[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27569]


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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: Transshipment Requirements under the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC).
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0649.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 214.
    Average Hours per Response: Transshipment report, 1 hour; High Seas 
Transshipment or Emergency Transshipment and Notice of Entry or Exit 
for Eastern Special Management Area, 15 minutes each; Purse Seine 
Discard Report, 30 minutes; Daily Fish Aggregating Device Report, 10 
minutes; Pre-trip Notification for Observer Placement, 1 minute.
    Burden Hours: 2,350.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued regulations 
under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to carry out the 
obligations of the United States under the Convention on the 
Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Commission). The regulations include 
requirements for the owners and operators of U.S. vessels to: (1) 
Complete and submit a Pacific Transshipment Declaration form for each 
transshipment that takes place in the Convention Area of highly 
migratory species caught in the Convention Area, (2) submit notice to 
the WCPFC Executive Director containing specific information at least 
36 hours prior to each transshipment on the high seas in the Convention 
Area, (3) in the event that a vessel anticipates a transshipment where 
an observer is required, provide notice to NMFS at least 72 hours 
before leaving port of the need for an observer, (4) submit a notice to 
the WCPFC Executive Director containing specific information six hours 
prior to entry or exit of the Eastern High Seas Special Management 
Area, (5) complete and submit a U.S. Purse Seine Discard form within 48 
hours after any discard, and (6) submit a FAD Report within 24 hours at 
the end of each day that the vessel is on a fishing trip in the 
Convention Area.
    The information collected from these requirements is used by NOAA 
and the Commission to help ensure compliance with domestic laws and the 
Commission's conservation and management measures, and are necessary in 
order for the United States to satisfy its obligations under the 
Convention.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions; 
individuals or households.
    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 26, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27569 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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