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Information Collection Request

Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Eastern Pacific Highly Migratory Species Fisheries

ICR 201510-0648-003 · OMB 0648-0690 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
0690 SS 012714_8-25-15.doc Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2015-08-26 Available
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
209656 VMS maintenance, exemption reports and transmission costs Unchanged
209655 VMS installation plus activation checklist, annualized Unchanged
ICR Details
0648-0690 201510-0648-003
Historical Active 201508-0648-005
DOC/NOAA
Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in the Eastern Pacific Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/07/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/07/2015
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2018 36 Months From Approved
46 0 0
42 0 0
36,295 0 0
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) would issue this regulation under the Tuna Conventions Act to implement a resolution adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in June 2004. This rule implements IATTC Resolution C-04-06 intended to require owners and operators of tuna-fishing vessels to have installed, activate, carry and operate vessel monitoring system (VMS) units (also known as "mobile transmitting units"). This regulation would apply to owners and operators of commercial vessels, 24 meters or more in length, targeting tuna and operating in the IATTC Convention Area (area bounded by the coast of the Americas, the 50° N. and 50° S. parallels, and the 150° W. meridian in the eastern Pacific Ocean). The VMS units would have to be type-approved and authorize NMFS to receive and relay transmissions (also called "position reports") from the VMS unit to the IATTC and to NMFS. The proposed action is necessary for the United States (U.S.) to satisfy its international obligations under the 1949 Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna, to which it is a Contracting Party.
US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  
None
0648-BD54 Final or interim final rulemaking 80 FR 60533 10/07/2015
No
2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
VMS installation plus activation checklist, annualized
VMS maintenance, exemption reports and transmission costs
  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 46 0 0 46 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 42 0 0 42 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 36,295 0 0 36,295 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
This is a new information collection,
$470,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Rachael Wadsworth 562 980-4036
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
08/17/2015