Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transshipment Requirements Under the WCPFC, 41946 [2024-10534]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 41946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10534]


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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; Transshipment Requirements Under the WCPFC

    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 February 2, 2024 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: Transshipment Requirements under the WCPFC.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0649.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission; extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 203.
    Average Hours per Response: 0-1 hour per collection item.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 959 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection. National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) has issued regulations under authority of the Western and 
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the obligations of the United States 
under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly 
Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean 
(Convention), including implementing the decisions of the Commission 
for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in 
the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC or Commission). The 
regulations include requirements for the owners and operators of U.S. 
vessels to: (1) complete and submit a Pacific Transshipment Declaration 
form for each transshipment that takes place in the area of application 
of the Convention (Convention Area) of highly migratory species caught 
in the Convention Area, (2) submit notice to the WCPFC Executive 
Director containing specific information at least 36 hours prior to 
each transshipment on the high seas in the Convention Area and within 
12 hours after each emergency transshipment in the Convention Area, (3) 
in the event that a vessel anticipates a transshipment where an 
observer is required, provide notice to NMFS at least 72 hours before 
leaving port of the need for an observer, (4) complete and submit a 
U.S. Purse Seine Discard form within 48 hours after any discard, (5) 
submit daily purse seine fishing effort reports; (6) submit a notice to 
a contact designated by NMFS in the event of a serious illness, 
assault, harassment, intimidation or threat to a WCPFC observer; and 
(7) submit notice to obtain a WCPFC observer for a purse seine vessel 
departing from American Samoa.
    The information collected from these requirements is used by NOAA 
and the Commission to help ensure compliance with domestic laws and the 
Commission's conservation and management measures, and are necessary in 
order for the United States to satisfy its obligations under the 
Convention. There are no changes to this collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
    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 0648-0649.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-10534 Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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