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Applications and Reporting Requirements for Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 141 / Friday, July 25, 2025 / Notices

19 CFR 351.225(n) and Commerce’s
procedures.8
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the completeness of this
monthly list of scope ruling applications
received by Commerce. Any comments
should be submitted to Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, via email to
[email protected].
This notice of scope ruling
applications filed in AD and CVD
proceedings is published in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(3).
Dated: July 22, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025–14097 Filed 7–24–25; 8:45 am]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Applications and Reporting
Requirements for Incidental Taking of
Marine Mammals by Specified
Activities Under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 31st,
2025 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Applications and Reporting
Requirements for Incidental Taking of
Marine Mammals by Specified
8 See

Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR
53205 (September 27, 2021).

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Activities under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0151.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension and revision of a currently
approved information collection].
Number of Respondents: 405.
Average Hours per Response: IHA
Application—281 hours; IHA Interim
Report—30 hours; IHA Draft Report—
140 hours; IHA Final Report—28 hours;
LOA Initial Application Preparation—
1,200 hours; LOA—Draft Annual
Report—225 hours; LOA Final Annual
Report—70 hours; LOA Draft 5-year
Report—640 hours; LOA Final 5-year
report—300 hours; LOA Gulf of America
Annual Application—70 hours; Gulf of
America Draft Annual Report—140
hours; Gulf of America Final Annual
Report—28 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 77,056
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension and revision of a currently
approved information collection, 0648–
0151. The main difference we expect
related to this extension is that there
will be a smaller number of applicants/
respondents than accounted for in the
existing OMB Control Number. This
revision removes the passive acoustic
monitoring (PAM) and protected species
observer (PSO) burden estimates. The
Office of Protected Resources
determined that those activities do not
fall under the burden associated with
this collection.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)
prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of marine mammals
unless otherwise authorized or
exempted by law. Among the provisions
that allow for lawful take of marine
mammals, sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D)
of the MMPA direct the Secretary of
Commerce to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing),
within a specified geographical region
if, after notice and opportunity for
public comment, we find that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the
affected species or stock(s) and will not
have an immitigable adverse impact on
the availability of the species or stock(s)
for subsistence uses (where relevant).
NMFS also must set forth the
permissible methods of taking; other
means of effecting the least practicable
adverse impact on the species or stock
and its habitat (mitigation); and
requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Issuance of an incidental take
authorization (Authorization) under

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MMPA section 101(a)(5)(A) (through
issuance of a Letter of Authorization
following issuance of incidental take
regulations) or 101(a)(5)(D) (through
issuance of an Incidental Harassment
Authorization) requires three sets of
information collection: (1) a complete
application for an Authorization, as set
forth in NMFS’ implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 216.104, which
provides the information necessary to
make the required statutory
determinations, including estimates of
take and an assessment of impacts on
the affected species and stocks; (2)
information relating to required
monitoring; and (3) information related
to required reporting. As required by the
MMPA, these collections of information
enable NMFS to: (1) prospectively
evaluate the proposed activity’s impact
on marine mammals; (2) arrive at the
appropriate determinations required by
the MMPA and other applicable laws
prior to issuing the Authorization; and
(3) monitor impacts of activities for
which Authorizations have been issued
to determine if predictions regarding
impacts on marine mammals remain
valid.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and State, Local, or
Tribal/Federal government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: MMPA; 16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0151.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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