Notice2023-27764
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Reporting System
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Published
December 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 241 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87408-87409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27764]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Reporting System
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
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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 October 4, 2023 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: U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty Reporting System.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0492.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 50.
Average Time per Response: Five minutes for the request to be
placed on the eligible list per year; 3 hours for required vessel
markings; 10 minutes for logbook entries; 5 minutes for each set of two
hail reports for border crossings per year.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 20 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a current
information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
West Coast Region (WCR), manages the United States (U.S.)--Canada
Albacore Tuna Treaty of 1981 (Treaty). Owners of vessels that fish from
U.S. West Coast ports for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) are required
to notify the NMFS WCR of their desire to be on the list of vessels
provided to Canada each year indicating vessels eligible to fish for
albacore tuna in waters under the jurisdiction of Canada. Additionally,
vessel operators are required to report in advance their intention to
fish in Canadian waters prior to crossing the maritime border as well
as to mark their fishing vessels to facilitate enforcement of the
effort limits under the Treaty. Vessel operators are also required to
maintain and submit a logbook of all catch and fishing effort. The
regulations implementing the reporting and vessel marking requirements
under the Treaty are at 50 CFR part 300.172-300.176. If a vessel enters
into Canadian waters without adhering to these regulations, they will
be in violation of the treaty and Canadian enforcement may issue a fine
or a warning.
The estimated burden below includes hours to complete the logbook
requirement, although it is assumed that most if not all of the
respondents already complete the required logbook under the mandatory
West Coast Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (HMS FMP),
OMB Control No. 0648-0223. Duplicate reporting under the Treaty and HMS
FMP is not required. Most years, there will be much less fishing (and
thus less reporting) under the Treaty than the level on which the
estimate is based.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
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.
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 0648-0492.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-27764 Filed 12-15-23; 8:45 am]
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