7418 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Highly Migratory 

Species Dealer Reporting Family of 

Forms 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Rick Pearson, Atlantic 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Division, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint 

Petersburg, FL 33701, (813) 486–2037 or 

Rick.A.Pearson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection, 

Under the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible 

for management of the Nation’s marine 

fisheries. NMFS must also promulgate 

regulations, as necessary and 

appropriate, to carry out obligations the 

United States (U.S.) undertakes 

internationally regarding tuna 

management through the Atlantic Tunas 

Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.). 

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 (BFT), 

frozen bigeye tuna (BET), southern 

bluefin tuna (SBT) or swordfish (SWO), 

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. 

The domestic dealer reporting 

covered by this collection includes 

weekly electronic landing reports and 

negative reports (e.g., reports of no 

activity) of Atlantic SWO, sharks, BET, 

albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack tunas 

(collectively referred to as BAYS tunas), 

and biweekly and daily landing reports 

for BFT, including tagging of individual 

fish. Also, because of the recent 

development of an individual bluefin 

quota (IBQ) management system (RIN 

0648–BC09), electronic entry of BFT 

landing card data is required for 

Atlantic BFT purchased from Longline 

and Purse seine category vessels. NMFS 

intends to consider integrating the data 

fields that have been collected on the 

Atlantic BFT Biweekly Dealer Report 

into the electronic system. However, at 

this time, dealers must submit to NMFS 

both electronic and faxed versions of 

BFT landing cards for purse seine and 

pelagic longline vessels. 

International trade tracking programs 

are required by both the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission 

(IATTC) to account for all international 

trade of covered species. The U.S. is a 

member of ICCAT and required by 

ATCA to promulgate regulations as 

necessary and appropriate to implement 

ICCAT recommendations. These 

programs require that a statistical 

document (SD) or catch document (CD) 

accompany each export from and import 

to a member nation, and that a re-export 

certificate (RXC) accompany each reexport. The international trade reporting 

requirements covered by this collection 

include implementation of CD, SD, and 

RXC trade tracking programs for BFT, 

frozen BET, and SWO. U.S. regulations 

implementing ICCAT SD and CD 

programs require SDs and CDs for 

international transactions of the covered 

species from all ocean areas, so Pacific 

imports and exports must also be 

accompanied by SDs and CDs. Since 

there are SD programs in place under 

other international conventions (e.g., the 

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission), a SD 

from another program may be used to 

satisfy the SD requirement for imports 

into the United States. 

Dealers who internationally trade SBT 

are required to participate in a trade 

tracking program to ensure that 

imported Atlantic and Pacific BFT 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 SD, CD, and RXC 

requirements, this collection includes 

biweekly reports to complement trade 

tracking SDs by summarizing SD data 

and collecting additional economic 

information. 

II. Method of Collection 

Methods of submission include 

electronic, mail, fax and tagging of fish. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0040. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,061. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes each for CD, SD, and RXC 

certificates; 15 minutes for CD/SD/RXC 

validation by government official; 120 

minutes for authorization of nongovernmental CD/SD/RXC validation; 2 

minutes for daily Atlantic BFT landing 

reports; 3 minutes for daily Atlantic 

BFT landing reports from pelagic 

longline and purse seine vessels; 1 

minute for Atlantic BFT tagging; 15 

minutes for biweekly Atlantic BFT 

dealer landing reports; 15 minutes for 

HMS international trade biweekly 

reports; 15 minutes for weekly 

electronic HMS dealer landing reports 

(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: 18,700. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $154,155. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 


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agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02583 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD527 

Marine Mammals; File No. 18638 and 

17305 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

scientific research permits have been 

issued to the following entities for the 

collection, import and export of marine 

mammal specimens: 

File No. 18638: National Marine 

Mammal Laboratory (NMML, Dr. John 

Bengtson, Responsible Party), 7600 

Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115; 

and 

File No. 17305: Alliance of Marine 

Mammal Parks and Aquariums, 218 N. 

Lee Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22314 (Kathleen Dezio, 

Responsible Party). 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 

(301) 427–8401; fax: (301) 713–0376. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan; phone: 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 30, 2014, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 64571) 

that requests for permits to import 

marine mammal specimens for scientific 

research had been submitted by the 

above-named applicants. The requested 

permits have been issued under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR parts 

222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). 

Permit No. 18638 authorizes NMML 

to collect specimens from dead cetacean 

and pinniped species, and to receive, 

import, and export specimens taken 

legally worldwide. Samples (up to 

100,000 individuals from each taxa 

group) would be archived, transported, 

shared, and analyzed by researchers in 

order to optimize the amount of 

biological information gained from each 

animal. No takes of live animals are 

authorized. This permit expires on 

December 31, 2019. 

Permit No. 17305 authorizes The 

Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and 

Aquariums to receive, import and 

export samples (hard and soft parts) 

from all species of marine mammals 

(pinnipeds except walrus, and 

cetaceans) under the jurisdiction of the 

NMFS. Specimens and parts would 

come from individual animals (up to 

700 cetaceans and 400 pinnipeds) 

already taken under separate 

authorization. No takes of live animals 

are authorized. This permit expires on 

January 31, 2020. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

As required by the ESA, issuance of 

these permits was based on a finding 

that such permit: (1) Was applied for in 

good faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XK54 

Marine Mammals; File No. 13602 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. 

Terrie Williams, Long Marine 

Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, 

University of California at Santa Cruz, 

100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA has 

been issued a minor amendment to 

Permit No. 13602–01. 

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 

(301) 427–8401; fax: (301) 713–0376. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan; phone: 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

requested amendment has been granted 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

Permit No. 13602–01 (76 FR 7823) 

authorizes the permit holder to conduct 

energetic and physiological research on 

captive odontocetes and pinnipeds 

(including threatened and endangered 

species) to determine key physiological 

factors required for survival. Research 

may occur at Long Marine Laboratory 

and other institutions in the U.S. and 

includes permanently captive marine 

mammals and those undergoing 

rehabilitation. This minor amendment 

(No. 13602–02) extends the duration of 

the permit one year, through September 

7, 2015, but does not change any other 

terms or conditions of the permit. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02610 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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