[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 42904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17727]
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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: NMFS Implementation of International Trade Data System.
OMB Control Numbers: 0648-0732; 0648-0739; 0648-0776.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular; This is a revision of a currently
approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 1800.
Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
Burden Hours: 103,717.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to domestic statutory authorities and/or
multilateral agreements, NMFS has implemented a number of trade
monitoring programs to collect information from the seafood industry
regarding the origin of certain fishery products. The purpose of these
programs is to determine the admissibility of the products in
accordance with the specific criteria of the trade measure or
documentation requirements in effect for the species of fish that are
being imported or exported.
The Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE
Port Act, Pub. L. 109-347) requires all Federal agencies with a role in
import admissibility decisions to collect information electronically
through the International Trade Data System (ITDS). U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) developed the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as an internet-based system for the collection and dissemination
of information for ITDS.
NMFS works with CBP to designate certain codes from the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States as requiring additional
information when an entry is electronically filed in ACE. That
information (harvesting vessel, ocean area of catch, fishing gear, date
and port of landing, etc.) is used by NMFS to determine that the fish
products in the shipment were lawfully acquired, properly labeled and
are admissible into U.S. commerce. Trade permits are issued by NMFS to
importers and exporters of the designated fish species so that the
import/export documentation requirements can be communicated to the
trade community and to provide a point of contact when shipment
documentation problems are encountered at the border.
Electronic reporting of trade data has been approved by OMB under
three separate information collections: 0648-0732, 0648-0739 and 0648-
0776. This information collection request proposes to merge the three
collections under 0648-0732 and extend the approval for an additional
three years.
Affected Public: Importers and exporters of seafood subject to
catch documentation requirements.
Frequency: Annual trade permits; electronic reports upon import/
export; provision of supply chain documents when selected for audit.
Respondent's Obligation: Affected importers and exporters must
obtain an annual trade permit from NMFS. An electronic message set
specific to NMFS must be filed electronically in ACE upon import/export
of fish species subject to documentation requirements. When imports are
selected for audit, the importer must furnish supply-chain records to
NMFS for examination.
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. 2019-17727 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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