[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38846-38847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12691]


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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; Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and Management 
Measures

    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 February 13, 2023 (88 FR 9253) 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: Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and 
Management Measures.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0194.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 86.
    Average Hours per Response: One hour to apply for a CEMP research 
permit; 1 hour to report on research; 28 hours to supply information on 
potential new or exploratory fishing; 2 hours to apply for a harvesting 
permit; 2 minutes to transmit information by radio; 4 hours to install 
a vessel monitoring device (VMS); 2 hours for annual VMS maintenance; 5 
minutes for installation checklist; 15 minutes to mark a vessel; 5 
minutes to mark buoys; 10 hours to mark pot gear; 2 minutes to mark 
trawl nets; 15 minutes to provide notice of transshipment within the 
Convention Area; 5 minutes to request for observer; 15 minutes to apply 
for a permit to be a first receiver of Antarctic marine living 
resources; 15 minutes to apply for pre-approval of toothfish imports; 
30 minutes to complete a fresh toothfish reporting form; 15 minutes to 
complete and submit re-export catch documents; 15 minutes to submit 
import tickets.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 382.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection. The 1982 Convention on the 
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Convention) 
established the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine 
Living Resources (CCAMLR). The United States is a Contracting Party to 
the Convention. The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act 
(AMLRCA) directs and authorizes the United States to take actions 
necessary to meet its treaty obligations as a Contracting Party to the 
Convention. The regulations

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implementing AMLRCA are at 50 CFR part 300, subpart G. The record 
keeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 300 form the basis 
for this collection of information. This collection of information 
concerns research in, and the harvesting and importation of, marine 
living resources from waters regulated by CCAMLR related to ecosystem 
research, U.S. harvesting permit application and/or harvesting vessel 
operators and to importers and re-exporters of Antarctic marine living 
resources. The collection is necessary in order for the United States 
to meet its treaty obligations as a contracting party to the 
Convention.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Public Law 98-623, Sec. 2439 Antarctic Marine 
Living Resources Convention Act.
    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 0648-0194.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-12691 Filed 6-13-23; 8:45 am]
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