Notice2026-18091
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Limits of Application of Take Prohibitions
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Published
September 3, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 170 (Thursday, September 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18091]
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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; Limits of Application of Take Prohibitions
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 June 3, 2026, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Limits of Application of the Take Prohibitions.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0399.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (Revision and Extension of an
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 706
Average Hours per Response: Limit 3: Fish Rescue, 4 hours. Limit 4:
CA--FMEP Annual Reporting, 4 hours; CA--FMEP Development/Submission,
1,230 hours; ID--FMEP Development/In season Reporting/Submission of
Annual Reports, 120 hours; OR--FMEP Development/Submission of Annual
Reports, 120 hours; WA--FMEP Development/Submission of Annual Reports,
100 hours. Limit 4, 6 and 14--Puget Sound/Klamath Basins: Annual
Reporting, 104 hours; Development of RMP, 624 hours; Submittal of RMP,
150 hours; Litigation Assistance, 416 hours. Limit 5: CA--HGMP Annual
Reporting, 8 hours; CA--HGMP Development/Submission, 2,080 hours. Limit
5 and 6: ID--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 120
hours; OR--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 120
hours; WA--RMP/HGMP Development/Submission of Annual Reports, 120
hours. Limit 6--Fisheries--Columbia River Basin, 120 hours. Limit 7--
State Research Programs: Applications, 5 hours; Modifications, 2 hours;
Reports, 3 hours. Limit 10: OR--5-year plan submission, 160 hours; OR--
Annual Reporting, 40 hours; CA--Annual Reporting, 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 167,864 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for revision and extension.
This collection is being revised to remove the burden for Limit 14
and all references to Limit 14 in the tables for Questions 12 and 13,
as there are only 13 Limits. NOAA reviewed the regulations and
reporting requirements and determined this was an administrative error
from the previous renewal. A merger of the Southwest and Northwest
Regions prompted a comprehensive reassessment of how the 4(d) rules
were used. The Northwest Region maintains this collection and did not
previously include the Southwest Region in the assessment. Initially,
only three ICs were listed: 1) research and other applications, 2)
annual reports, and 3) reports of aided/rescued salmon. However, these
ICs were not aggregated correctly and excluded the Southwest Region.
Consequently, in 2023 the three initial ICs were removed and replaced
with more comprehensive ICs, which resulted in the erroneous mentions
of Limit 14.
Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et. seq.) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to
adopt such regulations as it ``deems necessary and advisable to provide
for the conservation of threatened species. Those regulations may
include any or all of the prohibitions provided in section 9(a)(1) of
the ESA, which specifically prohibits ``take'' of any endangered
species (``take'' includes actions that harass, harm, pursue, kill, or
capture). On July 10, 2000, NMFS adopted rules prohibiting the take of
14 groups of salmon and steelhead listed as threatened under the ESA
(65 FR 42422, 50 CFR 223.203). On June 28, 2005, January 5, 2006,
February 11, 2008, and September 25, 2008, NMFS issued final listing
determinations and protective regulations for 26 threatened and
endangered salmon and steelhead species (70 FR 37160, 71 FR 834, 73 FR
7816, 73 FR 55451). The protective regulations extended the 4(d) rule
to all 23 threatened salmonid species.
Affected Public: Federal government; State, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.).
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 0648-0399.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-18091 Filed 9-2-26; 8:45 am]
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