Notice2025-10458
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fishery Products Subject to Trade Restrictions Pursuant to Provisions of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act
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Published
June 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10458]
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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; Fishery Products Subject to Trade Restrictions Pursuant to
Provisions of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 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 March 17, 2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Fishery Products Subject to Trade Restrictions Pursuant to
provisions of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act
or Marine Mammals Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0651.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 100 respondents annually filing 50 responses
each.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 833.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for extension of an approved
information collection for Fishery Products Subject to Trade
Restrictions Pursuant to Certification Under the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act) or the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
The National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Office of
International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce requests extension of the
information collection involving Certification of Admissibility for the
importation of certain fish and fish products that are subject to
requirements of the Moratorium Protection Act or the MMPA.
The purpose of this information collection is to enable the
continued flow of trade while adhering to existing statutory
requirements. Pursuant to the Moratorium Protection Act, certain fish
or fish products of a nation may be subject to import prohibitions. To
facilitate enforcement, NMFS requires that other fish or fish products
from that nation that are not subject to the import prohibitions must
be accompanied by documentation of admissibility. A duly authorized
official/agent of the applicant's Government must certify that the fish
in the shipments being imported into the United States (U.S.) are of a
species, or from fisheries, that are not subject to an import
restriction. If a nation is identified under the Moratorium Protection
Act and fails to receive a positive certification decision from the
Secretary of Commerce, products from that nation may be subject to the
import prohibitions and would subsequently need to be accompanied by
the certificate of admissibility.
Under the MMPA, import certification requirements apply in
collection-of-information requirement (Control Number 0648-0732) cases
where foreign fisheries do not meet U.S. standards for marine mammal
bycatch mitigation. Final rule (RIN 0648-AY15) implemented a procedure
for making comparability findings for nations that are eligible for
exporting fish and fish products to the United States. The nations may
receive a comparability finding to export fish and fish products by
providing documentation that a nation's bycatch reduction regulatory
program is comparable in effectiveness to that of the United States.
Fish and fish products from a foreign fishery without a comparability
finding are prohibited from entry into U.S. commerce. To facilitate
enforcement, NMFS requires that other fish or fish products from that
nation that are not subject to the import prohibitions must be
accompanied by documentation of admissibility.
Information collected under the Certification of Admissibility
process is used by the United States Customs and Border Protection
authorities to determine that inbound seafood shipments are not subject
to trade restrictions. NMFS uses the information to ensure compliance
with fish product trade restrictions and to assess compliance with
international fishery management regulations.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Dependent upon the import rate of fish or fish products
subject to prohibition(s).
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR part 216; 50 CFR part 300, subpart N.
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 0648-0651.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-10458 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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