[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3393-3394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00983]


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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; International Dolphin Conservation Program

    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 31, 2022 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: International Dolphin Conservation Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0387.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a currently 
approved information collection, without change.
    Number of Respondents: 518.
    Average Hours per Response: 35 minutes for a vessel permit 
application; 10 minutes for an operator permit application, a 
notification of vessel arrival or departure, a change in permit 
operator, a notification of a net modification or a monthly tuna 
storage removal report; 30 minutes for a request for a waiver to 
transit the ETP without a permit (and subsequent radio reporting) or 
for a special report documenting the origin of tuna (if requested by 
the NOAA Administrator); 10 hours for an experimental fishing operation 
waiver; 15 minutes for a request for a Dolphin Mortality Limit; 35 
minutes for written notification to request active status for a small 
tuna purse seine vessel; 5 minutes for written notification to request 
inactive status for a small tuna purse seine vessel or for written 
notification of the intent to transfer a tuna purse seine vessel to 
foreign registry and flag; 60 minutes for a tuna tracking form or for a 
monthly tuna receiving report; 30 minutes for IMO application or 
exemption request; 30 minutes for chain of custody recordkeeping 
reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 277.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension, without change, of a 
current information collection.
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects 
information to implement the International Dolphin Conservation Program 
Act (Act). The Act allows entry of yellowfin tuna into the United 
States (U.S.), under specific conditions, from nations in the 
International Dolphin Conservation Program that would otherwise be 
under embargo. The Act also allows U.S. fishing vessels to participate 
in the yellowfin tuna fishery

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in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) on terms equivalent with 
the vessels of other nations. NOAA collects information to allow 
tracking and verification of ``dolphin-safe'' and ``non-dolphin safe'' 
tuna products from catch through the U.S. market.
    The regulations implementing the Act are at 50 CFR parts 216 and 
300. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 
and 300 form the basis for this collection of information. This 
collection includes permit applications, notifications, tuna tracking 
forms, reports, and certifications that provide information on vessel 
characteristics and operations in the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna 
products, chain of custody recordkeeping requirements and certain other 
information necessary to implement the Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually, monthly, as requested, or as needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: The International Dolphin Conservation Program 
Act, with regulations implementing the Act at 50 CFR parts 216 and 300. 
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 and 
300 form the basis for this collection of information.
    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 0648-0387.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-00983 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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