83_FR_60634 83 FR 60407 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

83 FR 60407 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

Page Range60407-60408
FR Document2018-25613

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60407-60408]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: International Fisheries Trade to Include Shrimp and Abalone.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (request for a temporary new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 651.
    Average Hours Per Response: International Fisheries Trade Permit, 5 
minutes; data entry, 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 70,054.
    Needs and Uses: The Seafood Traceability Program (see 50 CFR 
300.320-300.325) is the first phase of a risk-based traceability 
program, which establishes permit, reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements needed to prevent illegally harvested and misrepresented 
seafood from entering into U.S. Commerce. In the development of the 
Seafood Traceability Program rule, 13 ``priority'' species were 
identified as being most at risk for Illegal, Unreported, and 
Unregulated (IUU) fishing and misrepresentation, and are the only 
species currently subject to this program. For two of those species 
(abalone and shrimp), NMFS stayed program requirements indefinitely (50 
CFR 300.324(a)(3)). See 81 FR 88975 (December 9, 2016). A final rule 
was published on April 24, 2018 (83 FR 17762) which lifted the stay and 
established a compliance date of

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December 31, 2018 for shrimp and abalone.
    NMFS had stayed requirements for abalone and shrimp because gaps 
existed in the collection of traceability information for domestic 
aquaculture-raised shrimp and abalone, which is currently largely 
regulated at the state level. During development of the Seafood 
Traceability Program, NMFS explored the possibility of working with its 
state partners to establish reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
for aquaculture traceability information that could be shared with 
NMFS. However, this did not prove to be a viable approach. See 81 FR at 
88977-78. In the Seafood Import Monitoring Program final rule, NMFS 
explained that ``[A]t such time that the domestic reporting and 
recordkeeping gaps have been closed, NMFS will then publish an action 
in the Federal Register to lift the stay of the effective date for 
Sec.  300.324(a)(3) of the rule pertaining to shrimp and abalone. 
Adequate advance notice to the trade community would be provided'' to 
ensure all affected parties have sufficient time to come into 
compliance.
    On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 
(Pub. L. 115-141) was signed by the President and became law. Section 
539 of Division B of the Act directed the Secretary of Commerce to, 
within 30 days, ``lift the stay on the effective date of the final rule 
for the Seafood Traceability Program published by the Secretary on 
December 9, 2016, (81 FR 88975 et seq.) for the species described in 
Sec.  300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations: provided 
that the compliance date for the species described in Sec.  
300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, shall occur not 
later than December 31, 2018.'' A final rule was issued to implement 
the Act (83 FR 17762, April 24, 2018) and provides that shrimp and 
abalone will be subject to the requirements of the Seafood Traceability 
Program under 50 CFR 300.324(a)(3), with a compliance date December 31, 
2018.
    The Program consists of two components: (1) Reporting of harvest 
events at the time of entry; and (2) permitting and recordkeeping 
requirements with respect to both harvest events and chain of custody 
information. See 50 CFR 300.324 and id. Sec. Sec.  300.320-300.323 and 
300.325. Application of the program's reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements to shrimp and abalone will enable audits of imports to be 
conducted to determine the origin of the products and confirm that they 
were lawfully acquired.
    The final rule to lift the stay on shrimp and abalone contains a 
collection-of-information requirement subject to review and approval by 
OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). OMB had previously 
approved the information collection requirements for the Seafood 
Traceability Program under Control Number 0648-0739, but the burden 
estimates did not include the requirements for shrimp and abalone given 
the stay. The requirements for permitting, reporting and recordkeeping 
for imports of shrimp and abalone will be submitted to OMB for 
approval.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: November 19, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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     conduct these new activities in order to                all adults that are released to allow                 period and after NMFS has fully
     achieve the goals of the broodstock                     identification of hatchery-reared adult               considered all relevant comments
     program, which are to: (1) Prevent                      CCC coho during spawner surveys.                      received. NMFS will also meet other
     extirpation of CCC coho in the Russian                     Field monitoring is associated with                legal requirements prior to taking final
     River; (2) preserve genetic, ecological,                the post-release performance of the                   action, including preparation of a
     and behavioral attributes of CCC coho in                broodstock program and has been                       biological opinion. NMFS will publish
     the Russian River; and (3) build self-                  conducted annually in a minimum of                    notice of its final action in the Federal
     sustaining CCC coho populations in the                  four index streams in the Russian River               Register.
     Russian River and throughout the CCC                    basin since 2004. This ongoing field
                                                                                                                      Dated: November 20, 2018.
     coho ESU.                                               monitoring, conducted by California Sea
                                                                                                                   Angela Somma,
        CDFW and the Corps’ proposed                         Grant under contract to the Corps, is a
     HGMP for the broodstock program                         substantial complimentary monitoring                  Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
                                                                                                                   of Protected Resources, National Marine
     includes provisions for a monitoring                    element that is described in the HGMP,
                                                                                                                   Fisheries Service.
     program. The proposed monitoring                        and helps to inform management of the
                                                                                                                   [FR Doc. 2018–25693 Filed 11–23–18; 8:45 am]
     program is designed to determine the                    broodstock program, but is operating
     success of the broodstock program and                   independently under separate permits.                 BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

     has been in existence since the first                   The HGMP describes future monitoring
     release of program CCC coho in 2004.                    efforts in out-of-basin streams to include
     The proposed monitoring program is                      at a minimum presence/absence surveys                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
     composed of two elements, hatchery                      following release of fish of an                       National Oceanic and Atmospheric
     and field monitoring.                                   appropriate life stage (e.g., summer                  Administration
        Hatchery monitoring is associated                    juvenile surveys following YOY spring
     with hatchery rearing and spawning                      release, redd surveys following adult                 Submission for OMB Review;
     activities and is conducted by Corps’                   release), appropriate genetic analysis, or            Comment Request
     hatchery staff. During spawning,                        other evaluation of success as funding is
     hatchery staff record data on individual                available.                                               The Department of Commerce will
     spawner performance (i.e. fecundity and                    Under the application for Permit                   submit to the Office of Management and
     fertility rates). During hatchery rearing,              21501, proposed take activities for CCC               Budget (OMB) for clearance the
     which is after spawning through release,                coho include monitoring; collecting                   following proposal for collection of
     hatchery staff collects data on life stage-             broodstock and non-broodstock CCC                     information under the provisions of the
     specific survival. The hatchery staff                   coho; conducting routine hatchery                     Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
     retain two randomly chosen juvenile                     activities including artificial                       Chapter 35).
     CCC coho from each family group (up to                  propagation, rearing, tissue sampling,                   Agency: National Oceanic and
     1,500 fish) for potential use as                        and marking; transporting and releasing               Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
     broodstock in the event sufficient                      of early life stage progeny (eyed eggs                   Title: International Fisheries Trade to
     natural-origin fish from the same brood                 and/or unfed fry), juveniles (broodstock              Include Shrimp and Abalone.
     year are not available. All CCC coho                    surplus), and adult (captive rearing and                 OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
     collected and intended for use as                       broodstock surplus) CCC coho into                        Form Number(s): None.
     broodstock at DCFH (including Scott                     Russian River tributaries and other                      Type of Request: Regular (request for
     Creek fish) are physically segregated at                target streams.                                       a temporary new information
     all times. Mortalities that occur during                                                                      collection).
     the routine operation of the program are                Public Comments Solicited                                Number of Respondents: 651.
     removed from their respective rearing                     NMFS invites the public to comment,                    Average Hours Per Response:
     containers on a daily basis, and                        including any written data, views, or                 International Fisheries Trade Permit, 5
     hatchery staff records and evaluates                    arguments, on the permit application                  minutes; data entry, 1 hour.
     these daily mortalities to ensure that the              and associated HGMP during a 30-day                      Burden Hours: 70,054.
     number of mortalities among fry and                     public comment period beginning on                       Needs and Uses: The Seafood
     more advanced life stages does not                      the date of this notice. This notice is               Traceability Program (see 50 CFR
     exceed 0.2 percent of any program                       provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of                 300.320–300.325) is the first phase of a
     production over any 24-hour period.                     the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539(c)), 50 CFR                   risk-based traceability program, which
     Compliance with all applicable hatchery                 222.303. All comments and materials                   establishes permit, reporting and
     operations and health guidelines, as                    received, including names and                         recordkeeping requirements needed to
     well as required specific effluent testing,             addresses, will become part of the                    prevent illegally harvested and
     is monitored and recorded by hatchery                   administrative record and may be                      misrepresented seafood from entering
     staff year-round. In addition, hatchery                 released to the public. We provide this               into U.S. Commerce. In the
     staff performs, monitors, and records all               notice in order to allow the public,                  development of the Seafood Traceability
     marking and tagging of CCC coho                         agencies, or other organizations to                   Program rule, 13 ‘‘priority’’ species were
     including: Passive integrated                           review and comment on these                           identified as being most at risk for
     transponder (PIT) tagging of all fish                   documents.                                            Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
     collected from the natural environment;                                                                       (IUU) fishing and misrepresentation,
     disk-tagging of all adults used for                     Next Steps                                            and are the only species currently
     artificial spawning; coded-wire tagging                   NMFS will evaluate the applications,                subject to this program. For two of those
     of all broodstock program progeny to                    associated documents, and comments                    species (abalone and shrimp), NMFS
     facilitate distinguishing between                       submitted to determine whether the                    stayed program requirements
     hatchery-origin and natural-origin fish;                applications meet the requirements of                 indefinitely (50 CFR 300.324(a)(3)). See
     PIT tagging of ≥15 percent (minimum                     Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and                    81 FR 88975 (December 9, 2016). A final
     30,000) of broodstock program progeny                   Federal regulations. The final permit                 rule was published on April 24, 2018
     released to allow smolt-to-adult-return                 decisions will not be made until after                (83 FR 17762) which lifted the stay and
     (SAR) calculations; and floy tagging of                 the end of the 30-day public comment                  established a compliance date of


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     December 31, 2018 for shrimp and                          The final rule to lift the stay on                  under this EFP. A whole-haul RKC
     abalone.                                                shrimp and abalone contains a                         census study would provide a
        NMFS had stayed requirements for                     collection-of-information requirement                 comparison of whole-haul census of
     abalone and shrimp because gaps                         subject to review and approval by OMB                 RKC to haul-level estimates of RKC
     existed in the collection of traceability               under the Paperwork Reduction Act                     generated from NMFS-certified observer
     information for domestic aquaculture-                   (PRA). OMB had previously approved                    (observer) sampling to determine the
     raised shrimp and abalone, which is                     the information collection requirements               ability of current prohibited species
     currently largely regulated at the state                for the Seafood Traceability Program                  catch (PSC) rate estimations to
     level. During development of the                        under Control Number 0648–0739, but                   accurately account for RKC PSC in these
     Seafood Traceability Program, NMFS                      the burden estimates did not include the              fisheries. Then, an at-sea viability study
     explored the possibility of working with                requirements for shrimp and abalone                   would examine factors that influence
     its state partners to establish reporting               given the stay. The requirements for                  RKC PSC mortality and survival. The
     and recordkeeping requirements for                      permitting, reporting and recordkeeping               objective of the EFP application is to
     aquaculture traceability information that               for imports of shrimp and abalone will                provide improved understanding of
     could be shared with NMFS. However,                     be submitted to OMB for approval.                     RKC PSC mortality, such as shell
     this did not prove to be a viable                         Affected Public: Business or other for-             crushing, and variables that affect it.
     approach. See 81 FR at 88977–78. In the                 profit organizations.                                 This proposed project has the potential
     Seafood Import Monitoring Program                         Frequency: One time and on occasion.                to promote the objectives of the
     final rule, NMFS explained that ‘‘[A]t                    Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.                 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
     such time that the domestic reporting                     This information collection request                 Conservation and Management Act.
     and recordkeeping gaps have been                        may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow                  DATES: Comments on this EFP
     closed, NMFS will then publish an                       the instructions to view Department of                application must be submitted to NMFS
     action in the Federal Register to lift the              Commerce collections currently under                  on or before December 11, 2018. The
     stay of the effective date for                          review by OMB.                                        North Pacific Fishery Management
     § 300.324(a)(3) of the rule pertaining to                 Written comments and                                Council (Council) will consider the
     shrimp and abalone. Adequate advance                    recommendations for the proposed                      application at its meeting from
     notice to the trade community would be                  information collection should be sent                 December 3, 2018, through December
     provided’’ to ensure all affected parties               within 30 days of publication of this                 11, 2018, in Anchorage, AK.
     have sufficient time to come into                       notice to OIRA_Submission@                            ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will be
     compliance.                                             omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.                 held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500
        On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated                    Dated: November 19, 2018.                           W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501. The
     Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L.                     Sarah Brabson,                                        agenda for the Council meeting is
     115–141) was signed by the President                    NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.                           available at http://www.npfmc.org. In
     and became law. Section 539 of Division                                                                       addition to submitting comments at the
                                                             [FR Doc. 2018–25613 Filed 11–23–18; 8:45 am]
     B of the Act directed the Secretary of                                                                        Council meeting, you may submit
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     Commerce to, within 30 days, ‘‘lift the                                                                       comments on this document, identified
     stay on the effective date of the final                                                                       by NOAA–NMFS–2018–0120, by any of
     rule for the Seafood Traceability                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                the following methods:
     Program published by the Secretary on                                                                            • Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
     December 9, 2016, (81 FR 88975 et seq.)                 National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      www.regulations.gov/
     for the species described in                            Administration                                        #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-
     § 300.324(a)(3) of title 50, Code of                                                                          0120, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
     Federal Regulations: provided that the                  RIN 0648–XG557
                                                                                                                   complete the required fields, and enter
     compliance date for the species                                                                               or attach your comments.
                                                             Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
     described in § 300.324(a)(3) of title 50,
                                                             Zone Off Alaska; Application for an                      • Mail: Submit written comments to
     Code of Federal Regulations, shall occur                                                                      Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
                                                             Exempted Fishing Permit
     not later than December 31, 2018.’’ A                                                                         Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
     final rule was issued to implement the                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
     Act (83 FR 17762, April 24, 2018) and                   Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                  Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
     provides that shrimp and abalone will                   Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
     be subject to the requirements of the                   Commerce.                                                Instructions: Comments sent by any
     Seafood Traceability Program under 50                   ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for            other method, to any other address or
     CFR 300.324(a)(3), with a compliance                    exempted fishing permit.                              individual, or received after the end of
     date December 31, 2018.                                                                                       the comment period, may not be
        The Program consists of two                          SUMMARY:    This notice announces receipt             considered. All comments received are
     components: (1) Reporting of harvest                    of an exempted fishing permit (EFP)                   a part of the public record and will
     events at the time of entry; and (2)                    application from Mr. Cory Lescher and                 generally be posted for public viewing
     permitting and recordkeeping                            Dr. Bradley Harris, Alaska Pacific                    on www.regulations.gov without change.
     requirements with respect to both                       University. If granted, this EFP would                All personal identifying information
     harvest events and chain of custody                     allow up to five Amendment 80 vessels                 (e.g., name, address) submitted
     information. See 50 CFR 300.324 and id.                 in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands                voluntarily by the sender will be
     §§ 300.320–300.323 and 300.325.                         (BSAI) management area yellowfin and                  publicly accessible. NMFS will accept
     Application of the program’s reporting                  rock sole fisheries to retain red king crab           anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
     and recordkeeping requirements to                       (RKC; Paralithodes camtschaticus)                     the required fields if you wish to remain
     shrimp and abalone will enable audits                   bycatch on board for periods of no more               anonymous).
     of imports to be conducted to determine                 than 72 hours during the 2019 BSAI                       Electronic copies of the EFP
     the origin of the products and confirm                  flatfish fisheries’ ‘‘A’’ season. Two                 application and the basis for a
     that they were lawfully acquired.                       concurrent studies would be conducted                 categorical exclusion under the National


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FR Citation83 FR 60407 

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