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More information on the NMR and 

class waivers can be found at https://

www.sba.gov/partners/contractingofficials/small-business-procurement/ 

nonmanufacturer-rule. 

Wallace D. Sermons II, 

Acting Director, Office of Government 

Contracting. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10329 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11726] 

Annual Determination and Certification 

of Shrimp-Harvesting Nations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of annual determination 

and certification. 

SUMMARY: On May 3rd, 2022, the 

Department of State determined and 

certified that wild-caught shrimp 

harvested in the following nations, 

particular fisheries of certain nations, 

and Hong Kong are eligible to enter the 

United States: Argentina, Australia 

(Northern Prawn Fishery, the 

Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, 

the Spencer Gulf, and the Torres Strait 

Prawn Fishery), the Bahamas, Belgium, 

Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa 

Rica, Denmark, the Dominican 

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, 

Fiji, France (French Guiana), Gabon, 

Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (giant 

red shrimp) Jamaica, Japan (shrimp 

baskets in Hokkaido), Republic of Korea 

(mosquito nets), Malaysia (Kelantan, 

Terengganu, Pahang, and Johor), 

Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, 

Panama, Peru, Russia, Spain 

(Mediterranean red shrimp), Sri Lanka, 

Suriname, Sweden, the United 

Kingdom, and Uruguay. For nations, 

economies, and fisheries not listed 

above, only shrimp harvested from 

aquaculture is eligible to enter the 

United States. All shrimp imports into 

the United States must be accompanied 

by the DS–2031 Shrimp Exporter’s/ 

Importer’s Declaration. 

DATES: This determination and 

certification notice is effective on May 

13, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Milton, Section 609 Program 

Manager, Office of Marine Conservation, 

Bureau of Oceans and International 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 

Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20520–2758; telephone: 

(202) 647–3263; email: DS2031@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Sec. 609’’) 

prohibits imports of wild-caught shrimp 

or products from shrimp harvested with 

commercial fishing technology unless 

the President certifies to the Congress by 

May 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, 

that either: (1) The harvesting nation has 

adopted a regulatory program governing 

the incidental taking of relevant species 

of sea turtles in the course of 

commercial shrimp harvesting that is 

comparable to that of the United States 

and that the average rate of that 

incidental taking by the vessels of the 

harvesting nation is comparable to the 

average rate of incidental taking of sea 

turtles by United States vessels in the 

course of such harvesting; or (2) the 

particular fishing environment of the 

harvesting nation does not pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles in 

the course of shrimp harvesting. The 

President has delegated the authority to 

make this certification to the Secretary 

of State (‘‘Secretary’’) who further 

delegated the authority within the 

Department of State (‘‘Department’’). 

The Revised Guidelines for the 

Implementation of Sec. 609 were 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 8, 1999, at 64 FR 36946. 

On May 3rd, 2022, the Department 

certified the following nations pursuant 

to section 609(b)(2)(A) and (B) on the 

basis that they have adopted a 

regulatory program governing the 

incidental taking of relevant species of 

sea turtles in the course of commercial 

shrimp harvesting that is comparable to 

that of the United States and that the 

average rate of that incidental taking by 

the vessels of the harvesting nation is 

comparable to the average rate of 

incidental taking of such sea turtles by 

United States vessels in the course of 

such harvesting: Colombia, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 

Panama, and Suriname. The Department 

also certified pursuant to section 

609(b)(2)(C) several shrimp-harvesting 

nations and one economy as having 

fishing environments that do not pose a 

threat to sea turtles, including the 

following nations with shrimping 

grounds only in cold waters where the 

risk of taking sea turtles is negligible: 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 

Denmark, Estonia (effective for Estonia 

with Date of Export June 1st and after), 

Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the 

Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, 

Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, 

and Uruguay. Additionally, the 

Department certified pursuant to section 

609(b)(2)(C) that the following nations 

and Hong Kong only harvest shrimp 

using small boats with crews of less 

than five that use manual rather than 

mechanical means to retrieve nets or 

catch shrimp using other methods that 

do not pose a threat of incidental taking 

of sea turtles: The Bahamas, Belize, 

Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, 

Fiji, Jamaica, Oman, Peru, and Sri 

Lanka. 

The Department has certified the 

above listed nations and Hong Kong 

pursuant to Sec. 609, and shrimp and 

products from shrimp are eligible for 

importation into the United States 

utilizing the Shrimp Exporter’s/ 

Importer’s Declaration (‘‘DS–2031’’) Box 

7(B) provision for shrimp ‘‘harvested in 

the waters of a nation currently certified 

pursuant to Section 609 of P.L. 101– 

162.’’ 

Shrimp and products of shrimp 

harvested with turtle excluder devices 

(‘‘TEDs’’) in an uncertified nation may, 

under specific circumstances, be eligible 

for importation into the United States 

under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(2) 

provision for shrimp harvested by 

commercial shrimp trawl vessels using 

TEDs comparable in effectiveness to 

those required in the United States. Use 

of this provision requires that the 

Secretary or his or her delegate 

determine in advance that the 

government of the harvesting nation has 

put in place adequate procedures to 

monitor the use of TEDs in the specific 

fishery in question and to ensure the 

accurate completion of the DS–2031 

forms. At this time, the Department has 

determined that only shrimp and 

products from shrimp harvested in the 

Northern Prawn Fishery, the 

Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, 

and the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery in 

Australia, in the French Guiana 

domestic trawl fishery, and in the 

fisheries of Kelantan, Terengganu, 

Pahang, and Johor in Malaysia, are 

eligible for entry under this provision. A 

responsible government official of 

Australia, France, or Malaysia must sign 

in Block 8 of the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

In addition, shrimp and products of 

shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles 

may, under specific circumstances, be 

eligible for importation into the United 

States under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(4) 

provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested in a 

manner or under circumstances 

determined by the Department of State 

not to pose a threat of the incidental 


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taking of sea turtles.’’ The Department 

has determined that shrimp and 

products from shrimp harvested in the 

Spencer Gulf region in Australia, with 

shrimp baskets in Hokkaido, Japan, with 

‘‘mosquito’’ nets in the Republic of 

Korea, Mediterranean red shrimp 

(Aristeus antennatus) and products from 

that shrimp harvested in the 

Mediterranean Sea in Spain, and giant 

red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea) 

and products from that shrimp 

harvested in Italy (effective for Italy 

with Dates of Export June 1st and after) 

may be imported into the United States 

under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(4) 

provision. A responsible government 

official of Australia, Japan, the Republic 

of Korea, Spain, or Italy must sign in 

Block 8 of the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

A completed DS–2031 Shrimp 

Exporter’s/Importer’s Declaration (‘‘DS– 

2031’’) must accompany all imports of 

shrimp and products from shrimp into 

the United States. Importers of shrimp 

and products from shrimp harvested in 

certified nations and Hong Kong must 

either provide the DS–2031 form to 

Customs and Border Protection at the 

port of entry or provide the information 

required by the DS–2031 through the 

Automated Commercial Environment. 

Importers of shrimp and products from 

shrimp from certified nations and Hong 

Kong should mark the box 7(B) 

provision for shrimp ‘‘harvested in the 

waters of a nation currently certified 

pursuant to Section 609 of Public Law 

101–162’’ regardless of whether the 

shrimp is wild-caught or the product of 

aquaculture. DS–2031 forms 

accompanying all imports of shrimp and 

products from shrimp harvested in 

uncertified nations and economies, to 

include all fisheries with 

determinations, must be originals with 

Box 7(A)(1), 7(A)(2), or 7(A)(4) checked, 

consistent with the form’s instructions 

with regard to the method of harvest of 

the shrimp and based on any relevant 

prior determinations by the Department, 

and signed by a responsible government 

official of the harvesting nation. The 

Department did not determine that 

shrimp or products from shrimp 

harvested in a manner as described in 

7(A)(3) in any uncertified nation or 

economy is eligible to enter the United 

States. The importation of wild-caught 

shrimp from any nation or fishery 

without a certification or determination 

will not be allowed. 

The Department has communicated 

these certifications and determinations 

under Sec. 609 to the Offices of Field 

Operations and of Trade at U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection. 

Jared R. Milton, 

Section 609 Program Manager, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10378 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0580] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Quality System 

Audit Feedback Report 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about its 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The information is collected 

from FAA production approval holders 

and associated facilities in the form of 

a feedback survey regarding the conduct 

of the Quality System Audit (QSA) 

recently conducted at their facility. The 

feedback is used by the FAA for 

continuous quality improvement of the 

Aircraft Certification Service’s 

certificate management program. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 12, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By Mail: Scott Geddie, Manager— 

Compliance Systems, AIR–634, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 6500 S. MacArthur 

Blvd., ARB Building Room 304, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73169. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Geddie by email at: Scott.Geddie@

faa.gov; phone: (405) 954–6897. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0605. 

Title: Quality System Audit Feedback 

Report. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8100–7. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: In accordance with 

Executive Orders 12862 and 14058, and 

as part of the FAA and industry 

continuous improvement efforts for 

QSA activities, FAA utilizes a form for 

auditees to provide feedback to the FAA 

about the conduct of the QSA. FAA 

Order 8120.23, Certificate Management 

of Production Approval Holders, 

provides guidance on the QSA and 

related activities and discusses FAA 

Form 8100–7, QSA Customer Feedback 

Report. The FAA provides FAA Form 

8100–7 to the facility being audited at 

the outset of the QSA. The FAA 

encourages completion of the form 

within 30 days of the QSA post-audit 

conference; however, completion of the 

form is not mandatory. The FAA 

considers any proposals for 

improvements to the QSA process in its 

pursuit for continuous improvement of 

the Aircraft Certification Service’s 

certificate management of production 

approval holders. The form is collected 

electronically or via prepaid selfaddressed envelope. 

Respondents: Approximately 160 

production approval holders and 

associated facilities. 

Frequency: Feedback information is 

collected about 30 days after conclusion 

of the oversight activity. The feedback 

provided is voluntarily submitted by the 

audited facility on occasion which is 

predicated on their audit due date 

frequency. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 80 

hours. 

Issued in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 

May 9, 2022. 

Scott A. Geddie, 

Manager, Compliance Systems, Systems 

Policy Branch, AIR–630, Policy and 

Innovation Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10284 Filed 5–12–22; 8:45 am] 

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