[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64245-64246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26252]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Applications and Reporting Requirements for the Incidental 
Take of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities (other than Commercial 
Fishing Operations) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0151.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 71.
    Average Hours per Response: Incidental harassment authorization 
(IHA) application, 399 hours; IHA interim draft report, 310 hours; IHA 
draft annual report, 422 hours; IHA final annual report, 163 hours; 
Letter of Authorization (LOA) initial application (preparation for 
regulations), 1,100 hours; LOA annual application, 70 hours; LOA draft 
annual report, 220 hours; LOA final annual report, 65 hours; LOA draft 
comprehensive report, 625 hours; LOA final comprehensive report, 300 
hours.
    Burden Hours: 26,410.
    Needs and Uses: The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA; 16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) prohibits the ``take'' of marine mammals unless 
otherwise authorized or exempted by law. Among the provisions that 
allow for lawful take of marine mammals, sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) 
of the MMPA direct the Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon request, 
the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine 
mammals by United States (U.S.) citizens who engage in a specified 
activity (other than commercial fishing), within a specified 
geographical region, if certain findings are made and either 
regulations are issued or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a 
notice of a proposed authorization is provided to the public for 
review.
    Authorization for incidental takings shall be granted: (1) If the 
Secretary, acting by delegation through the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS), finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on 
the species or stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact 
on the availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses 
(where relevant), and (2) if the permissible methods of taking and 
requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 
such takings are set forth.
    Issuance of an incidental take authorization (ITA) under section 
101(a)(5)(A) or (D) of the MMPA requires three sets of information 
collection: (1) A complete application for an ITA, as set forth in 
NMFS' implementing regulations at 50 CFR 216.104, which provides the 
information necessary for NMFS to make the necessary statutory 
determinations; (2) information relating to required monitoring; and 
(3) information related to required reporting. These collections of 
information enable NMFS to: (1) Evaluate the proposed activity's impact 
on marine mammals; (2) arrive at the appropriate determinations 
required by the MMPA and other applicable laws prior to issuing the 
authorization; and (3) monitor impacts of activities for which take 
authorizations have been issued to determine if predictions regarding 
impacts on marine mammals were valid.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eba4a2b9aab4b89e8986829898828485ab848689c58e849bc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c986809b88969abcaba4a0babaa0a6a789a6a4abe7aca6b9e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e88ca091868d83a88c878bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8bc90a1b6bdb398bcb7bbf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c986809b88969abcaba4a0babaa0a6a789a6a4abe7aca6b9e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256a6c77647a765047484c56564c4a4b654a48470b404a550b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: October 14, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26252 Filed 10-18-10; 8:45 am]
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