Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
01/15/2025
09/06/2024
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.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2025
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2026
175,025
0
175,025
20,260
0
20,260
2,274
0
2,274
This is a request for revision and extension of an existing information collection. The revision to this information collection package is due to modifications to the HMS dealer reporting requirements that are being implemented by a proposed rulemaking (RIN 0648- BM23) that would modify and expand electronic reporting requirements in Atlantic HMS fisheries. First, this rulemaking would require HMS dealers, who are already required to submit their landings reports electronically, to report individual fish weights for all species managed internationally under the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). HMS permitted dealers are already required to report individual weights for all purchased bluefin tuna (BFT), but this rule would expand that requirement to BAYS tunas (i.e., bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack tuna), swordfish (SWO), and pelagic sharks (i.e., shortfin mako, blue, common thresher, and porbeagle sharks). Additionally, the proposed rule also removes two requirements for HMS dealers: 1) the requirement for tuna dealers to submit bi-weekly BFT reports as the information received via these reports is already collected under other more timely reporting requirements, and 2) the requirement to report shark fins separately.
US Code:
16 USC 971
Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq.
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management & Conservation Act
Burden response time updated as a result of rule change, One IC discontinued, and the remainder of the burden changes were as a result of changes in the estimated number of respondents and responses filed.
$1,225,256
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Clifford Hutt 301 427-8588
Reginfo record details
No
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.
Non-Governmental Validation Authorization