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CFR Citation: 50 CFR Part 665

Docket ID: [Docket No. 071211828-8826-03]

RIN ID: RIN 0648-AU22

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Fisheries in the Western Pacific:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule; effectiveness of collection-of-information requirements.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish; Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main Hawaiian Islands

DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 665.13(f)(2) and (g), 665.14(a), and 665.61(a), published at 73 FR 18450 (April 4, 2008) have been approved by OMB and are effective on August 18, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of collectionofinformation requirements contained in regulations implementing Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region. The intent of this final rule is to inform the public that the associated permitting and reporting requirements have been approved by OMB.

SUMMARY: Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish; Permit and Reporting Requirements in the Main Hawaiian Islands,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This Federal Register document is also accessible at the Office of the Federal Register: www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/. Background

A final rule for Amendment 14 was published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18450), and the requirements of that final rule, other than the collectionofinformation requirements, were effective on April 1, 2008. Because OMB approval of the collectionof information requirements had not been received by the date that final rule was published, the effective date of the associated permitting and reporting requirements in that rule was delayed. OMB approved the collectionofinformation requirements contained in the final rule on July 3, 2008. Accordingly, this final rule makes effective the collectionofinformation requirements at Sec. Sec. 665.13, 665.14, and 665.61, which were amended in the April 4, 2008, final rule. Classification

This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, and no person shall be subject to penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This final rule contains new collectionofinformation requirements subject to the PRA under OMB Control Number 06480577. The public reporting burden for these requirements is estimated to be 20 minutes for a new permit application, two (2) hours for a permit appeal, and 20 minutes for completing a fishing logbook each day. These estimates include 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 these burden estimates or any other aspect of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing the
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burden, to William L. Robinson (see ADDRESSES), or by email to David_ Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 2023957285.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: July 15, 2008.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator For Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Bob Harman, NMFS PIR, 808-944-2271.