Endangered Fish and Wildlife: Final Rule to Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales

Federal Register: December 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 235)

Rules and Regulations

Page 74003-74004

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 15 CFR Part 902

Docket No. 0811251525-81526-01

RIN 0648-AS36

Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Final Rule To Implement Speed

Restrictions To Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North

Atlantic Right Whales

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; OMB approval of collection-of-information requirements.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in regulations implementing speed restrictions to reduce the incidence and severity of ship collisions with North Atlantic right whales.

DATES: Effective December 9, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding burden-hour estimates or other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this final rule may be submitted to NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Silber, Ph.D., or Shannon

Bettridge, Ph.D., Fishery Biologists, Office of Protected Resources,

NMFS, at (301) 713-2322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

This Federal Register document is also accessible at the Web site of the Office of the Federal Register: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ index.html.

Background

On October 10, 2008, NMFS published a final rule implementing speed restrictions to reduce the incidence and severity of ship collisions with North Atlantic right whales (73 FR 60173). That final rule contained a collection-of-information requirement subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that had not yet been approved by OMB.

Specifically, 50 CFR 224.105(c) requires a logbook entry to document that a deviation from the 10-knot speed limit was necessary for safe maneuverability under certain conditions.

On October 30, 2008, OMB approved the collection-of-information requirements contained in the October 10, 2008, final rule. NMFS announces that the collection-of-information requirements are approved under Control Number 0648-0580, with an expiration date of April 30, 2009.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 902

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: December 1, 2008.

Samuel D. Rauch III,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine

Fisheries Service. 0

For the reasons stated in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902 is amended as follows:

PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS 0 1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 0 2. In Sec. 902.1, the table in paragraph (b) under ``50 CFR'' is amended by adding a new entry in numerical order to read as follows:

Sec. 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act.

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Current OMB control number

CFR part or section where the information collection

(All numbers requirement is located

begin with 0648-

)

* * * * * 50 CFR

* * * * * 224.105(c)............................................

-0580

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FR Doc. E8-28874 Filed 12-4-08; 8:45 am

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