82 FR 21295 - Annual Certification of Shrimp-Harvesting Nations
DEPARTMENT OF STATE Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 21295-21296] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-09164] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 9986] Annual Certification of Shrimp-Harvesting Nations AGENCY: Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On May 1, 2017, the Department of State certified that 13 shrimp-harvesting nations and four fisheries have a regulatory program comparable to that of the United States governing the incidental taking of the relevant species of sea turtles in the course of commercial shrimp harvesting and that the particular fishing environments of 26 shrimp-harvesting nations, one economy, and three fisheries do not pose a threat of the incidental taking of covered sea turtles in the course of such harvesting. DATES: This finding is effective on May 5, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 (``Sec. 609'') prohibits imports of certain categories of shrimp unless the President certifies to the Congress by May 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, that either: (1) The harvesting nation has adopted a program governing the incidental taking of sea turtles in its commercial shrimp fishery comparable to the program in effect in the United States and has an incidental take rate comparable to that of the United States; or (2) the particular fishing environment of the harvesting nation does not pose a threat of the incidental taking of sea turtles. The President has delegated the authority to make this certification to the Department of State (``the Department''). The Department's Revised Guidelines for the Implementation of Section 609 were published in the Federal Register on July 8, 1999, at 64 FR 36946. On May 1, 2017, the Department certified 13 nations on the basis that their sea turtle protection programs are comparable to that of the United States: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, and Suriname. This year the Department was unable to certify Pakistan because it did not demonstrate that the sea turtle protection program is comparable in effectiveness to that of the United States. Therefore, no wild-caught shrimp or product of that shrimp harvested in Pakistan and exported after April 30, 2017, will be permitted entry into the United States. The Department also certified 26 shrimp-harvesting nations and one economy as having fishing environments that do not pose a danger to sea turtles. Sixteen nations have shrimping grounds only in cold waters where the risk of taking sea turtles is negligible: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay. Ten nations and one economy only harvest shrimp using [[Page 21296]] 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 threaten sea turtles. Use of such small-scale technology does not adversely affect sea turtles. The 10 nations and one economy are: The Bahamas, Belize, China, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Oman, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. A completed DS-2031 Shrimp Exporter's/Importer's Declaration must accompany all shipments of shrimp or products from shrimp into the United States. Only shrimp or products from shrimp harvested in the 39 certified nations and one economy listed above may be accompanied by a DS-2031 with Box 7(B) checked. All DS-2031 forms accompanying shrimp imports from uncertified nations 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 product and based on any relevant prior determinations by the Department, and signed by a responsible government official of the harvesting nation's competent domestic fisheries authority. The Department has not determined that any uncertified nation qualifies to export shrimp or products from shrimp harvested in a manner as described in 7(A)(3). 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 Department 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 and shrimp and products from shrimp harvested in the French Guiana domestic trawl fishery are eligible for entry under this provision. The Department was unable to make the same determination with respect to the Exmouth Gulf Prawn Fishery in Australia because the licensing conditions for the fishery do not meet the minimum technical standards of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, so no wild-caught shrimp and products from that shrimp harvested in Exmouth Gulf and exported after April 30, 2017, will be permitted entry into the United States. The importation of TED-caught shrimp from any other uncertified nation will not be allowed. A responsible government official of Australia or France must sign in Block 8 of the DS-2031 form accompanying these imports into the United States. In addition, the Department has determined that shrimp and products from shrimp harvested in the Spencer Gulf region in Australia and with ``mosquito'' nets in the Republic of Korea, and Mediterranean red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) and products from that shrimp harvested in the Mediterranean Sea by Spain may be exported to 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 taking of sea turtles.'' A responsible government official of Australia, the Republic of Korea, or Spain must sign in Block 8 of the DS-2031 form accompanying these imports into the United States. The Department has communicated these certifications and determinations under Sec. 609 to the Office of International Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2017-09164 Filed 5-4-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710-09-P
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• Email: oira_submission@ including your personal information, environments of 26 shrimp-harvesting
omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS will be available for public review. nations, one economy, and three
form number, information collection fisheries do not pose a threat of the
Abstract of Proposed Collection
title, and the OMB control number in incidental taking of covered sea turtles
the subject line of your message. The purpose of the DS–5528 is to in the course of such harvesting.
• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk document the evacuation of persons DATES: This finding is effective on May
Officer for Department of State. from abroad when their lives are 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
endangered by war, civil unrest, or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional natural disaster; document issuance of a Section 609 Program Manager, Office of
information regarding the collection crisis evacuation loan; obtain a Privacy Marine Conservation, Bureau of Oceans
listed in this notice, including requests Act Waiver to share information about and International Environmental and
for copies of the proposed collection the welfare of a U.S. citizen or U.S. Scientific Affairs, Department of State,
lawful permanent resident consistent
instrument and supporting documents, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC
with the Privacy Act of 1974; and, to
to Derek A. Rivers, Bureau of Consular 20520–2758; telephone: (202) 647–3263;
facilitate debt collection.
Affairs, Overseas Citizens Services (CA/ email: DS2031@state.gov.
OCS/PMO), U.S. Department of State, Methodology SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
2201 C. St. NW., Washington, DC 20522, An electronic version of the Evacuee 609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Sec. 609’’)
who may be reached at RiversDA@ Manifest and Promissory Note was prohibits imports of certain categories of
state.gov. created, allowing applicants to type shrimp unless the President certifies to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: their information into the form, print it, the Congress by May 1, 1991, and
• Title of Information Collection: and present it to a consular officer at the annually thereafter, that either: (1) The
Evacuee Manifest and Promissory Note. evacuation point. Continued software harvesting nation has adopted a
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0211. development will provide the capability program governing the incidental taking
• Type of Request: Extension of a to electronically submit signed loan of sea turtles in its commercial shrimp
Currently Approved Collection. applications for adjudication. The final fishery comparable to the program in
• Originating Office: Bureau of stage of software development will not effect in the United States and has an
Consular Affairs, Overseas Citizens only allow the applicant to enter his/her incidental take rate comparable to that
Services (CA/OCS). information and submit the form, but of the United States; or (2) the particular
• Form Number: DS–5528. will also make the information available fishing environment of the harvesting
• Respondents: U.S. citizens, U.S. for all stages of financial processing nation does not pose a threat of the
non-citizen nationals, lawful permanent including the Department of State’s debt incidental taking of sea turtles. The
residents, and third country nationals collection process. Due to the potential President has delegated the authority to
applying for emergency loan assistance for serious conditions during crisis make this certification to the
during an evacuation. events that often affect electronic and Department of State (‘‘the Department’’).
• Estimated Number of Respondents: internet infrastructure systems, the The Department’s Revised Guidelines
525. electronic form will not replace the for the Implementation of Section 609
• Estimated Number of Responses: paper form. Rather, the paper form will were published in the Federal Register
525. still be maintained and used in the on July 8, 1999, at 64 FR 36946.
• Average Time per Response: 20 event that applicants are unable to On May 1, 2017, the Department
minutes. submit forms electronically. certified 13 nations on the basis that
• Total Estimated Burden Time: 175 their sea turtle protection programs are
Michelle Bernier-Toth, comparable to that of the United States:
hours.
• Frequency: On Occasion. Managing Director, Bureau of Consular Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El
Affairs, Overseas Citizens Services,
• Obligation to Respond: Required to Department of State.
Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana,
Obtain Benefit. Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
[FR Doc. 2017–09171 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
We are soliciting public comments to Panama, and Suriname. This year the
BILLING CODE 4710–06–P Department was unable to certify
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed Pakistan because it did not demonstrate
information collection is necessary for that the sea turtle protection program is
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
the proper functions of the Department. comparable in effectiveness to that of
• Evaluate the accuracy of our [Public Notice: 9986] the United States. Therefore, no wild-
estimate of the time and cost burden for caught shrimp or product of that shrimp
this proposed collection, including the Annual Certification of Shrimp- harvested in Pakistan and exported after
validity of the methodology and Harvesting Nations April 30, 2017, will be permitted entry
assumptions used. AGENCY: Bureau of Oceans and into the United States. The Department
• Enhance the quality, utility, and International Environmental and also certified 26 shrimp-harvesting
clarity of the information to be Scientific Affairs, Department of State. nations and one economy as having
collected. ACTION: Notice.
fishing environments that do not pose a
• Minimize the reporting burden on danger to sea turtles. Sixteen nations
those who are to respond, including the SUMMARY: On May 1, 2017, the have shrimping grounds only in cold
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use of automated collection techniques Department of State certified that 13 waters where the risk of taking sea
or other forms of information shrimp-harvesting nations and four turtles is negligible: Argentina, Belgium,
technology. fisheries have a regulatory program Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland,
Please note that comments submitted comparable to that of the United States Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the
in response to this Notice are public governing the incidental taking of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
record. Before including any detailed relevant species of sea turtles in the Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom,
personal information, you should be course of commercial shrimp harvesting and Uruguay. Ten nations and one
aware that your comments as submitted, and that the particular fishing economy only harvest shrimp using
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small boats with crews of less than five so no wild-caught shrimp and products protected with deed restrictions
that use manual rather than mechanical from that shrimp harvested in Exmouth required in the transfer of land
means to retrieve nets or catch shrimp Gulf and exported after April 30, 2017, ownership.
using other methods that do not will be permitted entry into the United
threaten sea turtles. Use of such small- States. The importation of TED-caught DATES: Comments must be received on
scale technology does not adversely shrimp from any other uncertified or before June 5, 2017.
affect sea turtles. The 10 nations and nation will not be allowed. A ADDRESSES: Documents are available for
one economy are: The Bahamas, Belize, responsible government official of review by prior appointment at the
China, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Australia or France must sign in Block following location: Atlanta Airports
Hong Kong, Jamaica, Oman, Peru, Sri 8 of the DS–2031 form accompanying District Office, Attn: Anna Lynch,
Lanka, and Venezuela. these imports into the United States. Program Manager, 1701 Columbia Ave.,
A completed DS–2031 Shrimp In addition, the Department has Room 220, College Park, Georgia 30337–
Exporter’s/Importer’s Declaration must determined that shrimp and products 2747, Telephone: (404) 305–6746.
accompany all shipments of shrimp or from shrimp harvested in the Spencer
products from shrimp into the United Gulf region in Australia and with Comments on this notice may be
States. Only shrimp or products from ‘‘mosquito’’ nets in the Republic of mailed or delivered in triplicate to the
shrimp harvested in the 39 certified Korea, and Mediterranean red shrimp FAA at the following address: Atlanta
nations and one economy listed above (Aristeus antennatus) and products from Airports District Office, Attn: Anna
may be accompanied by a DS–2031 with that shrimp harvested in the Lynch, Program Manager, 1701
Box 7(B) checked. All DS–2031 forms Mediterranean Sea by Spain may be Columbia Ave., Room 220, College Park,
accompanying shrimp imports from exported to the United States under the Georgia 30337–2747.
uncertified nations must be originals DS–2031 Box 7(A)(4) provision for In addition, one copy of any
with Box 7(A)(1), 7(A)(2), or 7(A)(4) ‘‘shrimp harvested in a manner or under comments submitted to the FAA must
checked, consistent with the form’s circumstances determined by the be mailed or delivered to Toby
instructions with regard to the method Department of State not to pose a threat Chappell, County Manager, Greenwood
of harvest of the product and based on of the incidental taking of sea turtles.’’ County at the following address: County
any relevant prior determinations by the A responsible government official of of Greenwood, Park Plaza, Suite 102,
Department, and signed by a responsible Australia, the Republic of Korea, or Greenwood, South Carolina 29646.
government official of the harvesting Spain must sign in Block 8 of the DS–
nation’s competent domestic fisheries FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
2031 form accompanying these imports
authority. The Department has not Anna Lynch, Program Manager, Atlanta
into the United States.
determined that any uncertified nation The Department has communicated Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia
qualifies to export shrimp or products these certifications and determinations Ave., Room 220, College Park, Georgia
from shrimp harvested in a manner as under Sec. 609 to the Office of 30337–2747, (404) 305–6746. The
described in 7(A)(3). International Trade of U.S. Customs and application may be reviewed in person
Shrimp and products of shrimp Border Protection. at this same location.
harvested with turtle excluder devices SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
(‘‘TEDs’’) in an uncertified nation may, David A. Balton,
is reviewing a request under the
under specific circumstances, be eligible Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans and provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section
for importation into the United States
International and Scientific Affairs, 47151(d), by the County of Greenwood
under the DS–2031 Box 7(A)(2)
Department of State. to release one parcel of surplus property
provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested by
[FR Doc. 2017–09164 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] (10.11 acres) at the Greenwood County
commercial shrimp trawl vessels using
Airport. These parcels were originally
TEDs comparable in effectiveness to BILLING CODE 4710–09–P
conveyed to the County of Greenwood
those required in the United States.’’
on July 11, 1947 under the powers and
Use of this provision requires that the
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION authority contained in the provisions of
Department determine in advance that
the Surplus Property Act of 1944.
the government of the harvesting nation
Federal Aviation Administration Currently, the surplus properties are
has put in place adequate procedures to
being used to generate timber sales but
monitor the use of TEDs in the specific
fishery in question and to ensure the Notice of Opportunity for Public will become the site of a new County
accurate completion of the DS–2031 Comment on Surplus Property Release Animal Shelter.
forms. At this time, the Department has at Greenwood County Airport, Any person may inspect the request
determined that only shrimp and Greenwood, South Carolina in person at the FAA office listed above
products from shrimp harvested in the AGENCY: Federal Aviation under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Northern Prawn Fishery, the Administration (FAA), DOT. CONTACT.
Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, ACTION: Notice. In addition, any person may, upon
and the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery in request, inspect the request, notice and
Australia and shrimp and products from SUMMARY: Notice is being given that the other documents germane to the request
shrimp harvested in the French Guiana Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in person at the Greenwood County
domestic trawl fishery are eligible for is considering a request from the County
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Airport.
entry under this provision. The of Greenwood to waive the requirement
Department was unable to make the that one parcel (10.11 acres) of surplus Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 17,
property, located at the Greenwood 2017.
same determination with respect to the
Exmouth Gulf Prawn Fishery in County Airport be used for aeronautical Larry F. Clark
Australia because the licensing purposes. Currently, ownership of the Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office,
conditions for the fishery do not meet property provides for protection of FAR Southern Region.
the minimum technical standards of the Part 77 surfaces and compatible land [FR Doc. 2017–09172 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, use which would continue to be BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
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| Dates | This finding is effective on May 5, 2017. | |
| Contact | 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: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 21295 |
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