Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Bait and Tackle Store Cost-Earnings Survey, 77432-77433 [2013-30456]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 246 / Monday, December 23, 2013 / Notices
Applications must be received
on or before January 22, 2014, via mail
or email.
ADDRESSES: Applications should be sent
to Danielle Rioux, Recreational
Fisheries Policy Specialist, NMFS SF–
13336, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910 or Danielle.Rioux@
noaa.gov.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danielle Rioux, Recreational Fisheries
Policy Specialist; (301) 427–8516; email:
Danielle.Rioux@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MAFAC is
the only federal advisory committee
with the responsibility to advise the
Secretary of Commerce on all matters
concerning living marine resources that
are the responsibility of the Department
of Commerce. MAFAC established a
Recreational Fisheries Working Group
(RFWG) in 2010, to assist it in the
development of recommendations to the
Secretary on regulations, policies and
programs critical to the mission and
goals of the NMFS. The RFWG is
composed of people with a specific
interest and qualification related to
NOAA’s recreational fisheries-related
activities. The RFWG is composed of up
to 25 members who are selected to
achieve a balance of the diverse national
and regional recreational fisheries sector
and community perspectives. With this
solicitation up to 16 seats on the RFWG
will be filled.
MAFAC established the RFWG to
advise MAFAC on issues of importance
to the recreational fishing community,
such as, but not limited to: (1) Review
and possible revision of the NOAA
National and Regional Recreational
Fisheries Action Agendas, (2) planning
for and participation in a National
Saltwater Recreational Fishing Summit,
and (3) such other recreational fisheries
issues and activities identified as
appropriate by MAFAC.
The RFWG members cannot be
employed by NOAA or a member of a
Regional Fishery Management Council
or have been registered as a lobbyist
with the Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House of Representatives
within two years of the date of
appointment. Membership is voluntary,
and except for reimbursable travel and
related expenses, service is without pay.
Each submission should provide the
applicant’s name and affiliation (i.e.,
private angler, charterboat, trade
association, etc.); contact information
including address, phone number, fax
number, and email address (if
available); and should describe the
applicant’s qualifying experience in the
following areas:
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1. Expertise in the management or
business of recreational fishing, and/or
fisheries science;
2. Informed background in
recreational fisheries issues; and
3. Operational knowledge of federal
agencies and interactions with the
Fishery Management Councils and/or
regional and state partners.
Letters of support will be accepted
and may be submitted with the
application or separately. Applications
and letter(s) of support should be sent
to (see ADDRESSES) and must be received
by (see DATES). The full text of the
MAFAC Charter and its current
membership can be viewed at the NMFS
Web page at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
mafac.htm.
Dated: December 17, 2013.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
performing the functions and duties of the
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Bait and Tackle
Store Cost-Earnings Survey
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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 February 21,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Cliff Hutt, (301) 427–8588 or
cliff.hutt@noaa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection of
information.
The objective of the survey is to
collect information on the operational
structure of bait and tackle stores that
cater to marine recreational anglers. The
survey will ask store owners to
characterize and quantify their
operational costs and sales revenues in
addition to describing their clientele. As
specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 2007),
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is required to enumerate the
economic impacts of the policies it
implements on fishing participants and
coastal communities. The cost and
earnings data collected in this survey
will be used to estimate the economic
contributions and impacts of bait and
tackle stores regionally and nationwide.
II. Method of Collection
The primary data collection vehicle
will be mail or internet-based surveys,
but telephone and personal interviews
may be employed to supplement and
verify mail survey responses.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individual store
owners and/or managers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 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
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
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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: December 17, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–30456 Filed 12–20–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC893
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal
Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon
and California Coasts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received an
application from the Partnership for
Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal
Oceans (PISCO) at the University of
California (UC) Santa Cruz for an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to take marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to rocky
intertidal monitoring surveys. Pursuant
to the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an IHA to PISCO
to incidentally take, by Level B
harassment only, marine mammals
during the specified activity.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than January 22,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The
mailbox address for providing email
comments is ITP.Nachman@noaa.gov.
NMFS is not responsible for email
comments sent to addresses other than
the one provided here. Comments sent
via email, including all attachments,
must not exceed a 25-megabyte file size.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
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generally be posted to https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm without change. All
Personal Identifying Information (e.g.,
name, address) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
An electronic copy of the application
containing a list of the references used
in this document and associated
Environmental Assessment (EA) may be
obtained by writing to the address
specified above, telephoning the contact
listed below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or visiting the
internet at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
pr/permits/incidental.htm. PISCO’s
2012–2013 monitoring report can also
be found at this Web site. Documents
cited in this notice may also be viewed,
by appointment, during regular business
hours, at the aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Candace Nachman, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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 small numbers 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.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall 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 (where relevant), and if
the permissible methods of taking, other
means of effecting the least practicable
impact on the species or stock and its
habitat, and requirements pertaining to
the mitigation, 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
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incidentally take small numbers of
marine mammals by harassment.
Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45-day
time limit for NMFS review of an
application followed by a 30-day public
notice and comment period on any
proposed authorizations for the
incidental harassment of marine
mammals. Within 45 days of the close
of the comment period, NMFS must
either issue or deny the authorization.
Except with respect to certain activities
not pertinent here, the MMPA defines
‘‘harassment’’ as: ‘‘any act of pursuit,
torment, or annoyance which (i) has the
potential to injure a marine mammal or
marine mammal stock in the wild [Level
A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential
to disturb a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild by causing
disruption of behavioral patterns,
including, but not limited to, migration,
breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering [Level B harassment].’’
Summary of Request
On July 10, 2013, NMFS received an
application from PISCO for the taking of
marine mammals incidental to rocky
intertidal monitoring surveys along the
Oregon and California coasts. NMFS
determined that the application was
adequate and complete on July 31, 2013.
In December 2012, NMFS issued a 1year IHA to PISCO to take marine
mammals incidental to these same
proposed activities (77 FR 72327,
December 5, 2012). This IHA will expire
on December 2, 2013.
The research group at UC Santa Cruz
operates in collaboration with two largescale marine research programs: PISCO
and the Multi-agency Rocky Intertidal
Network. The research group at UC
Santa Cruz (PISCO) is responsible for
many of the ongoing rocky intertidal
monitoring programs along the Pacific
coast. Monitoring occurs at rocky
intertidal sites, often large bedrock
benches, from the high intertidal to the
water’s edge. Long-term monitoring
projects include Community Structure
Monitoring, Intertidal Biodiversity
Surveys, Marine Protected Area
Baseline Monitoring, Intertidal
Recruitment Monitoring, and Ocean
Acidification. Research is conducted
throughout the year along the California
and Oregon coasts and will continue
indefinitely. Most sites are sampled one
to two times per year over a 4–6 hour
period during a negative low tide series.
This IHA, if issued, though, would only
be effective for a 12-month period from
the date of its issuance. The following
specific aspects of the proposed
activities are likely to result in the take
of marine mammals: Presence of survey
personnel near pinniped haulout sites
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Bait and Tackle
Store Cost-Earnings Survey
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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 February 21,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Cliff Hutt, (301) 427-8588 or cliff.hutt@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection of information.
The objective of the survey is to collect information on the
operational structure of bait and tackle stores that cater to marine
recreational anglers. The survey will ask store owners to characterize
and quantify their operational costs and sales revenues in addition to
describing their clientele. As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in
2007), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to
enumerate the economic impacts of the policies it implements on fishing
participants and coastal communities. The cost and earnings data
collected in this survey will be used to estimate the economic
contributions and impacts of bait and tackle stores regionally and
nationwide.
II. Method of Collection
The primary data collection vehicle will be mail or internet-based
surveys, but telephone and personal interviews may be employed to
supplement and verify mail survey responses.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individual store owners and/or managers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 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 burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
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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: December 17, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30456 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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