[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 40991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14679]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; West Coast Region Vessel Monitoring System and Pre-Trip 
Reporting System Requirements

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on April 2, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: West Coast Region Vessel Monitoring System and Pre-Trip 
Reporting System Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0498.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular [extension of a current information 
collection].
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Average Hours per Response: Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) 
installation--4hrs; Maintenance and repair of VMS units--1hr; VMS 
activation reports, on/off notifications, and pre-trip reports--5 
minutes each.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 157.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection. This collection applies to owners and operators 
of U.S. commercial fishing vessels that fish in the West Coast 
exclusive economic zone and the eastern Pacific Ocean waters of the 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Convention Area for 
highly migratory species (HMS) as defined by the Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) for the United States (U.S.) West Coast Fisheries for Highly 
Migratory Species, as well as a broader group of tuna and tuna-like 
species covered by the IATTC. These vessel owners and operators are 
required to submit information about their intended and actual fishing 
activities. These submissions would allow the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) and the Pacific Fisheries Management Council to monitor 
the fisheries. Submissions include pre-trip reporting requirements and 
vessel monitoring systems (VMS). Pre-trip reporting requirements are 
essential for effectively and efficiently assigning available observer 
coverage to selected HMS vessels. Data collected by observers are 
critical to evaluate that the objectives of the HMS FMP are being 
achieved and for evaluating the impacts of potential changes in fishery 
management. VMS units facilitate enforcement of management measures 
associated with HMS fisheries, provide timely information on associated 
fleet activities and enable confirmation of reported vessel fishing 
activity locations, which help validate logbook record accuracy.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time, annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0498.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-14679 Filed 7-7-20; 8:45 am]
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