[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11489]


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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: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 144.
    Average Hours Per Response: 35 minutes each for a vessel permit 
application and for written notification to request active status for a 
small tuna purse seine vessel; 10 minutes for an operator permit 
application, a notification of vessel arrival or departure, a change in 
permit operator; a notification of a net modification or a monthly tuna 
storage removal report; 30 minutes for a request for a waiver to 
transit the ETP without a permit (and subsequent radio reporting) or 
for a special report documenting the origin of tuna (if requested by 
the NOAA Administrator); 10 hours for an experimental fishing operation 
waiver; 15 minutes for a request for a Dolphin Mortality Limit; 5 
minutes for written notification to request inactive status for a small 
tuna purse seine vessel or for written notification of the intent to 
transfer a tuna purse seine vessel to foreign registry and flag; 60 
minutes for a tuna tracking form or for a monthly tuna receiving 
report.
    Burden Hours: 179.
    Needs and Uses: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA) collects information 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 (ETP) 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.
    The regulations implementing the Act are at 50 CFR parts 216 and 
300. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 
and 300 form the basis for this collection of information. This 
collection includes permit applications, notifications, tuna tracking 
forms, reports, and certifications that provide information on vessel 
characteristics and operations in the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna 
products, and certain other information necessary to implement the Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly and 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: May 7, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11489 Filed 5-12-15; 8:45 am]
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