[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20096]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: Billfish Certificate of Eligibility.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0216.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial dealer information, 20 minutes; 
subsequent dealers' information, 2 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 43.
    Needs and Uses: Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et. seq.), NOAA 
is responsible for management of the Nation's marine fisheries. In 
addition, NOAA must comply with the United States' (U.S.) obligations 
under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 et. 
seq.). A Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for Billfishes is required 
under 50 CFR part 635 to accompany all billfish, except for a billfish 
landed in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of landing. This 
documentation certifies that the accompanying billfish was not 
harvested from the applicable Atlantic Ocean management unit (described 
on the NOAA sample certificate at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/GPEA/0216%20Billfish%20COEform.pdf), and identifies the vessel landing 
the billfish, the vessel's homeport, the port of offloading, and the 
date of offloading. The certificate must accompany the billfish to any 
dealer or processor who subsequently receives or possesses the 
billfish. The certificate is required for all first receivers of 
billfish, and dealers or processors who subsequently receive or possess 
billfish must also retain a copy of the certificate while processing or 
handling the billfish. A standard certificate format is not currently 
required to document the necessary information, provided it contains 
all of the information required. The continuation of this collection is 
necessary to implement the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species 
Fishery Management Plan, which contains an objective to reserve 
Atlantic billfish for the recreational fishery.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected].

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20096 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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