[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15273]


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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: Basic Requirements for Special Exemption Permits and 
Authorizations to Take, Import, and Export Marine Mammals, Threatened 
and Endangered Species, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal 
Inventory under the Marine Mammal Protection, the Fur Seal, and the 
Endangered Species Acts.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0084.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 536.
    Average Hours per Response: Permit applications: scientific 
research/enhancement (SR/EN), 50 hours; public display, 30; photograph 
and general authorization, 10 hours each; major permit amendments, 35; 
minor amendments, 3; reports: SR/EN, 12; general authorization, 8; all 
others, 2; recordkeeping for each permit, 2; documentation of marine 
mammal transport/transfer, 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 7,730.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    The Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; MMPA), 
Fur Seal Act (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.; FSA), and Endangered Species Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA) prohibit certain activities affecting 
marine mammals and endangered and threatened species, with exceptions. 
Pursuant to section 104 of the MMPA and Section 10 of the ESA, special 
exception permits can be obtained for scientific research and enhancing 
the survival or recovery of a species or stock of marine mammals or 
threatened or endangered species. Section 104 of the MMPA also includes 
permits for commercial and educational photography of marine mammals; 
import and capture of marine mammals for public display; and, Letters 
of Confirmation under the General Authorization for scientific research 
that involves minimal disturbance to marine mammals. This information 
collection applies to protected species for which NMFS is responsible, 
including the marine mammal species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and 
porpoises), pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), sea turtles (in water), 
white abalone, black abalone, smalltooth sawfish, largetooth sawfish 
(imports only), shortnose sturgeon, and Atlantic sturgeon. The 
information collection may be used for proposed listed species (e.g., 
corals).
    This information collection is being revised to include submission 
of Letters of Intent under the General Authorization via the existing 
online application system, Authorizations and Permits for Protected 
Species (APPS), in addition to the current usage for SR/EN 
applications. This revision also includes adding Atlantic sturgeon and 
largetooth sawfish.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to retain or obtain benefits.
    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: June 20, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15273 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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