[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27569]
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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: Transshipment Requirements under the Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC).
OMB Control Number: 0648-0649.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 214.
Average Hours per Response: Transshipment report, 1 hour; High Seas
Transshipment or Emergency Transshipment and Notice of Entry or Exit
for Eastern Special Management Area, 15 minutes each; Purse Seine
Discard Report, 30 minutes; Daily Fish Aggregating Device Report, 10
minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Observer Placement, 1 minute.
Burden Hours: 2,350.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued regulations
under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the
obligations of the United States under the Convention on the
Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Commission). The regulations include
requirements for the owners and operators of U.S. vessels to: (1)
Complete and submit a Pacific Transshipment Declaration form for each
transshipment that takes place in the Convention Area of highly
migratory species caught in the Convention Area, (2) submit notice to
the WCPFC Executive Director containing specific information at least
36 hours prior to each transshipment on the high seas in the Convention
Area, (3) in the event that a vessel anticipates a transshipment where
an observer is required, provide notice to NMFS at least 72 hours
before leaving port of the need for an observer, (4) submit a notice to
the WCPFC Executive Director containing specific information six hours
prior to entry or exit of the Eastern High Seas Special Management
Area, (5) complete and submit a U.S. Purse Seine Discard form within 48
hours after any discard, and (6) submit a FAD Report within 24 hours at
the end of each day that the vessel is on a fishing trip in the
Convention Area.
The information collected from these requirements is used by NOAA
and the Commission to help ensure compliance with domestic laws and the
Commission's conservation and management measures, and are necessary in
order for the United States to satisfy its obligations under the
Convention.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions;
individuals or households.
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 26, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27569 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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