Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands Region Vessel and Gear Identification Requirements, 16610-16611 [2011-6930]
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laboratories to compare their lines,
thereby facilitating the validation of
experimental data. Thus the database
will address the need for investigators to
know much more about the samples
used in their research. The database will
fulfill an overarching need of
researchers to characterize their
substrates with an accepted standard.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
II. Method of Collection
AGENCY:
The data required to differentiate
among the cell lines can be submitted in
hard copies or electronic submissions to
NIST (contact information above).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(new information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Academia; Not-forprofit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100 (15 cell line limit).
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
and 30 minutes (10 minutes/cell line ×
15 cell lines).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,000.
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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.
Dated: March 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region Vessel and Gear Identification
Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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 May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 944–
2275, or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Regulations at 50 CFR 665.16 require
that all United States (U.S.) vessels with
Federal permits fishing for Western
Pacific fishery management unit species
display identification markings on the
vessel and gear, as specified in 50 CFR
665 and 50 CFR 300. Vessels registered
for use with a permit issued under
Subparts B through E of 50 CFR 665,
must display the vessel’s official
number on both sides of the deckhouse
or hull, and on an appropriate weather
deck. Vessels fishing in the Western and
Central Pacific Convention (WCPFC)
Area with a WCPFC Area Endorsement,
or required to have a WCPFC Area
Endorsement, must comply with the
regulations at 50 CFR 300.14 and 50
CFR 300.217. These regulations require
that vessels must display their
international radio call sign on both
sides of the deckhouse or hull, and on
an appropriate weather deck, unless
specifically exempted. Regulations at 50
CFR 300.35 require that vessels fishing
under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty
must display their international radio
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call sign on the hull, the deck, and on
the sides of auxiliary equipment such as
skiffs and helicopters. The numbers
must be a specific size at specified
locations. The display of the identifying
numbers aids in fishery law
enforcement.
Western Pacific fisheries regulations
at 50 CFR 665.128, 665.228, 665.428,
665.628, and 665.804 require that
certain fishing gear must be marked. In
the pelagic longline fisheries, the vessel
operator must ensure that the official
number of the vessel is affixed to every
longline buoy and float. In the coral reef
ecosystem fisheries, the vessel number
must be affixed to all fish and crab
traps. The marking of gear links fishing
or other activity to the vessel, aids law
enforcement, and is valuable in actions
concerning the damage, loss of gear, and
civil proceedings.
II. Method of Collection
Third party disclosure.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0360.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
311.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes per western Pacific fishing
vessel; one hour and 15 minutes per
South Pacific purse seine vessel; 2
minutes per gear marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,148.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $35,000.
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;
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–6930 Filed 3–23–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Socio-Economic
Surveys of Vessel Owners, Permit
Holders, and Crew in New England and
Mid-Atlantic Fisheries
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Andrew Kitts, 508–495–2231
or akitts@mercury.wh.whoi.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection.
The purpose of this survey is to
provide for the ongoing collection of
social and economic data related to
fisheries and their communities in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.
These data are needed to support fishery
performance measures recently
developed by NOAA’s Northeast
Science Center’s Social Science Branch
(SSB) in Woods Hole, MA. The
measures are: Financial viability,
distributional outcomes, stewardship,
governance and well-being. Data to
support some indicators for these
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measures are already routinely collected
by NMFS. This survey will fill in the
gaps, and allow the Northeast to collect
trend data needed for more thorough
analysis of changes in the fisheries,
including impacts from changes in
regulations. The National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), as amended, both contain
requirements for considering the social
and economic impacts of fishery
management decisions. Currently,
however, no data exist that allow for
tracking the social impacts of fishery
management policy and decisions over
time in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
States, and insufficient economic trend
data are available. In implementing
policies and management programs and
in meeting the social and economic
impact assessment requirements of
NEPA and MSA, there is a need to
understand how such policies and
programs will affect the social and
economic characteristics of those
involved in the commercial fishing
industry. Under this survey, the SSB
intends to collect socio-economic data
from vessel owners, permit holders,
hired captains, and crew involved in
commercial fishing in New England and
the Mid-Atlantic States. Data to be
collected include information on crew,
wage calculation systems, individual
and community well-being, fishing
practices, job satisfaction, job
opportunities, and attitudes toward
fisheries management. SSB intends to
collect these data on an ongoing (e.g.,
annually or biennially) basis in order to
track how socio-economic
characteristics of fisheries are changing
over time and to track the impact of
fishery policies and management
programs implemented in New England
and the Mid-Atlantic.
NOAA is aware of a survey begun by
the University of Rhode Island in 2009/
2010 in New England under a grant
from the Commercial Fisheries Research
Foundation, that seeks PRA clearance
for a follow-up in the Mid-Atlantic in
summer 2011 under NOAA funding
(Social Impacts of the Implementation
of Catch Shares Programs in the MidAtlantic, OMB Control No. 0648–xxxx).
The current request has learned from
some elements of the URI and follow-on
survey. However, this request (1) Is
focused on fisheries management in
general while the earlier study is
focused solely on catch shares, (2) is an
ongoing survey rather than a one-time
effort, and (3) specifically targets
performance indicators for which data
are not currently being collected.
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II. Method of Collection
The most appropriate method of
collection is still being investigated
through an ongoing research project. For
the owners/permit holders’ survey,
NOAA is considering in-person
interviewing, a phone survey, or mail
survey, although the possibility of using
an e-mail survey is also being
considered. For the crew survey,
research is being conducted to
determine the most appropriate method
of collection. Given the population
(ships’ crew), NOAA is considering
either an in-person intercept approach
or a phone survey, depending on the
availability of phone numbers for crew.
Additionally, in order to reduce perrespondent burdens, SSB is considering
splitting questions asked among the
respondents. A core set of questions
would be asked to all sample
respondents, but some questions would
only be asked to one half of the sample
and another set of questions would be
asked to the other half of the sample.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(new collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000 annually.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region Vessel and Gear Identification 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 May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 944-2275, or
Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Regulations at 50 CFR 665.16 require that all United States (U.S.)
vessels with Federal permits fishing for Western Pacific fishery
management unit species display identification markings on the vessel
and gear, as specified in 50 CFR 665 and 50 CFR 300. Vessels registered
for use with a permit issued under Subparts B through E of 50 CFR 665,
must display the vessel's official number on both sides of the
deckhouse or hull, and on an appropriate weather deck. Vessels fishing
in the Western and Central Pacific Convention (WCPFC) Area with a WCPFC
Area Endorsement, or required to have a WCPFC Area Endorsement, must
comply with the regulations at 50 CFR 300.14 and 50 CFR 300.217. These
regulations require that vessels must display their international radio
call sign on both sides of the deckhouse or hull, and on an appropriate
weather deck, unless specifically exempted. Regulations at 50 CFR
300.35 require that vessels fishing under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty
must display their international radio call sign on the hull, the deck,
and on the sides of auxiliary equipment such as skiffs and helicopters.
The numbers must be a specific size at specified locations. The display
of the identifying numbers aids in fishery law enforcement.
Western Pacific fisheries regulations at 50 CFR 665.128, 665.228,
665.428, 665.628, and 665.804 require that certain fishing gear must be
marked. In the pelagic longline fisheries, the vessel operator must
ensure that the official number of the vessel is affixed to every
longline buoy and float. In the coral reef ecosystem fisheries, the
vessel number must be affixed to all fish and crab traps. The marking
of gear links fishing or other activity to the vessel, aids law
enforcement, and is valuable in actions concerning the damage, loss of
gear, and civil proceedings.
II. Method of Collection
Third party disclosure.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0360.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 311.
Estimated Time per Response: 45 minutes per western Pacific fishing
vessel; one hour and 15 minutes per South Pacific purse seine vessel; 2
minutes per gear marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,148.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $35,000.
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;
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they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6930 Filed 3-23-11; 8:45 am]
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