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documentation for nominees; 1 hour to
designate a principal state fishery
official(s) or for a request to reinstate
authority.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,607.
Needs and Uses: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) authorizes the establishment of
eight Regional Fishery Management
Councils to manage fisheries within
regional jurisdictions. This collection
pertains to several sections of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act related to the
Councils. Section 302(b) provides for
appointment of Council members
nominated by State Governors,
Territorial Governors, or Tribal
Governments and for designation of a
principal state fishery official for the
purposes of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Section 306(b)(2) provides for a request
by a state for reinstatement of state
authority over a managed fishery.
Nominees for Council membership must
provide their State Governor, Territorial
Governor, or Tribal Government
leadership with background
documentation, which is then submitted
to NOAA, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce to review qualifications for
Council membership. The information
collected with these actions is used to
ensure that the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act are being met in
regard to Council membership and state
authority.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Act section 302(b), section 306(b)(2),
and 50 CFR 600.215.
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 0648–0314.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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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; Highly Migratory Species
Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings
Data Reports
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 October 19,
2022, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Data
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0371.
Form Number(s): 88–191.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 5,642.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes for cost/earnings summaries
attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes
for annual expenditure forms, 12
minutes for logbook catch trip and set
reports, 2 minutes for negative logbook
catch reports.
Burden Hours: 21,710.
Needs and Uses: NMFS collects
information via vessel logbooks to
monitor the U.S. catch of Atlantic
swordfish, sharks, billfish, and tunas in
relation to the quotas, thereby ensuring
that the United States complies with its
domestic and international obligations.
The HMS logbook program, OMB
Control No. 0648–0371, was specifically
designed to collect the vessel level
information needed for the management
of Atlantic HMS, and includes set
forms, trip forms, negative reports, and
cost-earning requirements for both
commercial and recreational vessels.
The information supplied through the
HMS logbook program provides the
catch and effort data on a per-set or pertrip level of resolution for both directed
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and incidental species. In addition to
HMS fisheries, the HMS logbook
program is also used to report catches of
dolphin and wahoo by commercial and
charter/headboat fisheries by vessels
that do not possess other federal
permits. Additionally, the HMS logbook
collects data on incidental species,
including sea turtles, which is necessary
to evaluate the fisheries in terms of
bycatch and encounters with protected
species. While most HMS fishermen use
the HMS logbook program, HMS can
also be reported as part of several other
logbook collections including the
Northeast Region Fishing Vessel Trip
Reports (0648–0212) and Southeast
Region Coastal Logbook (0648–0016).
These data are necessary to assess the
status of HMS, dolphin, and wahoo in
each fishery. International stock
assessments for tunas, swordfish,
billfish, and some species of sharks are
conducted through ICCAT’s Standing
Committee on Research and Statistics
periodically and provide, in part, the
basis for ICCAT management
recommendations which become
binding on member nations. Domestic
stock assessments for most species of
sharks and for dolphin and wahoo are
used as the basis of managing these
species.
Supplementary information on fishing
costs and earnings has been collected
via the HMS logbook program. This
economic information enables NMFS to
assess the economic impacts of
regulatory programs on small businesses
and fishing communities, consistent
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, and other
domestic laws.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed
under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and the Atlantic Tunas
Conservation Act (ATCA). Under the
MSA, management measures must be
consistent with ten National Standards,
and fisheries must be managed to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild
overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary
of Commerce shall promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to implement measures
adopted by the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations (vessel owners).
Frequency: Trip summary reports are
submitted within 7 days following the
completion of each fishing trip, trip
cost-earnings reports are due within 30
days of trip completion, no catch/
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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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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; Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings
Data Reports
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 October 19, 2022, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Vessel Logbooks and Cost-
Earnings Data Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0371.
Form Number(s): 88-191.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 5,642.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for cost/earnings summaries
attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes for annual expenditure forms,
12 minutes for logbook catch trip and set reports, 2 minutes for
negative logbook catch reports.
Burden Hours: 21,710.
Needs and Uses: NMFS collects information via vessel logbooks to
monitor the U.S. catch of Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and
tunas in relation to the quotas, thereby ensuring that the United
States complies with its domestic and international obligations. The
HMS logbook program, OMB Control No. 0648-0371, was specifically
designed to collect the vessel level information needed for the
management of Atlantic HMS, and includes set forms, trip forms,
negative reports, and cost-earning requirements for both commercial and
recreational vessels. The information supplied through the HMS logbook
program provides the catch and effort data on a per-set or per-trip
level of resolution for both directed and incidental species. In
addition to HMS fisheries, the HMS logbook program is also used to
report catches of dolphin and wahoo by commercial and charter/headboat
fisheries by vessels that do not possess other federal permits.
Additionally, the HMS logbook collects data on incidental species,
including sea turtles, which is necessary to evaluate the fisheries in
terms of bycatch and encounters with protected species. While most HMS
fishermen use the HMS logbook program, HMS can also be reported as part
of several other logbook collections including the Northeast Region
Fishing Vessel Trip Reports (0648-0212) and Southeast Region Coastal
Logbook (0648-0016).
These data are necessary to assess the status of HMS, dolphin, and
wahoo in each fishery. International stock assessments for tunas,
swordfish, billfish, and some species of sharks are conducted through
ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics periodically and
provide, in part, the basis for ICCAT management recommendations which
become binding on member nations. Domestic stock assessments for most
species of sharks and for dolphin and wahoo are used as the basis of
managing these species.
Supplementary information on fishing costs and earnings has been
collected via the HMS logbook program. This economic information
enables NMFS to assess the economic impacts of regulatory programs on
small businesses and fishing communities, consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, and other domestic laws.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and the
Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act (ATCA). Under the MSA, management
measures must be consistent with ten National Standards, and fisheries
must be managed to maintain optimum yield, rebuild overfished
fisheries, and prevent overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary of
Commerce shall promulgate regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to
implement measures adopted by the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations
(vessel owners).
Frequency: Trip summary reports are submitted within 7 days
following the completion of each fishing trip, trip cost-earnings
reports are due within 30 days of trip completion, no catch/
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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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