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OMB Control No: 0648-0040	ICR Reference No: 202409-0648-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202208-0648-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 01/15/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/06/2024
Terms of Clearance: 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.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	175,025	0	175,025
Time Burden (Hours)	20,260	0	20,260
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,274	0	2,274

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BM23	Proposed rulemaking	89 FR 72796	09/06/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,225,256

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Clifford Hutt 301 427-8588

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