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an exempted fishing permit request,
exempted fishing permit report, or
scientific research activity report; and
30 minutes for an exempted educational
activity request or an exempted
educational activity report.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 695.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $14,797.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–5524 Filed 3–18–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Socio-economic
Assessment of Marine Protected Areas
Management Preferences
Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Juan Agar, (305) 361–4218 or
Juan.Agar@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
proposes to conduct a survey to collect
socio-economic data to strengthen the
management, protection, and
conservation of existing and proposed
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the
U.S. Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S.
Virgin Islands). MPAs are any area of
the marine environment that has been
reserved by Federal, State, territorial,
tribal, or local laws or regulations to
provide lasting protection for part or all
of the natural and cultural resources
therein. The survey intends to collect
demographic, cultural, and economic
information from communities that are
dependent on the estuarine and marine
resources for their livelihood. The
proposed data collection is necessary to
develop science-based criteria and
protocols to identify and evaluate the
economic impacts of management
decisions. The information will be used
to protect the sustainable use of
estuarine and marine ecosystems for
present and future generations. The
information collected will also be used
to satisfy legal mandates under
Executive Order 13158, the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation Act, the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the
National Wildlife Refuge
Administration Act, the Coastal Zone
Management Act, the National
Environmental Policy Act, and other
pertinent statues.
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
II. Method of Collection
The socio-economic information will
be collected via personal interviews and
mail surveys.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 20, 2005.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0494.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
700.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 700.
AGENCY:
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–5525 Filed 3–18–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region Seabird-Fisheries Side-Setting
Survey
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Alvin Katekaru, (808) 973–
2937 or Alvin.Katekaru@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council is preparing
mitigation measures to reduce
interactions between seabirds and the
Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery,
by requiring longline vessel operators to
use either side-setting (setting the
longline fishing gear from the side of the
vessel rather than the stern) or the
current suite of seabird mitigation
measures, plus tori lines. Although sidesetting shows to be the most promising
mitigation technique in terms of
effectiveness, additional information is
needed. The vessel operators currently
voluntarily side-setting will be asked to
provide data on the operational benefits
of side-setting as well as the
effectiveness of side-setting as a seabird
deterrent. This collection of information
is intended to provide the National
Marine Fisheries Service with
information as to the cost, availability of
equipment, and operational use of
equipment, required for side-setting.
This information will be used to
determine whether it is feasible and cost
effective for Hawaii longline vessels to
convert to side setting, and to formulate
specifications for vessels side-setting.
II. Method of Collection
Paper surveys administered and
completed by staff in interviews
conducted dockside with participants.
III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits organizations, and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
120.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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20910–3225, or by telephoning the
contact listed here. The mailbox address
for providing email comments is
PR1.020405A@noaa.gov. Please include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: 020405A. NMFS is not
responsible for e-mail comments sent to
addresses other than the one provided
here. Comments sent via e-mail,
including all attachments, must not
exceed a 10–megabyte file size. A copy
of the application containing a list of the
references used in this document may
be obtained by writing to this address or
by telephoning the contact listed here
and is also available at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/protlres/PR2/
SmalllTake/
smalltakelinfo.htm#applications.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Hollingshead, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–
2289, ext 128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[I.D. 020405A]
Background
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Small Takes of Marine Mammals
Incidental to Specified Activities;
Marine Seismic Survey off the Aleutian
Islands in the North Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
and proposed incidental take
authorization; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS has received an
application from the Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory (L-DEO), a part of
Columbia University, for an Incidental
Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take
small numbers of marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to conducting a
low-energy, shallow-penetrating seismic
survey and scientific rock dredging
program around the Aleutian Islands.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting
comments on its proposal to issue an
authorization to L-DEO to incidentally
take, by harassment, small numbers of
several species of cetaceans and
pinnipeds for a limited period of time
within the next year.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than April 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to
Steve Leathery, Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
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Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of marine mammals
by U.S. citizens who engage in a
specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
Permission may be granted if NMFS
finds that the taking will have a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s), will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of the
species or stock(s) for subsistence uses,
and that the permissible methods of
taking and requirements pertaining to
the monitoring and reporting of such
takings are set forth. NMFS has defined
‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103
as ‘‘...an impact resulting from the
specified activity that cannot be
reasonably expected to, and is not
reasonably likely to, adversely affect the
species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
established an expedited process by
which citizens of the United States can
apply for an authorization to
incidentally take small numbers of
marine mammals by harassment. Except
with respect to certain activities not
pertinent here, the MMPA defines
‘‘harassment’’ as:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Region Seabird-Fisheries Side-Setting Survey
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Alvin Katekaru, (808) 973-2937 or
Alvin.Katekaru@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council is preparing
mitigation measures to reduce interactions between seabirds and the
Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery, by requiring longline vessel
operators to use either side-setting (setting the longline fishing gear
from the side of the vessel rather than the stern) or the current suite
of seabird mitigation measures, plus tori lines. Although side-setting
shows to be the most promising mitigation technique in terms of
effectiveness, additional information is needed. The vessel operators
currently voluntarily side-setting will be asked to provide data on the
operational benefits of side-setting as well as the effectiveness of
side-setting as a seabird deterrent. This collection of information is
intended to provide the National Marine Fisheries Service with
information as to the cost, availability of equipment, and operational
use of equipment, required for side-setting. This information will be
used to determine whether it is feasible and cost effective for Hawaii
longline vessels to convert to side setting, and to formulate
specifications for vessels side-setting.
II. Method of Collection
Paper surveys administered and completed by staff in interviews
conducted dockside with participants.
III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits organizations, and
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 120.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5526 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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