Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
07/29/2021
05/21/2021
OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2023
12/31/2023
12/31/2023
175,025
0
175,025
20,260
0
20,260
2,274
0
2,274
This is a submission, with the proposed rule, of a request for revision of an existing information collection. The revision to this information collection package is due to two modifications to the dealer reporting requirements for the Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) reporting program that are being implemented by Amendment 13 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan (RIN 0648-BI08).
First, Amendment 13 proposes to remove the requirement that bluefin tuna dead discard reports from pelagic longline vessel trips be submitted to the IBQ system via dealer reports. Second, Amendment 13 would eliminate the current requirement that vessel operators/owners enter the PIN associated with their vessel IBQ account to confirm that the landing report information entered into the IBQ System by the dealer is accurate. This revision will not change the estimated number of responses or burden for this collection.
This information collection consists of a mandatory dealer reporting program for domestic landings and international trade of highly migratory species. Catch and trade monitoring is required under the provisions of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, Tunas Convention Act, and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Information collected through this program is essential for the United States to meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, and its management obligations under the MSA.
US Code:
16 USC 971
Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.