Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and Management Measures

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 199 (Friday, October 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65729-65730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21194]


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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; Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and Management 
Measures

    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 4, 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: Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation and 
Management Measures.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0194.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current 
information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 79 unique respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour to apply for a CEMP research 
permit; 1 hour to report on research; 28 hours to supply information on 
potential new or exploratory fishing; 2 hours to apply for a harvesting 
permit; 5 minutes to transmit information by radio; 4 hours to install 
a vessel monitoring device (VMS); 2 hours for annual VMS maintenance; 
15 minutes to mark a vessel; 5 minutes to mark buoys; 10 hours to mark 
pot gear; 2 minutes to mark trawl nets; 15 minutes to provide notice of 
transshipment within the Convention Area; 15 minutes to apply for a 
permit to be a first receiver of Antarctic marine living resources; 30 
minutes to complete and submit a toothfish catch document; 15 minutes 
to apply for pre-approval of toothfish imports; 15 minutes to complete 
and submit re-export catch documents; 15 minutes to submit import 
tickets.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 355.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of International Affairs, Trade, and 
Commerce of the National Marine Fisheries Service requests renewal of 
an existing information collection.
    The 1982 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 
Resources (the Convention) established the Commission for the 
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) for the 
purpose of protecting and conserving the marine living resources in the 
waters surrounding Antarctica. The Convention is based upon an 
ecosystem approach to the conservation of marine living resources and 
incorporates standards designed to ensure the conservation of 
individual populations and species and the Antarctic marine ecosystem.
    The United States (U.S.) is a Contracting Party to the Convention 
and a member of CCAMLR and the Scientific Committee established by the 
Convention.
    On November 8, 1984, the President signed Public Law 98-623, the 
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act (AMLRCA, or the Act). 
The Act directs and authorizes the U.S. to take actions necessary to 
meet its treaty obligations as a Contracting Party to the

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Convention. The regulations implementing AMLRCA are at 50 CFR part 300, 
subpart G. The record keeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 
300 form the basis for this collection of information. This collection 
of information concerns CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) 
activities, scientific research in the Convention Area, U.S. vessel 
permit applicants and/or harvesting vessel operators, and U.S. 
importers, exporters, and re-exporters of Antarctic marine living 
resources (AMLR).
    U.S. regulations require U.S. individuals engaged in AMLR 
harvesting, transshipping, and importing or entering and/or conducting 
activities in a CEMP site to apply for and hold a permit for such 
activities. Individuals involved in certain scientific research in the 
Convention area are required to report information.
    Members of CCAMLR are required to provide, in a manner and at such 
intervals as may be prescribed, information about harvesting 
activities, including fishing areas and vessels, so as to enable 
reliable catch and effort statistics to be compiled.
    As part of U.S. obligations to monitor and control the import, 
export, and re-export of Antarctic marine living resources, NOAA 
requires dealers to submit applications for pre-approval certifications 
of imports of frozen Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish (also referred 
to as Chilean sea bass) and applications for re-exports of these 
species.
    The collection is necessary for the U.S. to meet its treaty 
obligations as a contracting party to the Convention.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annual and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act, 
16 U.S.C. 2431 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 0648-0194.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-21194 Filed 10-15-26; 8:45 am]
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