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fishing reports are due at the end of
each month in which no fishing occurs,
and annual expenditure reports are
submitted annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Under the provisions
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible
for management of the Nation’s marine
fisheries. NMFS must also promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to carry out obligations the
United States (U.S.) undertakes
internationally regarding tuna
management through the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.).
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website 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 collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0371.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NMFS Implementation of
International Trade Data System
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
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collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on September
23, 2022 (87 FR 58065) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: NMFS Implementation of
International Trade Data System.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0732.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,380 per
year.
Average Hours per Response:
International Trade Fisheries Permits,
20 minutes; Dataset submission in
ITDS/ACE, 18 minutes; Audit Response,
30 minutes; Supply Chain
Recordkeeping, 16 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 86,793
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of
International Affairs, Trade, and
Commerce requests a regular
submission of the extension of a current
information collection. The Security
and Accountability for Every Port Act of
2006 (SAFE Port Act, Pub. L. 109–347)
requires all Federal agencies with a role
in import admissibility decisions to
collect information electronically
through the International Trade Data
System (ITDS). The Department of the
Treasury has the U.S. Government lead
on ITDS development and Federal
agency integration. U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) developed the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as an internet-based system for
the collection and dissemination of
information for ITDS. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
through its e-government initiative,
oversees Federal agency participation in
ITDS, with a focus on reducing
duplicate reporting across agencies and
migrating paper-based reporting systems
to electronic information collection.
Numerous Federal agencies are involved
in the regulation of international trade
and many of these agencies participate
in the decision-making process related
to import, export, and transportation.
Agencies also use trade data to monitor
and report trade activity. NMFS is a
partner government agency in the ITDS
project as it monitors the trade of certain
fishery products. Electronic collection
of seafood trade data through a single
portal has resulted in an overall
reduction of the public reporting burden
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and the agency’s data collection costs,
has improved the timeliness and
accuracy of admissibility decisions, and
has increased the effectiveness of
applicable trade restrictive measures.
NMFS is responsible for
implementation of trade measures and
monitoring programs for fishery
products subject to the documentation
requirements of Regional Fishery
Management Organizations (RFMOs)
and/or domestic laws. RFMOs are
international fisheries organizations,
established by treaties, to promote
international cooperation to achieve
effective and responsible marine
stewardship and ensure sustainable
fisheries management. The United
States is a signatory to many RFMO
treaties, and Congress has passed
legislation to carry out U.S. obligations
under those treaties, including trade
measures to support conservation. Trade
measures and monitoring programs
enable the United States to exclude
products that do not meet the RFMO
criteria for admissibility to U.S. markets.
Pursuant to domestic statutory
authorities and/or multilateral
agreements, NMFS has implemented a
number of monitoring programs to
collect information from the seafood
industry regarding the origin of certain
fishery products. The purpose of these
programs is to determine the
admissibility of the products in
accordance with the specific criteria of
the trade measure or documentation
requirements in effect. The three NMFS
trade monitoring programs originally
included in the OMB information
collection approved under Control
Number 0648–0732 are the Highly
Migratory Species International Trade
Program (HMS ITP) which regulates
trade in specified commodities of tuna,
swordfish, billfish, and shark fins; the
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
(AMLR) trade program which regulates
trade in Antarctic and Patagonian
toothfish and other fishery products
caught in the area where the Convention
on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources (CCAMLR) applies;
and the Tuna Tracking and Verification
Program (TTVP), which regulates trade
in frozen and/or processed tuna
products (refer to 50 CFR
216.24(f)(2)(iii) for a complete list).
Separately, NMFS initially received
approval from OMB for the Seafood
Import Monitoring Program (SIMP)
under Control Number 0648–0739.
NMFS implemented SIMP under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA). Section 307(1)(Q) of the
MSA prohibits the importation of fish or
fish products that have been harvested
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in violation of a foreign law or
regulation, or in contravention of a
binding conservation measure of an
RFMO to which the United States is a
contracting party. Under SIMP,
information on the harvest event must
be submitted in ACE as part of the entry
filing for designated fish products to
allow NMFS to determine that the fish
or fish products were lawfully acquired
and are therefore admissible into U.S.
commerce. In 2019, NMFS included
shrimp and abalone entries in SIMP,
and received initial OMB approval for
the additional reporting burden for
shrimp and abalone entries under a
separate Control Number (0648–0776).
In the 2020 collection renewal of
0648–0732, OMB granted the NMFS
request to merge all the trade
monitoring programs under one
collection, which incorporated the
reporting burdens associated with
collections 0648–0739 and 0648–0776
within the scope of 0648–0732.
Generally, these trade monitoring
programs are similar and require anyone
who intends to import, export, and/or
re-export regulated species to obtain an
International Fisheries Trade Permit
(IFTP) from NMFS; obtain
documentation on the flag-nation
authorization for the harvest from the
foreign exporter; and submit this
information to NMFS. Depending on the
commodity, specific information may
also be required, such as the flag-state
of the harvesting vessel, the ocean area
of catch, the fishing gear used, the
harvesting vessel name, and details and
authorizations related to harvest,
landing, transshipment, and export.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal
government.
Frequency: Annual trade permits;
electronic reports upon import/export;
provision of supply chain documents
when selected for audit.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1385, 16
U.S.C. 1826(a), 16 U.S.C. 971(a), 19
U.S.C. 1411.
This information collection request
may be viewed at 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 should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
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by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648-0732.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
[RTID 0648–XC728]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Ecosystem and Ocean
Planning (EOP) Committee and
Advisory Panel (AP) of the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (Council)
will hold a joint meeting. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda
details.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 1
p.m. through 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
over webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on how to
connect to the webinar by computer and
by telephone will be available at:
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331; website:
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is for the EOP
Committee and AP to provide feedback
on the results and future application of
a research project the Council is
collaborating on with a research team
from Rutgers University. The project
developed forecast models to predict
short-term (1–10 years) climate-induced
distribution changes for four
economically important Mid and South
Atlantic managed species (Summer
Flounder, Spiny Dogfish, Illex Squid,
and Gray Triggerfish). The forecast
model was initially developed, fully
tested, and evaluated for summer
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flounder and has been fitted and
applied to the other three focal species.
The EOP Committee and AP will
provide feedback on the model results,
potential model utility, and possible
future science and management
applications. EOP Committee and AP
feedback, as well as input from the
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC), will be presented to
the Council for their consideration.
A detailed agenda and background
documents will be made available on
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to
Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 1, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[RTID 0648–XC701]
Notice of Availability of a Record of
Decision for the Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group Final Phase II Restoration Plan:
#3.2 Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA);
record of decision (ROD).
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS), Record
of Decision and Consent Decree, notice
is hereby given that the Federal and
State natural resource trustee agencies
for the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG)
have issued a Record of Decision (ROD)
for the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group Final Phase II
Restoration Plan #3.2: Mid-Barataria
Sediment Diversion Project (Final Phase
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NMFS Implementation of International Trade Data System
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 September 23, 2022 (87 FR 58065) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: NMFS Implementation of International Trade Data System.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0732.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,380 per year.
Average Hours per Response: International Trade Fisheries Permits,
20 minutes; Dataset submission in ITDS/ACE, 18 minutes; Audit Response,
30 minutes; Supply Chain Recordkeeping, 16 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 86,793 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office
of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce requests a regular
submission of the extension of a current information collection. The
Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act,
Pub. L. 109-347) requires all Federal agencies with a role in import
admissibility decisions to collect information electronically through
the International Trade Data System (ITDS). The Department of the
Treasury has the U.S. Government lead on ITDS development and Federal
agency integration. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) developed
the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) as an internet-based system
for the collection and dissemination of information for ITDS. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through its e-government
initiative, oversees Federal agency participation in ITDS, with a focus
on reducing duplicate reporting across agencies and migrating paper-
based reporting systems to electronic information collection. Numerous
Federal agencies are involved in the regulation of international trade
and many of these agencies participate in the decision-making process
related to import, export, and transportation. Agencies also use trade
data to monitor and report trade activity. NMFS is a partner government
agency in the ITDS project as it monitors the trade of certain fishery
products. Electronic collection of seafood trade data through a single
portal has resulted in an overall reduction of the public reporting
burden and the agency's data collection costs, has improved the
timeliness and accuracy of admissibility decisions, and has increased
the effectiveness of applicable trade restrictive measures.
NMFS is responsible for implementation of trade measures and
monitoring programs for fishery products subject to the documentation
requirements of Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) and/
or domestic laws. RFMOs are international fisheries organizations,
established by treaties, to promote international cooperation to
achieve effective and responsible marine stewardship and ensure
sustainable fisheries management. The United States is a signatory to
many RFMO treaties, and Congress has passed legislation to carry out
U.S. obligations under those treaties, including trade measures to
support conservation. Trade measures and monitoring programs enable the
United States to exclude products that do not meet the RFMO criteria
for admissibility to U.S. markets.
Pursuant to domestic statutory authorities and/or multilateral
agreements, NMFS has implemented a number of monitoring programs to
collect information from the seafood industry regarding the origin of
certain fishery products. The purpose of these programs is to determine
the admissibility of the products in accordance with the specific
criteria of the trade measure or documentation requirements in effect.
The three NMFS trade monitoring programs originally included in the OMB
information collection approved under Control Number 0648-0732 are the
Highly Migratory Species International Trade Program (HMS ITP) which
regulates trade in specified commodities of tuna, swordfish, billfish,
and shark fins; the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) trade
program which regulates trade in Antarctic and Patagonian toothfish and
other fishery products caught in the area where the Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) applies; and
the Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP), which regulates
trade in frozen and/or processed tuna products (refer to 50 CFR
216.24(f)(2)(iii) for a complete list).
Separately, NMFS initially received approval from OMB for the
Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) under Control Number 0648-
0739. NMFS implemented SIMP under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Section 307(1)(Q) of the
MSA prohibits the importation of fish or fish products that have been
harvested
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in violation of a foreign law or regulation, or in contravention of a
binding conservation measure of an RFMO to which the United States is a
contracting party. Under SIMP, information on the harvest event must be
submitted in ACE as part of the entry filing for designated fish
products to allow NMFS to determine that the fish or fish products were
lawfully acquired and are therefore admissible into U.S. commerce. In
2019, NMFS included shrimp and abalone entries in SIMP, and received
initial OMB approval for the additional reporting burden for shrimp and
abalone entries under a separate Control Number (0648-0776).
In the 2020 collection renewal of 0648-0732, OMB granted the NMFS
request to merge all the trade monitoring programs under one
collection, which incorporated the reporting burdens associated with
collections 0648-0739 and 0648-0776 within the scope of 0648-0732.
Generally, these trade monitoring programs are similar and require
anyone who intends to import, export, and/or re-export regulated
species to obtain an International Fisheries Trade Permit (IFTP) from
NMFS; obtain documentation on the flag-nation authorization for the
harvest from the foreign exporter; and submit this information to NMFS.
Depending on the commodity, specific information may also be required,
such as the flag-state of the harvesting vessel, the ocean area of
catch, the fishing gear used, the harvesting vessel name, and details
and authorizations related to harvest, landing, transshipment, and
export.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Federal government.
Frequency: Annual trade permits; electronic reports upon import/
export; provision of supply chain documents when selected for audit.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1385, 16 U.S.C. 1826(a), 16 U.S.C.
971(a), 19 U.S.C. 1411.
This information collection request may be viewed at
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 should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website 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 collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0732.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-02547 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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