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resources, NOAA requires dealers to
submit applications for pre-approval
certifications of imports of frozen
Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish (also
referred to as Chilean sea bass) and
applications for re-exports of these
species. These applications are
currently available as fillable PDF
forms. NOAA is proposing to revise this
collection to allow the Application for
Pre-Approval Certificate to Import
Frozen Toothfish and Application for
Re-Export of Toothfish forms be made
available in an on-line format. No other
part of this collection will be revised.
This revision will not affect the number
of respondents, responses, burden costs,
or burden hours.
II. Method of Collection
On-line applications would be made
available, in addition to the current
applications and fillable PDF forms, for
use by participants. Methods of
transmittal would include the internet
and mail or email transmission of forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0194.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Revision of
a currently approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals; business
or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80
dealers.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes to apply for a Pre-Approval
Certificate to Import Frozen Toothfish,
whether using on-line applications or
fillable PDF forms; 15 minutes to
complete and submit Application for
Re-Export of Toothfish, whether using
on-line applications or fillable PDF
forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 260 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $128,000.

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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.

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Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Marine Mammal
Health and Stranding Response
Program, Level A Stranding Report,
Rehabilitation Disposition Data Sheet,
and Human Interaction Form
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before February 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Stephen Manley, Office of
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West
Highway, #13604, Silver Spring, MD
20910, (301) 427–8476 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
This request is for revision and
extension of this previously approved
data collection.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA), the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), who has
delegated responsibility under this Act
to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, is
charged with the protection and
management of marine mammals and is
responsible for collecting information
on marine mammal strandings, which
will be compiled and analyzed, by
region, to monitor species, numbers,
conditions, and causes of illnesses and
deaths of stranded animals. The
Secretary is also responsible for
collection of information on other life
history and reference level data,
including marine mammal tissue
analyses, that would allow comparison
of the causes of illness and deaths in
stranded marine mammals by physical,
chemical, and biological environmental
parameters.
In addition, determinations must be
made on the sustainability of population
stocks, on the impact of fisheries and
other human activities on marine
mammals and endangered species, and
on the health of marine mammals and
related environmental considerations.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) has the responsibility to
carry out these mandates. Section 402(b)
of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421a) requires
the Secretary to collect and update
information on strandings. It further
provides that the Secretary shall
compile and analyze, by region, the
species, numbers, conditions, and
causes of illnesses and deaths in
stranded marine mammals. Section
404(a) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421c)
mandates that the Secretary respond to
unusual marine mammal mortality
events. Without a historical baseline
provided by marine mammal
information collected from strandings,
detection of such events could be
difficult and the investigation could be
impeded. Section 401(b) of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1421) requires NMFS to
facilitate the collection and
dissemination of reference data on the
health of marine mammal populations
in the wild and to correlate health with
physical, chemical, and biological
environmental parameters. In order to
perform this function, NMFS must
standardize data collection protocols for
health and correlations. Data and
samples collected from stranded
animals are a critical part of the

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implementation of this mandate of the
MMPA.
Specifically, the data from the Marine
Mammal Stranding Report (MMSR)
forms provide NMFS with information
on the morphology, life history, biology,
general health, health and stranding
trends, causes of mortality, and
distribution of marine mammal species.
These data provide information which
may help in making assessments on the
status of population stocks. Recording
data on gross mortalities may serve as
an indicator that a particular population
is impacted, threatened or at increased
risk, and when provided in a timely
manner, aid in dynamic management
practices. Stranding data also provide
an important baseline for detecting and
monitoring the impacts of
environmental phenomena, such as El
Nin˜o and Harmful Algal Blooms
(HABs). Minor edits to the current
version of the form are proposed,
including beginning to collect live,
entangled large whale data in this data
collection and streamlining the
confidence codes.
The Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
Disposition Report (MMRDR) provides
NMFS with information on the
disposition of animals brought in for
rehabilitation, the success of medical
treatment, and the number of animals
released. This information will assist
the Agency in tracking marine mammals
that move into captive display and in
the monitoring of rehabilitation and
release. The data will also be used to
assess the burden on stranding network
centers. This form will be filled out only
in the case of live-stranded marine
mammals. The form will be required
from rehabilitation centers in all five
NMFS Regions. Each of the NMFS
regions approves and issues a Letter of
Agreement (LOA) or other form of
agreement to marine mammal
rehabilitation centers under § 112(c) of
the MMPA, which allows the Secretary
to enter into agreements in order to
fulfill the general purposes of the Act,
and under § 403 of the MMPA, which
provides specific authority to enter into
such stranding response agreements.
These data will be monitored as part of
the Rehabilitation Facilities Inspection
(RFI) program. No changes are proposed
to this form.
The Human Interaction Data Sheet
will provide NMFS with consistent and
detailed information on signs of human
interaction in stranded marine
mammals. This form also includes a
subjective section that allows the
examiner to evaluate the likelihood that
human interaction contributed to the
stranding of the animal. This
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tracking resource conflicts and will
provide a solid scientific foundation for
conservation and management of marine
mammals. With a better understanding
of interactions, appropriate measures
can be taken to resolve conflicts and
stranding data are the best source of
information regarding the occurrence of
different types of human interaction. No
changes are proposed for this form.

Paper applications, electronic reports,
and telephone calls are required from
participants, and methods of submittal
include internet through the NMFS
National Marine Mammal Stranding
Database; facsimile transmission of
paper forms; or mailed copies of forms.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0178.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: State governments;
not-for-profit institutions; business or
other for-profits organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes for Stranding Reports and
Rehabilitation Disposition Forms; 45
minutes for the Human Interaction Data
Sheet.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,600.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $203.45.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;

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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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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: Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Rationalization Social Study.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0606.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
an existing collection).
Number of Respondents: 410.
Average Hours per Response: 1.
Burden Hours: 127.
Needs and Uses: NOAA Fisheries
needs to comply with legal
requirements in the Magnuson Stevens
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Executive Order
12898, and the Regulatory Flexibility
Act to account for the sustained
participation and the impacts of
individuals and fishing communities
participating in the use of marine
resources and fishing activities. In order
to fully understand the impacts of
fisheries management actions on
participating individuals and
communities, it is necessary to
communicate with them, and maintain
a regular standard of monitoring. This is
accomplished through surveys to see if
any impacts that have been identified
have changed or been addressed. This
survey identifies sociocultural impacts
of the catch shares program, which
extends beyond income and fishing
indicators, and identifies quality of life
and family impacts that can be directly
attributed to changes in behaviors
related to fishing regulations. Survey
participants are able to communicate
their successes and concerns. New data
collections are compared to past data
collections to measure change over time
as well as identify new trends occurring

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