[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32285-32286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14887]


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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: Highly Migratory Species Dealer, Importer, and Exporter 
Reporting Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0040.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 10,391.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes for catch document/
statistical document/re-export certificate validation by government 
official; 120 minutes for authorization of non-governmental catch 
document/statistical document/re-export certificate validation; 2 
minutes for daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports; 3 minutes for 
daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports from pelagic longline and 
purse seine vessels; 1 minute for Atlantic bluefin tuna tagging; 15 
minutes for biweekly Atlantic bluefin tuna dealer landing reports; 15 
minutes for HMS international trade biweekly reports; 15 minutes for 
weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports (e-dealer); 5 minutes for 
negative weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports (e-dealer); 15 
minutes for voluntary fishing vessel and catch forms; 2 minutes for 
provision of HMS dealer email address.
    Burden Hours: 18,552.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for management of the Nation's 
marine fisheries. NMFS must also promulgate regulations, as necessary 
and appropriate, to carry out obligations the United States (U.S.) 
undertakes internationally regarding tuna management through the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.).
    This collection serves as a family of forms for Atlantic highly 
migratory species (HMS) dealer reporting, including purchases of HMS 
from domestic fishermen, and the import, export, and/or re-export of 
HMS, including federally managed tunas, sharks, and swordfish.
    Transactions covered under this collection include purchases of 
Atlantic HMS from domestic fishermen; and the import/export of all 
bluefin tuna, frozen bigeye tuna, southern bluefin tuna or swordfish 
under the HMS International Trade Program, regardless of geographic 
area of origin. This information is used to monitor the harvest of 
domestic fisheries, and/or track international trade of internationally 
managed species.
    The domestic dealer reporting covered by this collection includes 
weekly electronic landing reports and negative reports (i.e., reports 
of no activity) of Atlantic swordfish, sharks, bigeye tuna, albacore, 
yellowfin, and skipjack tunas (collectively referred to as BAYS tunas), 
and biweekly and electronic daily landing reports for bluefin tuna, 
including tagging of individual fish. Because of the recent development 
of an individual bluefin quota (IBQ) management system (RIN 0648-BC09), 
electronic entry of IBQ-related landing data is required for Atlantic 
bluefin tuna purchased from Longline and Purse seine category vessels. 
NMFS intends to consider integrating the electronic dealer reporting 
for bluefin tuna and electronic reporting for the IBQ system; however, 
at this time, dealers must submit limited bluefin tuna landings data to 
both NMFS systems for purse seine and pelagic longline vessels.
    International trade tracking programs are required by both the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 
and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to account for 
all international trade of covered species. The U.S. is a member of 
ICCAT and IATTC and required by ATCA and the Tunas Convention Act (16 
U.S.C. 951 et. seq., consecutively) to promulgate regulations as 
necessary and appropriate to implement ICCAT and IATTC recommendations. 
These programs require that a statistical document or catch document 
accompany each export from and import to a member nation,

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and that a re-export certificate accompany each re-export. The 
international trade reporting requirements covered by this collection 
include implementation of catch document, statistical document, and re-
export certificate trade tracking programs for bluefin tuna, frozen 
bigeye tuna, and swordfish. An electronic catch document program for 
bluefin tuna (EBCD) was recommended by ICCAT and implemented by the 
United States in 2016 (0648-BF17). U.S. regulations implementing ICCAT 
statistical document and catch document programs require statistical 
documents and catch documents for international transactions of the 
covered species from all ocean areas, so Pacific imports and exports 
must also be accompanied by statistical documents and catch documents. 
Since there are statistical document programs in place under other 
international conventions (e.g., the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission), a 
statistical document or catch document from another program may be used 
to satisfy the statistical document requirement for imports into the 
United States. Revision: These statistical and catch documents are now 
covered under OMB Control No. 0648-0732, but their validation is still 
part of this information collection.
    Dealers who internationally trade Southern bluefin tuna are 
required to participate in a trade tracking program to ensure that 
imported Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna will not be intentionally 
mislabeled as ``southern bluefin'' to circumvent reporting 
requirements. This action is authorized under ATCA, which provides for 
the promulgation of regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to 
carry out ICCAT recommendations.
    In addition to statistical document, catch document, and re-export 
certificate requirements, this collection includes biweekly reports to 
complement trade tracking statistical documents by summarizing 
statistical document data and collecting additional economic 
information.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Weekly and biweekly.
    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: July 8, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-14887 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am]
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