[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13337]


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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.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Reporting of Sea Turtle Entanglement in Fishing Gear or 
Marine Debris.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0496.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 111.
    Average Hours per Response: Reports and Sea Turtle Disentanglement 
Network responses, 1 hour each; interviews of fishermen, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 165.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Sea turtles can become accidentally entangled in active or 
discarded fishing gear, marine debris, or other line in the marine 
environment. Entanglement has the potential to cause serious injury or 
mortality, which would negatively impact the recovery of endangered and 
threatened sea turtle populations. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
established the Sea Turtle Disentanglement Network (STDN) to respond to 
these entanglement events, in particular those involving the vertical 
line of fixed gear fisheries. The STDN's goals are to increase 
reporting, to reduce serious injury and mortality to sea turtles, and 
to collect information that can be used for mitigation of these 
threats. As there is limited observer coverage of fixed gear fisheries, 
the STDN data are invaluable to NMFS in understanding the threat of 
entanglement and working towards mitigation.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; business or other 
for-profit organizations; individuals or households; Federal government 
and state, local and tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 21, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13337 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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