Notice2023-00027
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; South Pacific Tuna Act
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Published
January 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1056-1057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00027]
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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; South Pacific Tuna 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 September 6, 2022 (87 FR 54481) 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: South Pacific Tuna Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0218.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 21.
Average Hours per Response: License application, 1 hour; Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS) registration application, 45 minutes; catch
report, 1 hour; unloading logsheet, 30 minutes; expression of interest,
2 hours; and renewal, 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 207.
Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) collects vessel license, vessel registration, catch, and
unloading information from operators of U.S. purse seine vessels
fishing under the provisions of the Treaty on Fisheries between the
Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the
United States of America (Treaty). The Treaty provides access for U.S.
purse seine vessels to fish in the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of
Pacific Island Parties to the Treaty (PIPs). The PIPs include
Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji,
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. This
collection of information is required to meet U.S. obligations under
the Treaty.
The South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 973-973r) and U.S.
implementing regulations (50 CFR part 300, subpart D) authorize the
collection of information from U.S. purse seine vessels fishing in the
EEZs of PIPs under the Treaty. Vessel operators must submit annual
vessel license and registration (including registration of vessel
monitoring system (VMS) units) applications and periodic written
reports of catch and unloading of fish from licensed vessels. They are
also required to ensure the continued operation of VMS units on board
licensed vessels, which is expected to require periodic maintenance of
the units. The information collected is submitted to the Pacific
Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) through the U.S. government,
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The license and
registration application information is used by the FFA to determine
the operational capability and financial responsibility of a vessel
operator interested in fishing under the Treaty. Information obtained
from vessel catch and unloading reports is used by the FFA to assess
fishing effort and fishery resources in the region and to track the
amount of fish caught within each PIP's EEZ. Maintenance of VMS units
is needed to ensure the continuous operation of the VMS units, which,
as part of the VMS administered by the FFA, are used as an enforcement
tool. If the information is not collected, the U.S. government will not
meet its obligations under the Treaty, and the lack of fishing
information will result in poor management of the fishery resources.
There are no changes to the collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 973-973r.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
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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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0648-0218.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-00027 Filed 1-5-23; 8:45 am]
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