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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 174 / Monday, September 9, 2024 / Notices

and other meetings, (3) issues to be
considered in the WCPFC 2024 annual
session and (4) input and advice from
the PAC on issues that may arise at the
WCPFC 2024 annual session.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for sign
language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Katrina Poremba at (808) 725–5096 or
katrina.poremba@noaa.gov by October
7, 2024.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.
Dated: September 4, 2024.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Southeast Region Vessel and Gear
Identification 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 May 9th,
2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Southeast Region Vessel and
Gear Identification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0358.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular
submission—extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,031.
Estimated Time per Response: Vessel
marking: 75 minutes. Gear marking:
aquacultured live rocks, 10 seconds
each; golden crab traps, 2 minutes each;

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spiny lobster traps and buoys, 7 minutes
each; black sea bass pots, buoys, and
buoy lines, 16 minutes each; and
Spanish mackerel gillnet buoys, 20
minutes each; and buoy gear, 10
minutes each.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,335.
Needs and Uses: The NMFS Southeast
Region manages domestic fisheries in
the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South
Atlantic regions under multiple fishery
management plans (FMPs). The regional
fishery management councils prepared
the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act). NMFS implements the FMPs
through located at 50 CFR part 622.
The regulations located at 50 CFR part
622 form the basis for the information
collection requirements that are
currently approved under OMB Control
Number 0648–0358, Southeast Region
Vessel and Gear Identification
Requirements. NMFS has no immediate
plans to change identification
requirements for fishing vessels or gear
in 50 CFR part 622. Accordingly, NMFS
proposes to extend to the information
collections under OMB Control Number
0648–0358 without change.
Regulations at 50 CFR part 622
require that all federally permitted
fishing vessels must be marked with
some form of identification. A vessel’s
official number, under most regulations,
must be displayed on the port and
starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull,
and on the weather deck. In addition,
regulations for certain fisheries also
require the display of the assigned color
code for the vessel. The official number
and color code identify each vessel and
should be visible at distance from the
sea and in the air. These markings
provide law enforcement personnel
with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea
processing, and other related activities,
and to determine whether observed
activities on the vessel are in
accordance with those authorized for
that vessel. NMFS, the United States
Coast Guard, and other marine agencies
use the identifying official number in
monitoring compliance, issuing
violations, prosecutions, and other
enforcement actions. Vessels that are
permitted for particular fisheries are
readily identified and gear violations are
more readily prosecuted, thereby
enabling for more cost-effective
enforcement.
In addition to vessel marking,
requirements that fishing gear be
marked are essential to facilitate
enforcement. The ability to link fishing
gear to the vessel owner is crucial to
enforcement of regulations issued under

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the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. The marking of fishing gear is also
valuable in actions concerning damage,
loss, and civil proceedings. The
requirements imposed on U.S. fisheries
in the southeast region apply to
aquacultured live rock; golden crab
traps; spiny lobster traps and buoys;
black sea bass pots, buoys, and buoy
lines; Spanish mackerel gillnet buoys;
and buoy gear.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
This information collection request
may be viewed at https://
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 must be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website https://
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 information collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648–0358.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Interagency Marine Debris
Coordinating Committee Meeting
National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given of a
virtual public meeting of the
Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating
Committee (IMDCC). IMDCC members
will discuss Federal marine debris
activities, with a particular emphasis on
the topics identified in the section on
Matters to Be Considered.
DATES: The virtual public meeting will
be held on September 24, 2024, from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time (ET).
SUMMARY:

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