[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79280-79281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28100]


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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; Pribilof Islands, Taking for Subsistence Purposes

    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 August 10, 2022 (87 FR 48648) 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: Pribilof Islands, Taking for Subsistence Purposes.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0699.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: Subsistence harvest and hunt reports 
submitted via email estimated to take 40 hours per response for each 
respondent. The St. George Island Traditional Council submits two 
reports annually and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island submits 
three reports annually.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Needs and Uses: The subsistence use of northern fur seals is 
cooperatively managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 
the Tribal Governments of St. Paul and St. George Islands under Sec.  
119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1388 (MMPA) and 
governed by regulations found in 50 CFR part 216 subpart F, Taking for 
Subsistence Purposes under the Fur Seal Act (16 U.S.C. 1155). The 
regulations, laws, and cooperative agreements are focused on conserving 
northern fur seals through cooperative effort and consultation 
regarding effective management of human activities related to the 
subsistence harvests of northern fur seals and Steller sea lions. In 
2014, NMFS obtained a collection of information control number (79 FR 
65327; November 4, 2014), reviewed the control number in 2017 (82 FR 
51218; November 3, 2017), updated the control number in 2019 (84 FR 
52372; October 2, 2019, and corrected in 2020 (85 FR 15948; March 20, 
2020).
    This an information collection for the annual subsistence use male 
northern fur seals by Alaska Natives (Pribilovians) residing in the 
communities of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska (Pribilof Islands) under 
50 CFR 216 part 216 subpart F. NMFS established regulations regarding 
the maximum levels for the annual subsistence needs of the Pribilovians 
after direct consultation with the Tribal Governments of St. Paul and 
St. George Islands in Alaska and their respective local Native 
corporations (Tanadgusix and Tanaq). NMFS regulation creates 
independent northern fur seal subsistence seasons on St. Paul and St. 
George islands to include male fur seals less than 7 years old, limits 
on accidental mortality of female northern

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fur seals, monitoring and reporting through co-management processes 
established under their respective cooperative agreements. The 
regulations at 50 CFR 216.72 state that Pribilovians are responsible 
for reporting their subsistence needs and actual level of subsistence 
take. NMFS receives electronic copies of the northern fur seal 
subsistence use reports from the tribal governments of St. Paul and St. 
George annually. NMFS subsequently posts these reports online (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/marine-mammal-protection/northern-fur-seal-subsistence-harvest-estimates-and-reports) and includes the 
relevant data in the annual Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessment 
Report. The only change requested is the changing of the title of the 
information collection to Pribilof Islands, Taking for Subsistence 
Purposes.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, and State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: Fur Seal Act (16 U.S.C. 1155).
    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 0648-0699.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-28100 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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