Notice2025-07236
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
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Published
April 28, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17580-17581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07236]
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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; Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before June 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80cecfc1c1aed0d2c1c0eeefe1e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="155b5a54543b454754557b7a74743b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0040 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are part of the public record and will
generally be posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> without change. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Cliff Hutt, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East West Hwy., Bldg. SSMC3,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282, (301) 427-8503 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2a1aeaba4a4ecaab7b6b682acada3a3eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0467686d62622a6c717070446a6b65652a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for the renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for
management of the Nation's marine fisheries under the provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.), and also promulgates regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to carry out obligations the United States undertakes
internationally regarding tuna management through the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) and the Tunas Convention
Act (16 U.S.C. 951 et. seq., consecutively), which applies in the
Pacific.
This collection serves as a family of forms for Atlantic highly
migratory species (HMS) dealer reporting, including purchases of HMS
from domestic fishermen, and the import, export, and/or re-export of
HMS, including federally managed tunas, sharks, and swordfish.
Transactions covered under this collection include purchases of
Atlantic HMS from domestic fishermen; and the import/export of all
bluefin tuna, frozen bigeye tuna, southern bluefin tuna or swordfish
under the HMS International Trade Program, regardless of geographic
area of origin. This information is used to monitor the harvest of
domestic fisheries, and/or track international trade of internationally
managed species. No changes in the reporting program are being
implemented at this time, and no significant changes in the number of
responses or burden estimates are anticipated aside from adjustments to
the number of active dealers, exporters, and importers that are
required to report.
The domestic dealer reporting covered by this collection includes
weekly electronic landing reports and negative reports (i.e., reports
of no activity) of Atlantic swordfish, sharks, bigeye tuna, albacore,
yellowfin, and skipjack tunas (collectively referred to as BAYS tunas),
and electronic biweekly and daily landing reports for bluefin tuna,
including affixing a dealer tag to individual fish.
International trade tracking programs are required by both the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to account for
all international trade of covered species. The United States is a
member of ICCAT and IATTC and required by ATCA and the Tunas Convention
Act to promulgate regulations as necessary and appropriate to implement
ICCAT and IATTC recommendations. These international trade tracking
programs require that a statistical document or catch document
accompany each export from and import to a member nation, and that a
re-export certificate accompany each re-export. The international trade
reporting requirements covered by this collection include
implementation of catch document, statistical document, and re-export
certificate trade tracking programs for bluefin tuna, frozen bigeye
tuna, and swordfish regardless of geographic area of origin. An
electronic catch document program for Atlantic bluefin tuna (EBCD) was
recommended by ICCAT and implemented by the United States in 2016
(0648-BF17). U.S. regulations implementing ICCAT statistical document
and catch document programs require statistical documents and catch
documents for international transactions of the covered
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species from all ocean areas, so imports and exports of these species
from the Pacific Ocean must also be accompanied by statistical
documents and catch documents. Since there are statistical document
programs in place under other regional fishery management organizations
(e.g., the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission), a statistical document or
catch document from another program may be used to satisfy the
statistical document requirement for imports into the United States.
Dealers who internationally trade Southern bluefin tuna are
required to participate in a trade tracking program to ensure that
imported Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna will not be intentionally
mislabeled as ``Southern bluefin'' to circumvent reporting
requirements. This action is authorized under ATCA, which provides for
the promulgation of regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to
carry out ICCAT recommendations.
In addition to statistical document, catch document, and re-export
certificate requirements, this collection includes biweekly reports to
complement trade tracking statistical documents by summarizing
statistical document data and collecting additional economic
information.
II. Method of Collection
Methods of collection include electronic, mail, and tagging of sold
bluefin tuna (i.e. reporting information for tagged fish) for tracking
purposes during shipping.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0040.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission [request for renewal of a
currently approved information collection].
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organization.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,952.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes each for catch document,
statistical document, and re-export certificate; 15 minutes for catch
document/statistical document/re-export certificate validation by
government official; 120 minutes for authorization of non-governmental
catch document/statistical document/re-export certificate validation; 2
minutes for daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports; 3 minutes for
daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports from pelagic longline and
purse seine vessels; 1 minute for Atlantic bluefin tuna tagging; 15
minutes for biweekly electronic Atlantic bluefin tuna dealer landing
reports; 15 minutes for HMS international trade biweekly electronic
reports; 15 minutes for weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports
(e-dealer); 30 minutes for weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports
using the file upload method (e-dealer); 5 minutes for negative weekly
electronic HMS dealer landing reports (e-dealer); 15 minutes for
voluntary fishing vessel and catch forms; 2 minutes for provision of
HMS dealer email address.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,260 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $2,274.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.), and the Tunas Convention Act (16
U.S.C. 951 et. seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-07236 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
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