 50 CFR 622.28 and 622.205, respectively.
    The FMPs and the implementing regulations contain several specific 
management areas where fishing is restricted or prohibited to protect 
habitat or spawning aggregations, or to control fishing pressure. 
Unlike size, bag, and trip limits, where the catch can be monitored on 
shore when a vessel returns to port, area restrictions require at-sea 
enforcement. However, at-sea enforcement of offshore areas is difficult 
due to the distance from shore and the limited number of patrol 
vessels, resulting in a need to improve enforceability of area fishing 
restrictions through remote sensing methods. In addition, all fishing 
gears are subject to some area fishing restrictions. Because of the 
sizes of these areas and the distances from shore, the effectiveness of 
enforcement through over flights and at-sea interception is limited. An 
electronic VMS allows a more effective means to monitor vessels for 
intrusions into restricted areas.
    The VMS provides effort data and significantly aids in enforcement 
of areas closed to fishing. All position reports are treated in 
accordance with NMFS existing guidelines for confidential data. As a 
condition of authorized fishing for or possession of Gulf reef fish or 
South Atlantic rock shrimp in or from Federal waters, vessel owners or 
operators subject to VMS requirements must allow NMFS, the United 
States Coast Guard, and their authorized officers and designees, access 
to the vessel's position data obtained from the VMS.

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, and mail and 
facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0544.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 927.
    Estimated Time per Response: Installation, 5 hours; installation 
and activation checklist, 20 minutes; power-down exemption requests, 5 
minutes; transmission of fishing activity reports, 1 minute; and annual 
maintenance, 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,557.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $1,466,255 in start-up, 
transfer, operations, and maintenance costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.


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    Dated: August 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Estimated Time per Response: 45 Department of Commerce, Room 6616, areas closed to fishing. All position
minutes. 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, reports are treated in accordance with
Estimated Total Annual Burden Washington, DC 20230, or via email at NMFS existing guidelines for
Hours: 488 hours. docpra@doc.gov. confidential data. As a condition of
Estimated Total Annual Cost to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: authorized fishing for or possession of
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting Requests for additional information or Gulf reef fish or South Atlantic rock
costs. copies of the information collection shrimp in or from Federal waters, vessel
IV. Request for Comments instrument and instructions should be owners or operators subject to VMS
directed to Adam Bailey, National requirements must allow NMFS, the
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), United States Coast Guard, and their
the proposed collection of information Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th authorized officers and designees,
is necessary for the proper performance Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, access to the vessel’s position data
of the functions of the agency, including (727) 824–5305, adam.bailey@noaa.gov. obtained from the VMS.
whether the information shall have
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: II. Method of Collection
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden I. Abstract Respondents have a choice of either
(including hours and cost) of the This request is for an extension of a electronic or paper forms. Methods of
proposed collection of information; (c) currently approved information submittal include email of electronic
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and collection. forms, and mail and facsimile
clarity of the information to be The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery transmission of paper forms.
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Conservation and Management Act
burden of the collection of information authorizes the Gulf of Mexico Fishery III. Data
on respondents, including through the Management Council (Gulf Council) and OMB Control Number: 0648–0544.
use of automated collection techniques South Atlantic Fishery Management Form Number(s): None.
or other forms of information Council (South Atlantic Council) to Type of Review: Regular submission
technology. prepare and amend fishery management (extension of a current information
Comments submitted in response to plans for any fishery in Federal waters collection).
this notice will be summarized and/or under their respective jurisdictions.
included in the request for OMB Affected Public: Business or other for-
NMFS and the Gulf Council manage the profit organizations.
approval of this information collection; reef fish fishery in the Gulf of Mexico
they also will become a matter of public Estimated Number of Respondents:
(Gulf) under the Fishery Management 927.
record. Plan (FMP) for Reef Fish Resources of Estimated Time per Response:
Dated: August 28, 2018. the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS and the Installation, 5 hours; installation and
Sarah Brabson, South Atlantic Council manage the activation checklist, 20 minutes; power-
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. fishery for rock shrimp in the South
down exemption requests, 5 minutes;
Atlantic under the FMP for the Shrimp
[FR Doc. 2018–19091 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] transmission of fishing activity reports,
Fishery in the South Atlantic Region.
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 1 minute; and annual maintenance, 2
The vessel monitoring system (VMS)
hours.
regulations for the Gulf reef fish fishery
Estimated Total Annual Burden
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and the South Atlantic rock shrimp
fishery may be found at 50 CFR 622.28 Hours: 2,557.
and 622.205, respectively. Estimated Total Annual Cost to
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
The FMPs and the implementing Public: $1,466,255 in start-up, transfer,
Administration
regulations contain several specific operations, and maintenance costs.
Proposed Information Collection; management areas where fishing is IV. Request for Comments
Comment Request; Southeast Region restricted or prohibited to protect
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and habitat or spawning aggregations, or to Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
Related Requirements control fishing pressure. Unlike size, the proposed collection of information
bag, and trip limits, where the catch can is necessary for the proper performance
AGENCY: National Oceanic and be monitored on shore when a vessel of the functions of the agency, including
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), returns to port, area restrictions require whether the information shall have
Commerce. at-sea enforcement. However, at-sea practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
ACTION: Notice. enforcement of offshore areas is difficult agency’s estimate of the burden
due to the distance from shore and the (including hours and cost) of the
SUMMARY: The Department of proposed collection of information; (c)
Commerce, as part of its continuing limited number of patrol vessels,
resulting in a need to improve ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
effort to reduce paperwork and clarity of the information to be
respondent burden, invites the general enforceability of area fishing restrictions
through remote sensing methods. In collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
public and other Federal agencies to burden of the collection of information
take this opportunity to comment on addition, all fishing gears are subject to
some area fishing restrictions. Because on respondents, including through the
proposed and/or continuing information use of automated collection techniques
collections, as required by the of the sizes of these areas and the
or other forms of information
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. distances from shore, the effectiveness
of enforcement through over flights and technology.
DATES: Written comments must be Comments submitted in response to
at-sea interception is limited. An
submitted on or before November 5, electronic VMS allows a more effective this notice will be summarized and/or
2018. means to monitor vessels for intrusions included in the request for OMB
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments into restricted areas. approval of this information collection;
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental The VMS provides effort data and they also will become a matter of public
Paperwork Clearance Officer, significantly aids in enforcement of record.

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Dated: August 28, 2018. (50 CFR 300.213), and (3) request and DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Sarah Brabson, obtain an IMO number if the vessel is
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. used for fishing for highly migratory Office of the Secretary
[FR Doc. 2018–19092 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] species on the high seas or in areas
Uniform Formulary Beneficiary
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P under the jurisdiction of any nation
Advisory Panel; Notice of Federal
other than the United States (50 CFR
Advisory Committee Meeting
300.217(c)). An IMO number is the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE unique number issued for a vessel under AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for
the ship identification number scheme Personnel and Readiness, Uniform
National Oceanic and Atmospheric established by the International Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel,
Administration Department of Defense.
Maritime Organization or, for vessels
Submission for OMB Review; that are not strictly subject to that ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Comment Request scheme, the unique number issued by Committee meeting.
the administrator of that scheme using
The Department of Commerce will SUMMARY: The Department of Defense
the scheme’s numbering format,
submit to the Office of Management and (DoD) is publishing this notice to
sometimes known as a Lloyd’s Register
Budget (OMB) for clearance the announce that the following Federal
number or LR number. Advisory Committee meeting of the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the The application for WCPFC Area Uniform Formulary Beneficiary
Paperwork Reduction Act. Endorsements calls for specified Advisory Panel will take place.
Agency: National Oceanic and information about the vessel and its DATES: Open to the public Thursday,
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). operator that is not already collected via September 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 12
Title: Western and Central Pacific the application for high seas fishing p.m.
Fisheries Convention Vessel permits issued under 50 CFR 300.333. ADDRESSES: The address of the open
Information Family of Forms. The Foreign EEZ Form calls for meeting is the Naval Heritage Center
OMB Control Number: 0648–0595. specified information about the vessel, Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Form Number(s): None. its owners and operators and any fishing Washington, DC 20004.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of authorizations issued by other nations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
a currently approved information The information required to obtain an Colonel Paul J. Hoerner, USAF, 703–
collection). IMO number is not submitted to NMFS 681–2890 (Voice), None (Facsimile),
Number of Respondents: 55. directly, but to a third party and serves dha.ncr.health-it.mbx.baprequests@
Average Hours per Response: WCPFC to ensure that IMO numbers are issued mail.mil (Email). Mailing address is
Area Endorsement Application, 60 for certain categories of vessels. 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101,
minutes; Foreign EEZ Form, 90 minutes; Falls Church, VA 22042–5101. Website:
IMO number application, 30 minutes. This information collected under the
three requirements is used by NOAA, https://health.mil/bap. The most up-to-
Burden Hours: 58. date changes to the meeting agenda can
Needs and Uses: This request is for an the U.S. Coast Guard, and the
Commission to monitor the size and be found on the website.
extension of a currently approved
composition of the HMS fleets in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection.
Convention Area for compliance-related meeting is being held under the
National Marine Fisheries Service
and scientific purposes and to ensure provisions of the Federal Advisory
(NMFS) has issued regulations under
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
authority of the Western and Central that IMO numbers are issued for certain
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Pacific Fisheries Convention categories of vessels.
Government in the Sunshine Act of
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 Affected Public: Business or other for- 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the profit organizations. 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150.
obligations of the United States under Purpose of Meeting: The Panel will
the Convention on the Conservation and Frequency: One time and every five
years. review and comment on
Management of Highly Migratory Fish recommendations made to the Director
Stocks in the Western and Central Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. of the Defense Health Agency, by the
Pacific Ocean (Convention), including This information collection request Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee,
implementing the decisions of the may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow regarding the Uniform Formulary.
Commission for the Conservation and the instructions to view Department of
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Purpose of the Meeting
Commerce collections currently under
Stocks in the Western and Central The Department of Defense is
review by OMB.
Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission). publishing this notice to announce a
The regulations include requirements Written comments and
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
for the owners or operators of U.S. recommendations for the proposed the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary
vessels to: (1) Apply for and obtain a information collection should be sent Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as
WCPFC Area Endorsement if the vessel within 30 days of publication of this the Panel) will take place.
is used for fishing for highly migratory notice to OIRA_Submission@
species on the high seas in the omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Agenda
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Convention Area (50 CFR 300.212), (2) Dated: August 28, 2018. 1. Sign-In
complete and submit a Foreign 2. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sarah Brabson,
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Form if 3. Scheduled Therapeutic Class Reviews
the vessel is used for fishing for highly NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. (Comments will follow each agenda
migratory species in the Convention [FR Doc. 2018–19089 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] item)
Area in areas under the jurisdiction of BILLING CODE 3510–22–P a. Hepatitis C Agents: Direct Acting
any nation other than the United States Agents Subclass

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Written comments must be submitted on or before November 5, 2018.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Adam Bailey, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (727) 824-5305, [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 44866

83 FR 44866 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and Related Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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