[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61285-61286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24178]
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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
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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Billfish Certificate of Eligibility.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0216.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 200.
Average Hours per Response: Initial dealer completion, 20 minutes;
subsequent dealer completion, 2 minutes.
Burden Hours: 43.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
A Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for Billfishes is required under
50 CFR part 635 to accompany all billfish, except for a billfish landed
in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of landing. This
documentation certifies that the accompanying billfish was not
harvested from the applicable Atlantic Ocean management unit (described
on the NOAA sample certificate), and identifies the vessel landing the
billfish, the vessel's homeport, the port of offloading, and the date
of offloading. The certificate must accompany the billfish to any
dealer or processor who subsequently receives or possesses the
billfish. The extension of this collection is necessary to implement
the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan,
which contains an objective to reserve Atlantic billfish for the
recreational fishery.
On October 5, 2012, the President signed Public Law 112-183
entitled the ``Billfish Conservation Act of 2012,'' which prohibits the
sale of billfish (or products containing billfish), or the custody,
control, or possession of billfish (or products containing billfish)
for purposes of sale. The only exemptions to this prohibition include
billfish landed by U.S. fishing vessels in Hawaii and Pacific Insular
Areas, and billfish landed by foreign fishing vessels in the Pacific
Insular Areas when the foreign-caught billfish are exported to non-U.S.
markets or retained within Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Areas for
local consumption. NOAA is currently developing implementing
regulations for the Billfish Conservation Act. If necessary, upon
publication of the proposed rule, the information collection associated
with the Billfish Certificate of Eligibility (0648-0216) may be revised
accordingly.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: 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 fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: October 6, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-24178 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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