[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11489]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 144.
Average Hours Per Response: 35 minutes each for a vessel permit
application and for written notification to request active status for a
small tuna purse seine vessel; 10 minutes for an operator permit
application, a notification of vessel arrival or departure, a change in
permit operator; a notification of a net modification or a monthly tuna
storage removal report; 30 minutes for a request for a waiver to
transit the ETP without a permit (and subsequent radio reporting) or
for a special report documenting the origin of tuna (if requested by
the NOAA Administrator); 10 hours for an experimental fishing operation
waiver; 15 minutes for a request for a Dolphin Mortality Limit; 5
minutes for written notification to request inactive status for a small
tuna purse seine vessel or for written notification of the intent to
transfer a tuna purse seine vessel to foreign registry and flag; 60
minutes for a tuna tracking form or for a monthly tuna receiving
report.
Burden Hours: 179.
Needs and Uses: 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, monthly 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 fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: May 7, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11489 Filed 5-12-15; 8:45 am]
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