[Federal Register: March 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 52)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 902
50 CFR Part 648
Docket No. 021122284-3056-03 ; I.D. 110602A]
RIN 0648-AQ30
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Gear
Restricted Area (GRA) Exemption Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the approval by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and effectiveness of a collection-of-information
requirement for a GRA Exemption Program, whereby interested
participants must contact NMFS to request authorization to participate
in the program. This final rule also codifies the OMB control number.
The intent of this final rule is to inform the public of the
effectiveness of the collection-of-information requirements and publish
its related OMB control number.
DATES: Effective March 18, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Any comments regarding burden-hour estimates for collection-
of-information requirements contained in this final rule should be sent
to Patricia Kurkul, Regional Director, Northeast Regional Office, NMFS,
One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, and to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503 (ATTN: NOAA Desk Officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah McLaughlin, Fishery Policy
Analyst, (978) 281-9279, fax (978) 281-9135, e-mail
sarah.mclaughlin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 2, 2003 (68 FR 60), NMFS
published a final rule that promulgated a regulatory amendment, under
the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), codifying requirements of the GRA Exemption Program. Section
648.122(d) of that final rule contains a collection-of-information
requirement for any vessel that is subject to the provisions of the
Southern and Northern GRAs. Such vessel must telephone the NMFS
Northeast Region Permits Office (at 978-281-9370) if any portion of a
trip will be in a GRA, to request a Scup GRA Exemption Program
Authorization. Delayed effectiveness of Sec. Sec. 648.14(a)(122),
648.14(a)(127), 648.122(a), 648.122(b), and 648.122(d) was announced in
the January 2, 2003, final rule, pending OMB approval of the program
enrollment procedures. On February 6, 2003, OMB approved the
collection-of-information requirement under OMB control number 0648-
0469.
NOAA codifies its OMB control numbers for information collection at
15 CFR part 902. Part 902 collects and displays the control numbers
assigned to information collection requirements of NOAA by OMB pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This final rule codifies OMB
control number 0648-0469 for Sec. Sec. 648.14(a)(122), 648.14(a)(127),
648.122(a), 648.122(b), and 648.122(d). Under NOAA Administrative Order
205-11, dated December 17, 1990, the Under Secretary for Oceans and
Atmosphere, NOAA has delegated to the AA the authority to sign material
for publication in the Federal Register.
Classification
This rule has been determined to be not significant for the
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA) finds,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) that it is unnecessary to provide for
prior notice and opportunity for public comment because this is a non-
discretionary, non-substantive administrative provision, which merely
announces an OMB control number. This rule codifies the approvals
(i.e., control numbers) by OMB for collection of information
requirements in Sec. Sec. 648.14(a)(122),
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648.14(a)(127), 648.122(a), 648.122(b), and 648.122(d). Accordingly,
good cause exists to waive notice and comment. Furthermore, because
this is a non-substantive rule, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), this final
rule is not subject to the 30-day delay in effectiveness.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average approximately 2 minutes per vessel (twice a year).
The estimated response time includes the time needed for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding these reporting
burden estimates or any other aspect of the collection-of-information,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS and OMB (see
ADDRESSES).
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
50 CFR Part 648
Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 12, 2003.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902, chapter
IX is amended as follows:
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. 350 et seq.
2. In Sec. 902.1, the table in paragraph (b) under 50 CFR is
amended by adding new entries for 648.14 and 648.122, in numerical
order, to read as follows:
Sec. 902.1 OMB Control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
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(b)* * *
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Current OMB control number
CFR part or section where the information (all numbers begin with
collection requirement is located 0648-)
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50 CFR ...........................
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648.14 -0469
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648.122 -0469
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[FR Doc. 03-6471 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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