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
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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:
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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-
)
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* * * * * 224.105(c)............................................
-0580
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