Notice2025-16682
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tuna Tracking and Verification Program
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September 2, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42394-42395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16682]
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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; Tuna Tracking and Verification Program
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 May 21, 2025, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Tuna Tracking and Verification Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0335.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 370.
Type of Request: Regular submission (Revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 646.
Average Hours per Response: Fisheries Certificate of Origin: 25
minutes; Arrival Notification: 5 minutes; Chain of custody: 2 hours;
Monthly Tuna Receiving reports and Storage Removal Reports: 1 hour;
Tuna Tracking Form: 13 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,423.
Needs and Uses: This request is for the revision and extension of
OMB Control Number: 0648-0335, sponsored by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce (IATC).
This collection is being revised to transfer five (5) information
collections currently included under OMB Control Number: 0648-0387,
which is sponsored by the NMFS West Coast Region (WCR), to Control
Number 0648-0335 to more accurately reflect how the information is
actually being managed. All information collections referenced will be
renewed under 0648-0335 going forward. There are no substantive changes
to the information collection under 0648-0335 or those being brought
over from 0648-0387. The five collections of information from 0648-0387
will be removed from that collection at the next renewal.
The information collected under 0648-0335, required by the
International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA), amendment to
the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), is
needed to: (1) document the dolphin-safe status of tuna import
shipments; (2) verify that import shipments of fish were not harvested
by large-scale, high seas driftnets; and (3) verify that tuna was not
harvested by an embargoed nation or one that is otherwise prohibited
from exporting tuna to the United States. Collected information
includes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Entry
Identification, date of entry, and contact details on the exporting and
importing companies. It also includes harvest characteristics such as
fishing vessel name, fishing trip dates, vessel flag, vessel gear type,
and ocean area of harvest, as well as the declaration of the dolphin
safe status of the shipment, and if applicable, the attachment of
required certifications. Forms are submitted by importers and
processors. NMFS uses this information to verify the dolphin-safe
status of tuna shipments.
The five information collections from 0648-0387 being merged into
0648-0335 are required by the IDCPA (16 U.S.C. 1414), which amended the
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA) (16 U.S.C. 1385).
The IDCPA and the DPCIA, inter alia, authorize the Secretary of
Commerce to promulgate regulations that implement the dolphin-safe
labeling standard in the United States by the collection of documents
on the dolphin-safe status of tuna import shipments and domestic tuna
product processing; by (1) allowing documentary requests to allow for
an effective tracking and verification program; and (2) by verifying
that tuna was not harvested by a nation under embargo or otherwise
prohibited from exporting tuna to the United States. This collection
includes vessel arrival notifications, tuna tracking forms, tuna
product receiving and processing reports, and documents/certifications
that provide information on vessel characteristics and operations in
the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna products, and chain of custody
recordkeeping requirements. At this time, we would also like to revise
the information collection title from ``Fisheries Certificate of
Origin'' to ``Tuna Tracking and Verification Program''. As we make the
necessary revisions to 0648-0335, it is imperative to amend the name to
be more reflective of the broader information collections under our
program and respected OMB control number.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Fisheries Certificate of Origin: Per applicable tuna
importation; Monthly tuna receiving reports and Monthly tuna storage
removal reports: Monthly; Vessel arrival notification and Tuna Tracking
Form: Once per vessel trip; ``Chain-of-custody'': On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.); the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (16 U.S.C.
1385), and the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (16
U.S.C. 1414).
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 0648-0335.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-16682 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
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