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CFR Citation: 50 CFR Part 635

Docket ID: [Docket No. 0612242866-8888-03]

RIN ID: RIN 0648-AU89

NOTICE: RULES

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

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Atlantic Shark Management Measures

DATES: The collection-of-information requirements in Sec. 635.5 will be effective on September 15, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of collectionofinformation requirements contained in regulations implementing Amendment 2 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This final rule sets forth the effective date of the collectionof information requirements.

SUMMARY: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This Federal Register document is also accessible on the internet at: www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. Background

A final rule for Amendment 2 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2008 (73 FR 35778), and a correction was published on July 15, 2008 (73 FR 40658). That final rule became effective on July 24, 2008. The OMB approval of the collectionofinformation requirements for Sec. 635.5 had not been received by the date the final rule was submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Because OMB approval of the collectionofinformation requirements had not been received by NMFS by the date the final rule was published, the effective date of the associated recordkeeping and reporting requirements in that rule was delayed.

OMB approved the collectionofinformation requirements contained in the rule on June 23, 2008. Accordingly, this final rule makes effective the collectionofinformation requirements at Sec. 635.5 contained in the final rule published on June 24, 2008.

Classification

This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.tanding 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 collectionof information requirement subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that collectionofinformation displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This final rule contains revisions to collectionof information requirements subject to the PRA under OMB Control Number 06480040. NMFS sought approval regarding the addition of a check box on the HMS dealer form. This check box would allow HMS dealers to note whether or not shark fins were naturally attached to the shark through offloading. NMFS does not expect that the addition of a check box regarding shark fins would add to the reporting burden.

Send comments regarding these burden estimates or any other aspect of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to David Rostker at David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 2023957285.

Dated: August 11, 2008.
James W. Balsiger
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Jackie Wilson, NMFS HMS Management Division, 2403383936.