[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 14423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05984]


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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: Emergency revision of a currently approved 
information collection. Per the Paperwork Reduction Act regulations, 5 
CFR 1320.13, we believe that use of this emergency process is essential 
to the mission of the agency. NOAA finds good cause to issue this 
interim final rule without advance notice in a proposed rule, and to 
make the rule effective immediately without providing a 30-day delay, 
because the limited time available to the United States to come into 
compliance with its World Trade Organization obligations makes advance 
notice and comment or delaying the effectiveness contrary to the public 
interest. Furthermore, because this interim final rule involves a 
foreign affairs function of the United States, the procedural 
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, are not 
applicable. However, NMFS will consider public comments on this interim 
final rule and issue a final rule.
    Number of Respondents: 144.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: This change would add an additional 130 responses per 
year at 30 minutes per response, or 65 hours, to the currently approve 
burden of 183 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for comments on the proposed 
revision of OMB Control No. 0648-0387, in conjunction with Interim 
Final Rule 0648-BF73. The information collection currently approved 
under OMB Control No. 0648-0387 was developed 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 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.
    This revision will add the requirement that, for a fishing trip 
that begins on or after 60 days of the Interim Final Rule publishing 
date, related information may be selected for audit (at random or as a 
result of screening/targeting), and thus there may be a burden on the 
importer of record to locate and provide copies of supporting 
documentation. In some instances, NMFS may be able to complete an audit 
(verify the information about the harvest event and chain-of-custody) 
based on the information submitted via the Customs and Border 
Protectcion ACE portal. In other instances, NMFS may contact the 
importer of record to provide supporting documentation to corroborate 
the information submitted via the ACE portal.
    Affected Public: Businesses and 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 10 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: March 11, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-05984 Filed 3-16-16; 8:45 am]
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