[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14841-14842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05522]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Fishery Products Subject to Trade Restrictions Pursuant to 
Certification Under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing (HSDF) Moratorium 
Protection Act.

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 9, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Fishery Products Subject to Trade Restrictions Pursuant to 
Certification Under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing (HSDF) Moratorium 
Protection Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0651.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 100 respondents annually filing 50 responses 
each.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.167.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 835 hours.
    Needs and Uses: National Marine Fisheries Service's Office of 
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection is requesting an extension 
of a currently approved information collection.
    The information collection involves certification of admissibility 
for importation of certain fish and fish products that are subject to 
requirements of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act (Moratorium Protection Act) or the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA).
    Pursuant to a final rule implementing certain provisions of the 
Moratorium Protection Act (RIN 0648-BA89), certain fish or fish 
products of a nation may be subject to import prohibitions. To 
facilitate enforcement, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
requires that other fish or fish products from that nation that are not 
subject to the import prohibitions must be accompanied by documentation 
of admissibility. A duly authorized official/agent of the applicant's 
Government must certify that the fish in the shipments being imported 
into the United States (U.S.) are of a species, or from fisheries, that 
are not subject to an import restriction. If a nation is identified 
under the Moratorium Protection Act and fails to receive a positive 
certification decision from the Secretary of Commerce, products from 
that nation that are not subject to the import prohibitions must be 
accompanied by the documentation of admissibility.
    Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, import certification 
requirements apply in cases where foreign fisheries do not meet U.S. 
standards for marine mammal bycatch mitigation. A final rule (RIN 0648-
AY15) implemented a procedure for making comparability findings for 
nations that are eligible for exporting fish and fish products to the 
United States. The nations may receive a comparability finding to 
export fish and fish products by providing documentation that a 
nation's bycatch reduction regulatory program is comparable in 
effectiveness to that of the United States. Fish and fish products from 
a foreign fishery without a comparability finding are prohibited from 
entry into U.S. commerce. To facilitate enforcement, NMFS requires that 
other fish or fish products from that nation that are not subject to 
the import prohibitions must be accompanied by documentation of 
admissibility.
    The Certification of Admissibility information is used by Customs 
and Border Protection authorities to determine that inbound seafood 
shipments are not subject to trade restrictions. NMFS uses the 
information to ensure compliance with fish product embargos and to 
assess compliance with international fishery management regulations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Dependent upon import rate of fish or fish products 
subject to prohibition(s).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: 50 CFR part 216; 50 CFR part 300, subpart N.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov.

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Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0651.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-05522 Filed 3-15-22; 8:45 am]
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