[Federal Register: June 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 107)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 053002A]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

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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: NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0445.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 13,152.
    Number of Respondents: 539.
    Average Hours Per Response: 6 hours to install a VMS; 4 hours per 
year to maintain a VMS; 5 seconds for an automated position report; and 
12 minutes to fax a check-in report; and 12 minutes to fax a 
reimbursement form.
    Needs and Uses:
    As required in the reasonable and prudent measures in the 
Endangered Species Act, Section 7 biological opinion on the effects of 
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific 
cod fisheries on the endangered Steller sea lions, NMFS has implemented 
changes to information collected from fishery participants. Any vessel 
that is registered for directed fishing for Pacific cod, pollock, and 
Atka mackerel in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska must install a 
vessel monitoring system (VMS) unit and operate the VMS while directed 
fishing for each of the species. The VMS unit automatically transmits 
location information every 20 minutes. NOAA uses the information for 
determining vessel locations and enforcing the closure of areas of 
critical habitat. Participants must also fax NOAA a check-in report 
when a VMS unit has been installed. Participants may request 
reimbursement for the cost of the VMS transmitter.Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, every 20 minutes.
    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 Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at MClayton@doc.gov).
    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: May 29, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-13957 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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