[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32940-32941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14123]
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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: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0327.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 38,095.
Average Hours per Response: HMS ITP application, termination of
Atlantic HMS Vessel Chartering Permit, and renewal of Atlantic Tunas
Dealer Permit application, 5 minutes; renewal applications for the
following vessel permits--Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/Headboat, and HMS
Angling, 6 minutes; initial Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit application,
15 minutes; initial applications for the following vessel permits--
Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/Headboat, HMS Angling, and Smoothhound
Shark, 30 minutes; initial applications for Atlantic HMS Vessel
Chartering Permit, 45 minutes.
Burden Hours: 8,307.
Needs and Uses: This request is for the revision and extension of a
current information collection which includes both vessel and dealer
permits.
Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
is responsible for management of the Nation's marine fisheries. In
addition, NMFS must comply with the United States' (U.S.) obligations
under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.). NMFS issues permits to fishing vessels and dealers in order to
collect information necessary to comply with domestic and international
obligations, secure compliance with regulations, and disseminate
necessary information.
Regulations at 50 CFR 635.4 require that vessels participating in
commercial and recreational fisheries for Atlantic highly migratory
species (HMS) and dealers purchasing Atlantic HMS from a vessel obtain
a Federal permit issued by NMFS. Regulations at 50 CFR 300.182 require
that individuals entering for consumption, exporting, or re-exporting
consignments of bluefin tuna, southern bluefin tuna, swordfish, or
frozen bigeye tuna obtain an HMS International Trade Permit (ITP) from
NMFS. This action addresses the renewal of permit applications
currently approved under PRA 0648-0327, including both vessel and
dealer permits. Vessel permits include Atlantic Tunas (except Longline
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permits, which are approved under OMB Control No. 0648-0205), HMS
Charter/Headboat, HMS Angling, Swordfish General Commercial,
Smoothhound Shark, and Atlantic HMS Vessel Chartering permits. Dealer
permits include the Atlantic Tunas Dealer permit and the HMS ITP.
The primary reason for the revision of this information collection
is to reflect that Incidental HMS Squid Trawl permits have been removed
from this collection. Instead, those permits were combined with the
information collection for the Greater Atlantic Region Federal
Fisheries Initial Permit Application form, which is covered under OMB
Control No. 0648-0202. Thus, the burden and costs associated with
renewal and issuance of an initial HMS Squid Trawl permit are no longer
applicable to this collection of information. In addition, an
International Maritime Organization (IMO) number must now be applied
for by those not already in possession of one.
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 fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: June 4, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-14123 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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