[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 75144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30504]
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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: Limits on Application of Take Prohibitions--Threatened
Salmonids.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0399.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 301.
Average Hours Per Response: Diversion screens, aiding/rescue of
salmon and artificial propagation, 5 hours each; road maintenance
agreements and tribal or joint state/tribal plans, 20 hours each; urban
development ordinance packages, 30 hours; fishery harvest and hatchery
plans, 10 hours; research permit applications and annual reports, 2
hours each.
Burden Hours: 1,705.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection.
Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et. seq.) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to
adopt such regulations as it ``deems necessary and advisable to provide
for the conservation of'' threatened species. Those regulations may
include any or all of the prohibitions provided in section 9(a)(1) of
the ESA, which specifically prohibits ``take'' of any endangered
species (``take'' includes actions that harass, harm, pursue, kill, or
capture). The first salmonid species listed by NMFS as threatened were
protected by virtually blanket application of the section 9 take
prohibitions. There are now 22 separate Distinct Population Segments
(DPS) of west coast salmonids listed as threatened, covering a large
percentage of the land base in California, Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. NMFS is obligated to enact necessary and advisable protective
regulations. NMFS makes section 9 prohibitions generally applicable to
many of those threatened DPS, but also seeks to respond to requests
from states and others to both provide more guidance on how to protect
threatened salmonids and avoid take, and to limit the application of
take prohibitions wherever warranted (see 70 FR 37160, June 28, 2005,
71 FR 834, January 5, 2006, and 73 FR 55451, September 25, 2008). The
regulations describe programs or circumstances that contribute to the
conservation of, or are being conducted in a way that limits impacts
on, listed salmonids. Because we have determined that such programs/
circumstances adequately protect listed salmonids, the regulations do
not apply the ``take'' prohibitions to them. Some of these limits on
the take prohibitions entail voluntary submission of a plan to NMFS
and/or annual or occasional reports by entities wishing to take
advantage of these limits, or continue within them.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, state,
local or tribal government.
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: December 13, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30504 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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