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on Monday, November 10, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cora
Dickson, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Office of Technology and Electronic
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room 4327, Washington, DC
20230; Telephone: 202–482–6083; Fax:
202–482–5834; E-mail:
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ADDRESSES:
U.S.
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priority. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi
hosted an education conference in
January as a first step, and expects to
hold another one in January 2009.
Vietnam currently faces an estimated
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: October 14, 2008.
Robin Layton,
Director, Office of Technology and Electronic
Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Individual
Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program
Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 December 19,
2008.
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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 Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586–
7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The Magnuson Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
requires the Secretary of Commerce to
conduct a Cost Recovery Program to
cover the management and enforcement
costs of the Alaska Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) Program. This Cost
Recovery Program requires IFQ permit
holders to submit information about the
value of landings of IFQ species and to
calculate and submit fees. The Cost
Recovery Program also requires
Registered Buyers to submit information
about the value and volume of landings
of IFQ species.
II. Method of Collection
Reports and payments may be
submitted online or mailed.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0398.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,726.
Estimated Time per Response: IFQ
Permit Holder Fee Submission Form,
IFQ Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value
and Volume Report and appeal process,
2 hours each.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,452.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,000 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
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
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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: October 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Application and
Reports for Scientific Research and
Enhancement Permits Under the
Endangered Species Act
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 December 19,
2008.
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 Gary Rule, (503) 230–5424 or
Gary.Rule@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposed
prohibitions against the taking of
endangered species. Section 10 of the
ESA allows permits authorizing the
taking of endangered species for
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research/enhancement purposes. The
corresponding regulations established
procedures for persons to apply for such
permits. In addition, the regulations set
forth specific reporting requirements for
such permit holders. The regulations
contain two sets of information
collections: (1) Applications for
research/enhancement permits, and (2)
reporting requirements for permits
issued.
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.
To issue permits under ESA Section
10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) must
determine that (1) such exceptions were
applied for in good faith, (2) if granted
and exercised, will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered
species, and (3) will be consistent with
the purposes and policy set forth in
Section 2 of the ESA.
The currently approved application
and reporting requirements are being
revised to apply only to Pacific salmon
and steelhead, as requirements
regarding other species are being
addressed in a separate information
collection. Clarification of some of the
instructions will also be provided, based
on previous applicants’ responses and
submitted applications and reports.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include e-mail of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0402.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Non-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
131.
Estimated Time per Response: Permit
applications, 20 hours; permit
modification requests and final reports,
10 hours; and annual reports, 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 865.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $18,646.
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
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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: October 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XK57
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Recovery Plan for White Abalone
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
availability of a final recovery plan for
the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni).
This endangered gastropod is a longlived, slow moving bottom dweller and
is a member of the California Haliotids.
Currently, isolated survivors have been
identified along the mainland coast in
Santa Barbara County and at some of the
offshore islands and banks along the
central California coast. NMFS’ ultimate
goal is to increase white abalone
abundance to viable and self-sustaining
levels such that the species can be
downlisted to threatened status and
eventually removed from the
Endangered Species List.
ADDRESSES: The final Plan can be
obtained via the Internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov or by submitting a
request to the Assistant Regional
Administrator, Protected Resources
Division, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501
West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802–4213. You may also
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contact NMFS by e-mail at:
whiteabalone.recoveryplan@noaa.gov;
by facsimile at: 562–980–4027,
Attention: Melissa Neuman.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Neuman, NMFS, Southwest
Region at 562–980–4115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Recovery of endangered or threatened
animals or plants is a primary goal of
the endangered species program. A
species is considered recovered once the
species’ ecosystem is restored and/or
threats to the species are removed so
that self-sustaining and self-regulating
populations can be supported as
persistent members of native biotic
communities. Recovery plans describe
actions considered necessary for the
conservation of the species, establish
criteria for downlisting or delisting
listed species, and estimate the time and
cost for implementing the measures
needed for recovery.
White abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)
was listed as the first federally
endangered marine invertebrate under
the United States Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
(ESA) in May 2001. The ESA requires
that NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) develop and implement
recovery plans for the conservation and
survival of threatened and endangered
species under its jurisdiction, unless it
is determined that such plans would not
promote the conservation of the species.
Accordingly, during the summer of
2002, NMFS appointed a recovery team
comprised of experts in the fields of
abalone biology and ecology,
conservation biology, genetics,
population dynamics and modeling,
pathology, aquaculture, and marine
policy to develop a recovery plan (Plan)
as mandated by the ESA.
NMFS sought a scientific review of
the draft Plan by 12 experts in October
2005. NMFS requested that the
scientific reviewers consider: (1) issues
and assumptions relating to the
biological and ecological information of
the draft Plan, and (2) scientific data
relating to the tasks in the proposed
recovery program. Four reviewers
responded to NMFS’ request. The
recovery team reconvened in June 2006
to consider the reviewer’s comments
and incorporate changes to the draft
Plan accordingly. On November 2, 2006
(71 FR 64512) the draft Plan was made
available for public comment. NMFS
considered all substantive comments
and information presented during the
public comment period in the course of
finalizing this Plan. We will forward
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Application and
Reports for Scientific Research and Enhancement Permits Under the
Endangered Species Act
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 December 19,
2008.
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
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Gary Rule, (503) 230-5424 or Gary.Rule@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
imposed prohibitions against the taking of endangered species. Section
10 of the ESA allows permits authorizing the taking of endangered
species for
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research/enhancement purposes. The corresponding regulations
established procedures for persons to apply for such permits. In
addition, the regulations set forth specific reporting requirements for
such permit holders. The regulations contain two sets of information
collections: (1) Applications for research/enhancement permits, and (2)
reporting requirements for permits issued.
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. To issue permits under ESA Section
10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must
determine that (1) such exceptions were applied for in good faith, (2)
if granted and exercised, will not operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species, and (3) will be consistent with the purposes and
policy set forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
The currently approved application and reporting requirements are
being revised to apply only to Pacific salmon and steelhead, as
requirements regarding other species are being addressed in a separate
information collection. Clarification of some of the instructions will
also be provided, based on previous applicants' responses and submitted
applications and reports.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms.
Methods of submittal include e-mail of electronic forms, and mail and
facsimile transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0402.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Non-profit institutions; State, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 131.
Estimated Time per Response: Permit applications, 20 hours; permit
modification requests and final reports, 10 hours; and annual reports,
5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 865.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $18,646.
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: October 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-24888 Filed 10-17-08; 8:45 am]
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