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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 105 / Thursday, May 31, 2018 / Notices
After consultation with the
Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued affirmative finding
annual renewals to The Nations,
allowing the continued importation into
the United States of yellowfin tuna and
products derived from yellowfin tuna
harvested in the ETP by purse seine
vessels operating under The Nations’
jurisdiction or exported from The
Nations. Issuance of affirmative finding
annual renewals for The Nations does
not affect implementation of an
intermediary nation embargo under 50
CFR 216.24(f)(9), which could apply to
exports from The Nations. The
affirmative finding annual renewals are
for the one-year period of April 1, 2018,
through March 31, 2019.
Peru’s five-year affirmative finding
will remain valid through March 31,
2022, and Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico,
and Spain’s five-year affirmative
findings will remain valid through
March 31, 2020, subject to subsequent
annual reviews by NMFS.
Dated: May 24, 2018.
Chris Oliver,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Permits for Incidental Taking of
Endangered or Threatened Species.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0230.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 48.
Average Hours per Response: 80
hours for a permit application
(including Habitat Conservation Plans),
40 minutes for transfer of an incidental
take permit; 8 hours for a permit report,
30 minutes for a Certificate of Inclusion
and 10 hours for a watershed plan.
Burden Hours: 795.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposed
prohibitions against the taking of
endangered species. In 1982, Congress
revised the ESA to allow permits
authorizing the taking of endangered
species incidental to otherwise lawful
activities. The corresponding
regulations (50 CFR part 222.222)
established procedures for persons to
apply for such a permit. In addition, the
regulations set forth specific reporting
requirements for such permit holders.
The regulations contain three sets of
information collections: (l) Applications
for incidental take permits, (2)
applications for certificates of inclusion,
and (3) reporting requirements for
permits issued. Certificates of inclusion
are only required if a general permit is
issued to a representative of a group of
potential permit applicants, rather than
requiring each entity to apply for and
receive a permit.
The required information is used to
evaluate the impacts of the proposed
activity on endangered species, to make
the determinations required by the ESA
prior to issuing a permit, and to
establish appropriate permit conditions.
When a species is listed as threatened,
section 4(d) of the ESA requires the
Secretary to issue whatever regulations
are deemed necessary or advisable to
provide for conservation of the species.
In many cases those regulations reflect
blanket application of the section 9 take
prohibition. However, the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
recognizes certain exceptions to that
prohibition, including habitat
restoration actions taken in accord with
approved state watershed action plans.
While watershed plans are prepared for
other purposes in coordination with or
fulfillment of various state programs, a
watershed group wishing to take
advantage of the exception for
restoration activities (rather than
obtaining a section 10 permit) would
have to submit the plan for NMFS
review.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions, and state,
local, or tribal government.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this

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notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: May 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Casitas Pier
Fender Pile Replacement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed revised
incidental harassment authorization;
request for comments.
AGENCY:

NMFS has received a request
from Venoco, LLC, (Venoco) and
Chevron USA, Inc., (Chevron) to
transfer, from Venoco to Chevron, a
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) one-year Incidental
Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take
marine mammals, by harassment,
incidental to the Casitas Pier Fender
Pile Replacement Project, following the
sale of Casitas Pier to Chevron. No other
changes are proposed. NMFS is inviting
comments on the proposed transfer of
the Casitas Pier IHA to Chevron.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than July 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to ITP.Young@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/node/
23111 without change. All personal
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