[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4541-4542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1865]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: International Dolphin Conservation Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0387.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 139.
    Average Hours per Response: Permit applications, 10 minutes and 35 
minutes; notifications regarding changes, 10 minutes and 35 minutes; 
tracking of verification of dolphin-safe tuna: tuna tracking submission 
forms and monthly tuna receiving reports, 60 minutes each; other 
notifications and reports, 10 minutes, and documentary evidence 
requests by the NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Region Administrator, 30 
minutes.
    Burden Hours: 348.

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    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA) collects information to implement the International Dolphin 
Conservation Program Act (Act). The Act allows entry of yellowfin tuna 
into the United States (U.S.), under specific conditions, from nations 
in the International Dolphin Conservation Program that would otherwise 
be under embargo. The Act also allows U.S. fishing vessels to 
participate in the yellowfin tuna fishery in the eastern tropical 
Pacific Ocean (ETP) on terms equivalent with the vessels of other 
nations. NOAA collects information to allow tracking and verification 
of ``dolphin safe'' and ``non-dolphin safe'' tuna products from catch 
through the U.S. market.
    The regulations implementing the Act are at 50 CFR parts 216 and 
300. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 
and 300 form the basis for this collection of information. This 
collection includes permit applications, notifications, tuna tracking 
forms, reports, and certifications that provide information on vessel 
characteristics and operations in the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna 
products, and certain other information necessary to implement the Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: January 24, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1865 Filed 1-27-12; 8:45 am]
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