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included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 3, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Nominations for Advisory Committee
and Species Working Group Technical
Advisor Appointments to the U.S.
Section to the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
AGENCY:

NMFS is soliciting
nominations to the Advisory Committee
to the U.S. Section to the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) as established
by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act
(ATCA). NMFS is also soliciting
nominations for Technical Advisors to
the Advisory Committee’s species
working groups.
DATES: Nominations must be received
by October 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Nominations, including a
letter of interest and a resume or
curriculum vitae, should be sent via
email to Terra Lederhouse at
[email protected] with a copy
to Grace Ferrara at grace.ferrara@
noaa.gov. Include in the subject line
whether the nomination is for the
Advisory Committee or for a Technical
Advisor to a species working group.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Grace Ferrara, Office of International
Affairs and Seafood Inspection;
telephone: (301) 427–8371; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:

The Convention and the Commission
ICCAT was established to provide an
effective program of international
cooperation in research and
conservation in recognition of the
unique problems related to the highly
migratory nature of tunas and tuna-like
species. The International Convention

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for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(Convention) entered into force in 1969
after receiving the required number of
ratifications. The Commission holds its
Annual Meeting, usually in November
of each year, and convenes meetings of
working groups and other ICCAT bodies
between annual meetings as needed.
Under Section 971a of ATCA (16 U.S.C.
971 et seq.), the United States is
represented on the Commission by not
more than three U.S. Commissioners.
Additional information is available at
www.iccat.int.
Advisory Committee and Species
Working Groups to the U.S. Section to
the ICCAT
Section 971b of ATCA (16 U.S.C. 971
et seq.) requires that an advisory
committee be established that shall be
comprised of: (1) Not less than 5 nor
more than 20 individuals appointed by
the U.S. Commissioners to ICCAT who
shall select such individuals from the
various groups concerned with the
fisheries covered by the ICCAT
Convention; and (2) the chairs (or their
designees) of the New England, MidAtlantic, South Atlantic, Caribbean, and
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Councils. Each member of the Advisory
Committee appointed under paragraph
(1) shall serve for a term of 2 years and
be eligible for reappointment. The
Committee meets at least twice a year
when members receive information and
provide advice on ICCAT-related
matters. All members of the Advisory
Committee are appointed in their
individual professional capacity and
undergo a background screening. Any
individual appointed to the Committee
who is unable to attend all or part of an
Advisory Committee meeting may not
appoint another person to attend such
meetings as his or her proxy. Members
of the Advisory Committee shall receive
no compensation for their services. The
Secretary of Commerce and the
Secretary of State may pay the necessary
travel expenses of members of the
Advisory Committee. The terms of all
currently appointed Advisory
Committee members expire on
December 31, 2018. NMFS is soliciting
nominees to serve as members of the
Advisory Committee for a term of 2
years that will expire December 31,
2020.
Section 971b–1 of ATCA specifies
that the U.S. Commissioners may
establish species working groups for the
purpose of providing advice and
recommendations to the U.S.
Commissioners and to the Advisory
Committee on matters relating to the
conservation and management of any
highly migratory species covered by the

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ICCAT Convention. Any species
working group shall consist of no more
than seven members of the Advisory
Committee and no more than four
Technical Advisors, as considered
necessary by the Commissioners.
Currently, there are four species
working groups advising the Committee
and the U.S. Commissioners: A Bluefin
Tuna Working Group, a Swordfish/
Sharks Working Group, a Billfish
Working Group, and a Bigeye, Albacore,
Yellowfin, and Skipjack (BAYS) Tunas
Working Group. Technical Advisors to
the species working groups serve at the
pleasure of the Commissioners;
therefore, the Commissioners can
choose to alter these appointments at
any time. As with Committee Members,
Technical Advisors may not be
represented by a proxy during meetings
of the Advisory Committee.
Procedure for Submitting Nominations
Nominations to the Advisory
Committee or to a species working
group should include a letter of interest
and a resume or curriculum vitae. Selfnominations are acceptable. Letters of
recommendation are useful but not
required. When making a nomination,
please specify which appointment
(Advisory Committee member or
Technical Advisor to a species working
group) is being sought. Nominees may
also indicate which of the species
working groups is preferred, although
placement on the requested group is not
guaranteed.
Dated: August 3, 2018.
John Henderschedt,
Director, Office of International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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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: Report of Whaling Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0311.
Form Number(s): None.

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Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 66.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes for reports on whales struck or
on recovery of dead whales, including
providing the information to the
relevant Native American whaling
organization; 5 minutes for the relevant
Native American whaling organization
to type in each report; and 5 hours for
the relevant Native American whaling
organization to consolidate and submit
reports.
Burden Hours: 50.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection.
Native Americans may conduct
certain aboriginal subsistence whaling
under the Whaling Convention Act in
accordance with the provisions of the
International Whaling Commission
(IWC). In order to respond to obligations
under the International Convention for
the Regulation of Whaling, the IWC, and
the Whaling Convention Act, whaling
captains participating in these
operations must submit certain
information to the relevant Native
American whaling organization about
strikes on and catch of whales. Anyone
retrieving a dead whale is also required
to report. Captains must place a
distinctive permanent identification
mark on any harpoon, lance, or
explosive dart used, and must also
provide information on the mark and
self-identification information. The
relevant Native American whaling
organization receives the reports,
compiles them, and submits the
information to NOAA.
The information is used to monitor
the hunt and to ensure that quotas are
not exceeded. The information is also
provided to the IWC, which uses it to
monitor compliance with its
requirements.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; state, local, or tribal
governments.
Frequency: On occasion, monthly and
annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
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 OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.

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Dated: August 3, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Dated: August 3, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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: List of Gear by Fisheries and
Fishery Management Council.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0346.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 6.
Average Hours per Response: 90
minutes.
Burden Hours: 15 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Under the provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) [16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.], as amended by the Sustainable
Fisheries Act [Pub. L. 104–297], the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is
required to publish a list of all fisheries
under authority of each Regional
Fishery Management Council (Council)
and all such fishing gear used in such
fisheries (see section 305(a) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act). The list has
been published and appears in 50 CFR
part 600.725(v). Any person wishing to
use gear not on the list, or engage in a
fishery not on the list, must provide the
appropriate Council or the Secretary, in
the case of Atlantic highly migratory
species, with 90 days of advance notice.
If the Secretary takes no action to
prohibit such a fishery or use of such a
gear, the person may proceed.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
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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 OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.

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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: Seafood Inspection and
Certification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0266.
Form Number(s): 89–800, 89–814, 89–
819.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 350.
Average Hours per Response: Contract
Request, 15 minutes; label approval, 15
minutes; Inspection Request, 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 19,728.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) operates a voluntary fee-forservice seafood inspection program
(Program) under the authorities of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as
amended, the Fish and Wildlife Act of
1956, and the Reorganization Plan No.
4 of 1970. The regulations for the
Program are contained in 50 CFR part
260. The program offers inspection
grading and certification services,
including the use of official quality
grade marks which indicate that specific
products have been Federally inspected.
Those wishing to participate in the
program must request the services and
submit specific compliance information.
In July 1992, NMFS announced new
inspection services, which were fully
based on guidelines recommended by

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