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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BG34 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: Vessel Monitoring Systems; Requirements for Enhanced Mobile Transceiver Unit and Mobile Communication Service Type Approval 
Abstract: This action proposes to update the regulations that require enhanced mobile transceiver unit type-approval holders to renew their type-approvals. All vessels participating in a NOAA Vessel Monitoring System program are required to acquire a NMFS-approved enhanced mobile transceiver unit to comply with the Vessel Monitoring System requirements. The enhanced mobile transceiver units are type-approved for use in the program by the NMFS Office of Law Enforcement pursuant to the specifications in regulations. Under the existing regulations, a type-approval is valid for three years and a type-approval holder must seek renewal of the type-approval prior to the end of the type-approval period. This proposed amendment to current regulations eliminates the type-approval renewal requirement. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/05/2017  82 FR 57419   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/04/2018 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  02/27/2018  83 FR 8416   
Second NPRM Comment Period End  03/29/2018 
Final Action  05/00/2018 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Alan Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13362,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2334
Fax:301 713-0596
Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov