[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34396-34397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16772]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 902
50 CFR Part 600
[Docket No. 970304043-7145-03; I.D. 061397A]
RIN 0648-AJ59
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Foreign Fishing Vessels in
Internal Waters; Reporting Requirements
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule, technical amendment and correction.
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SUMMARY: On May 19, 1997, NMFS published a final rule implementing new
reporting requirements for foreign fishing vessels (FFV's) operating in
the internal waters of a state. This document corrects a typographical
error in that final rule and makes a technical amendment to clarify
that the reporting of the location of where fish were harvested must
include the name and official vessel number of the vessel of the United
States that harvested the fish.
DATES: Effective June 26, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden-hour estimates for the collection-
of-information requirements contained in this final rule should be sent
to George H. Darcy, F/SF3, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, and the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Washington, DC 20503 (Attention: NOAA Desk Officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George H. Darcy, 301-713-2341.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 19, 1997, NMFS published a final rule
at 62 FR 27182 that implemented reporting requirements for FFV's
operating in the internal waters of a state, to reflect the October
1996 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
Additional background for that action is contained in the preamble to
the final rule and in the preamble to the proposed rule that was
published March 20, 1997, at 62 FR 13360, and is not repeated here.
Following publication of the final rule, it was recognized that the
reporting element added at 50 CFR 600.508(f)(2)(i)(D), which requires
that the harvest location of the fish received for processing be
reported, was not sufficiently explicit. In order for NMFS to properly
account for such harvested fish, the harvest location information must
include the name and official number of the vessel of the United States
that harvested the fish. This technical amendment makes that reporting
requirement explicit by revising Sec. 600.508(f)(2)(i)(D). Such
information is expected to be maintained as a normal part of conducting
business and does not materially change the burden hour estimates
published in the preamble to the May 19, 1997, final rule.
Because section 3507(c)(B)(i) of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
requires agencies to inventory and display a current control number
assigned by the Director, OMB, for each agency information collection,
the May 19, 1997, final rule also amended 15 CFR 902.1(b) by adding the
control number for the approved collection of information. A
typographical error in the final rule transposed the numerals in the
OMB approval number that was added to the table in 15 CFR 902.1(b);
this final rule corrects that error. Under NOAA Administrative Order
205-11, 7.01, dated December 17, 1990, the Under Secretary for Oceans
and Atmosphere has delegated to the Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA, the authority to sign material for publication in the
Federal Register.
Classification
Because this technical amendment makes only a minor, non-
substantive clarification and correction to an existing rule, prior
notice and opportunity for public comment would serve no purpose.
Accordingly, the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), for good cause finds that prior notice and opportunity for
public comment are unnecessary. For the same reasons, there is good
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) not to delay the effective date of the
technical amendment for 30 days.
Because this rule is being issued without prior comment, it is not
subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act requirement for a regulatory
flexibility analysis and none has been prepared.
This rule contains a collection-of-information requirement subject
to the PRA. This collection has been approved by OMB under control
number 0648-0329. Public reporting burden is estimated to average 0.5
hours per response to fill out and submit each weekly report to the
Regional Administrator, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments regarding burden estimates, or any other aspect of this
data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS
and OMB (see ADDRESSES).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a 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.
This rule makes minor technical changes to a rule that has been
determined to be not significant under E.O. 12866. No changes in the
regulatory impact previously reviewed and analyzed will result from
implementation of this technical amendment.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
50 CFR Part 600
Fisheries, Fishing.
Dated: June 23, 1997.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR chapter IX and 50
CFR chapter VI are amended as follows:
15 CFR Chapter IX
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. 3501 et seq.
2. In Sec. 902.1, paragraph (b), the table is amended by revising
the entry for 50 CFR 600.508 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 collection (all numbers
requirement is located begin with
0648-)
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50 CFR
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600.508................................................. -0329
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50 CFR Chapter VI
PART 600--MAGNUSON ACT PROVISIONS
3. The authority citation for part 600 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
4. In Sec. 600.508, paragraph (f)(2)(i)(D) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 600.508 Fishing operations.
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(f) * * *
(2) * * *
(i) * * *
(D) Location(s) from which the fish received were harvested and the
name and official number of the vessel of the United States that
harvested the fish.
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[FR Doc. 97-16772 Filed 6-25-97; 8:45 am]
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