[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30541-30542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12191]


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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: U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Reporting System.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0492.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 158.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West Coast Region, 
manages the United States (U.S.)--Canada Albacore Tuna Treaty of 1981 
(Treaty). Owners of vessels that fish from U.S. West Coast ports for 
albacore tuna will be required to notify the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) West Coast Region of their desire to be on the list of 
vessels provided to Canada each year indicating vessels eligible to 
fish for albacore tuna in waters under the jurisdiction of Canada. 
Additionally, vessel operators are required to report in advance their 
intention to fish in Canadian waters prior to crossing the maritime 
border as well as to mark their fishing vessels to facilitate 
enforcement of the effort limits under the Treaty. Vessel operators are 
also required to maintain and submit a logbook of all catch and fishing 
effort. The regulations implementing the reporting and vessel marking 
requirements under the Treaty are at 50 CFR part 300.172-300.176.
    The estimated burden below includes hours to complete the logbook 
requirement, although it is assumed that most if not all of the 
respondents already complete the required logbook under the mandatory 
West Coast Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (HMS FMP), 
OMB Control No. 0648-0223. Duplicate reporting under the Treaty and HMS 
FMP is not required. Most years, there will be much less fishing (and 
thus less reporting) under the Treaty than the level on which the 
estimate is based.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.


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    Dated: May 21, 2014
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12191 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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