[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37313-37314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13289]


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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; Limits of Application of Take Prohibitions

    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 January 26, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Limits of Application of the Take Prohibitions.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0399.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (Extension of an approved information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,140.
    Average Hours per Response: Limit 3--Fish Rescue, 4 hours. Limit 4: 
CA--FMEP Annual Reporting, 4 hours; CA--FMEP Development/Submission, 
1,230 hours; ID--FMEP Development/Inseason Reporting/Submission of 
Annual Reports, 120 hours; OR--FMEP Development/Submission of Annual 
Reports, 120 hours; WA--FMEP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 
100 hours. Limit 4, 6 and 14--Puget Sound/Klamath Basins: Annual 
Reporting, 104 hours; Development of RMP, 624 hours; Submittal of RMP, 
150 hours; Litigation Assistance, 416 hours. Limit 5: CA--HGMP Annual 
Reporting, 8 hours; CA--HGMP Development/Submission, 2,080 hours. Limit 
5 and 6: ID--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 18,000 
hours; OR--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 7,200 
hours; WA--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 7,200 
hours. Limit 6--Fisheries--Columbia River Basin, 1,800 hours. Limit 7--
State Research Programs: Applications, 1,000 hours; Modifications, 40 
hours; Reports, 600 hours. Limit 10: OR--5-year plan submission, 160 
hours; OR--Annual Reporting, 40 hours; CA--Annual Reporting, 4 hours. 
Limit 14--CA--Annual Reporting, 8 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 167,872.
    Needs and Uses: Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) 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). The first salmonid species listed by NMFS as 
threatened were protected by virtually blanket application of the 
section 9 take prohibitions. There are now 23 separate Distinct 
Population Segments (DPS) of west coast salmonids listed as threatened, 
covering a large percentage of the land base in California, Oregon, 
Washington and Idaho. NMFS is obligated to enact necessary and 
advisable protective regulations. NMFS makes section 9 prohibitions 
generally applicable to many of those threatened DPS, but also seeks to 
respond to requests from states and others to both provide more 
guidance on how to protect threatened salmonids and avoid take, and to 
limit the application of take prohibitions wherever warranted (see 70 
FR 37160, June 28, 2005, 71 FR 834, January 5, 2006, and 73 FR 55451, 
September 25, 2008). The regulations describe programs or circumstances 
that contribute to the conservation of or are being conducted in a way 
that limits impacts on, listed salmonids. Because we have determined 
that such programs/circumstances adequately protect listed salmonids, 
the regulations do not apply the ``take'' prohibitions to them. Some of 
these limits on the take prohibitions entail voluntary submission of a 
plan to NMFS and/or annual or occasional reports by entities wishing to 
take advantage of these limits, or continue within them.
    The currently approved application and reporting requirements apply 
to Pacific marine and anadromous fish species, as requirements 
regarding other species are being addressed in a separate information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Federal government; State, local, or tribal 
government; business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

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    Legal Authority: Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. 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 0648-0399.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-13289 Filed 6-21-22; 8:45 am]
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