[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 18827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08972]
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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: Limits of Application of the Take Prohibitions.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0399.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension, without change, of a currently
approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 301.
Average Hours per Response: 5 hours for a diversion screening limit
project; 20 hours for a road maintenance agreement; 30 hours for an
urban development package; 20 hours for a tribal plan; 10 hours for a
fishery harvest plan; 5 hours for a report of aided, salvaged, or
disposed of salmonids; 2 hours for research permits; 5 hours for
artificial propagation plans; and 2 hours for annual reports.
Burden Hours: 935.
Needs and Uses: Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to adopt
such regulations as it ``deems necessary and advisable to provide for
the conservation of'' threatened species. Those regulations may include
any or all of the prohibitions provided in section 9(a)(1) of the ESA,
which specifically prohibits ``take'' of any endangered species
(``take'' includes actions that harass, harm, pursue, kill, or
capture). There are presently 22 separate Evolutionarily Significant
Units (ESUs) of west coast salmonids listed as threatened, covering a
large percentage of the land base in California, Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. On June 28, 2005 (70 FR 37160), February 1, 2006 (71 FR 5178),
and September 25, 2008 (73 FR 55451), NMFS issued final regulations
which makes ESA section 9 prohibitions generally applicable to these
threatened ESUs except in 13 programs and circumstances.
The final regulations at 50 CFR 223.203, as well as online
information posted at https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/permits/section_4d.html, describe 13 programs or circumstances that contribute
to the conservation of, or are being conducted in a way that adequately
limits impacts on, listed salmonids. Certain of these 13 ``Limits'' on
the take prohibitions entail voluntary submission of a plan(s) to NMFS
and require annual or occasional reports by entities wishing to take
advantage of these Limits, or continue within them.
Affected Public: Federal government; State, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-08972 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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