This information collection is necessary to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection (MMPA) Act 16 U.S.C. 1371 and 1372 and the proposed rule RIN 0648-AY15 to implement these provisions within the regulations of 50 CFR 216.24 Subpart C. The MMPA contains provisions to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in both domestic and foreign commercial fisheries.
These regulations would establish standards for evaluating a nationâs regulatory program to reduce marine mammal incidental mortality and serious injury in its fisheries that export to the United States (export fisheries). Under the proposed rule, to import fish and fish products into the United States, a nationâs exporting fisheries must apply for and receive a comparability finding from the Assistant Administrator. The proposed rule establishes procedures that a nation must follow to receive such finding for its export fishery. To receive the finding the nation must provide reasonable proof that it has adopted and is implementing in its export fishery a regulatory program governing the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in the commercial fishery that is comparable in effectiveness to the U.S. regulatory program. The nation must also provide reasonable proof that it has calculated a bycatch limit for marine mammal stocks that interacts with a fishery whose fish and fish products are exported to the U.S. and that the total incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in these fisheries does not exceed that bycatch limit. The proposed rule also calls for any intermediary nation that exports fish and fish products to the U.S. to prohibit the re-exportation to the U.S. of fish and fish products from any nationâs export fishery that is subject to an import prohibition.
An information collection request was not submitted with the proposed rule. Therefore, this request is approved on an emergency basis with the final rule. Within 6 months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must submit a new information collection request and issue the required 60 and 30 day notifications in the Federal Register.
US Code:
16 USC 1826d-k
Name of Law: High Seas Driftnet Fishing Protection Moratorium Act
An additional 30 respondents add 300 responses and 50 hours.
$24,270
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Christopher Rogers 3017139090 ext. 117
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.
Form XXX Proof of Admissibility
0651 revision per AY15_emergency_Justification.docx
Proof of Admissibility