[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61285-61286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24178]


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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

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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 (extension of a current information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: Initial dealer completion, 20 minutes; 
subsequent dealer completion, 2 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 43.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    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), 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 extension 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.
    On October 5, 2012, the President signed Public Law 112-183 
entitled the ``Billfish Conservation Act of 2012,'' which prohibits the 
sale of billfish (or products containing billfish), or the custody, 
control, or possession of billfish (or products containing billfish) 
for purposes of sale. The only exemptions to this prohibition include 
billfish landed by U.S. fishing vessels in Hawaii and Pacific Insular 
Areas, and billfish landed by foreign fishing vessels in the Pacific 
Insular Areas when the foreign-caught billfish are exported to non-U.S. 
markets or retained within Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Areas for 
local consumption. NOAA is currently developing implementing 
regulations for the Billfish Conservation Act. If necessary, upon 
publication of the proposed rule, the information collection associated 
with the Billfish Certificate of Eligibility (0648-0216) may be revised 
accordingly.
    Affected Public: Business or 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 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: October 6, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-24178 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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