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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Ocean and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Regional
Economic Data Collection Program for
Southwest Alaska
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
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.
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Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 4,
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 Chang Seung, (206) 526–
4250 or Chang.Seung@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
Regional or community economic
analysis of proposed fishery
management policies is required by the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
National Environmental Policy Act, and
Executive Order 12866, among others.
To satisfy these mandates and inform
policymakers and the public of the
likely regional economic impacts
associated with fishery management
policies, appropriate economic models
and the data to implement them are
needed. Much of the data required for
regional economic analysis of
Southwest Alaska fisheries are either
unavailable or unreliable. Accurate
fishery-level data on employment, labor
income, and expenditures in the
Southwest Alaska fishery and related
industries are not generally available
but are needed to estimate the role of
fisheries and effects of fishery policies
on local, regional and national
economies. The Southwest region for
this survey includes six boroughs and
census areas (BCAs)—Aleutians East
Borough, Aleutians West Census Area,
Bristol Bay Borough, Dillingham Census
Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, and
Kodiak Island Borough.
In 2007–2008, a similar data
collection project was administered for
the Southwest Alaska region by
obtaining 2006 annual data. However,
that data is now outdated and
incomplete. In the proposed survey,
2013 or 2014 annual data for important
regional economic variables will be
collected from fish harvesting and
seafood processing businesses operating
in the region (2012 data on these
variables will be collected if more recent
vessel landings and processed products
data are not available at the time the
data collection begins). The data will be
used to develop Southwest regional and
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BCA-level models that will provide
more reliable impact estimates and
significantly improve policymakers’
ability to assess effects on fisherydependent communities in Southwest
Alaska. A departure from the prior
survey effort is that more information
will be collected this time on the source
locations of business expenditures by
catcher vessels and seafood processors.
The survey will be conducted one time
only.
A mail survey will be used to collect
data on employment, labor income, and
expenditures from owners of 2,731
catcher vessels whose boats delivered
fish to Southwest Alaska processors.
Key informant interviews will be
conducted to gather additional
information from 30 seafood processors,
including catcher-processor and floating
processor vessels, and 20 local
businesses that supply inputs to
regional fish harvesters and seafood
processors. The interviews will be used
to determine relative expenditures for
inputs made in nine geographical
areas—(1) each of the six BCAs within
the Southwest region, (2) nonSouthwest Alaska region, (3) West
Coast, and (4) the rest of US and
elsewhere. Personal interviews with
input suppliers will gather additional
information on (i) the level of supplier
sales to regional seafood industry
businesses, and (ii) the portion of
business expenditures for labor and
non-labor inputs that were made in each
of the above nine geographical areas.
II. Method of Collection
Mail surveys and personal or phone
interviews will be used.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(new information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,415.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,061.
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
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(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: August 29, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC598
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Draft Recovery Plan for Staghorn and
Elkhorn Corals
National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
availability for public review of the draft
Recovery Plan (Plan) for elkhorn coral
(Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral
(Acropora cervicornis). The Plan is
available on the NMFS Web site at
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/recovery/
plans.htm and the Southeast Regional
Office Web site at https://
sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/protected_
resources/coral/elkhorn_coral/
document/Key_Docs/
DraftAcroporaRecoveryPlan.pdf. NMFS
is soliciting review and comment from
the public and all interested parties on
the draft Plan, and NMFS will consider
all relevant, substantive comments
received during the review period
before finalizing the Plan.
DATES: Comments on the draft Plan
must be received by close of business on
October 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2014–0110, by any of the
following methods:
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• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal,
first click the ‘‘submit a comment’’ icon,
then enter NOAA–NMFS–2014–0110 in
the keyword search. Locate the
document you wish to comment on
from the resulting list and click on the
‘‘Submit a Comment’’ icon on the right
of that line.
• Mail: Assistant Regional
Administrator for Protected Resources,
NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 263
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701. Attn: Draft Acropora Recovery
Plan.
Instructions: Comments must be
submitted by one of the above methods
to ensure that the comments are
received, documented, and considered
by NMFS. Comments sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered. All comments received are
a part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on www.regulations.gov without change.
All personal identifying information
(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted
voluntarily by the sender will be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alison Moulding (727–824–5312), email
Alison.Moulding@noaa.gov or Therese
Conant (301–427–8456), email
Therese.Conant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Recovery plans describe actions
beneficial for the conservation and
recovery of species listed under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA requires that
recovery plans incorporate, to the
maximum extent practicable: (1)
Objective, measurable criteria which,
when met, would result in a
determination that the species is no
longer threatened or endangered; (2)
site-specific management actions
necessary to achieve the Plan’s goals;
and (3) estimates of the time required
and costs to implement recovery
actions. The ESA requires the
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development of recovery plans for each
listed species unless such a plan would
not promote its conservation.
The purpose of this draft Plan is to
rebuild and assure the long-term
viability of elkhorn and staghorn coral
populations in the wild, allowing
ultimately for the species’ removal from
the federal list of endangered and
threatened species. The goal of this Plan
is to increase the abundance and to
protect the genetic diversity of elkhorn
and staghorn coral populations
throughout their geographical ranges
while sufficiently abating threats to
warrant delisting of both species.
Elkhorn and staghorn coral populations
should be large enough to include
numerous groups of successfully
reproducing individuals, including
thickets, across the historical range of
these species. These groups should be
large enough to protect genetic diversity
and maintain ecosystem function. The
proposed recovery approach includes
research and monitoring to identify,
reduce, or eliminate threats so the
recovery objectives outlined in this Plan
have the greatest likelihood of being
achieved. Because some threats to
elkhorn and staghorn corals cannot be
directly managed (e.g., disease), the Plan
pursues concurrent actions to address
both global and local threats. Population
enhancement is also an integral part of
elkhorn and staghorn recovery through
restoration, restocking, and active
management. Ecosystem-level actions
are identified to improve habitat quality
and restore community structure and
ecological functions, such as herbivory,
to sustain adult colonies and enable
successful recruitment in the wild over
the long term. The goal, objectives, and
criteria of the Plan represent NMFS’
expectation of conditions to recover
elkhorn and staghorn corals so they no
longer need the protective measures
provided by the ESA; conservation of
elkhorn and staghorn species is
described in the Plan regardless of their
listing as an endangered or threatened
species.
The recovery criteria in the draft Plan
are based on the current literature and
expert consensus. In some cases, the
current best available information is so
limited that it is not practicable to
identify recovery criteria. Instead,
interim criteria are identified to gather
and obtain the information necessary to
establish final recovery criteria.
Recovery criteria can be viewed as
targets, or values, by which progress
toward achievement of recovery
objectives can be measured. In the Plan
we frame recovery criteria both in terms
of population parameters (Populationbased Recovery Criteria) and the five
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[FR Doc No: 2014-21125]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Regional
Economic Data Collection Program for Southwest Alaska
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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 November 4,
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 Chang Seung, (206) 526-4250 or Chang.Seung@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information collection.
Regional or community economic analysis of proposed fishery
management policies is required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and
Executive Order 12866, among others. To satisfy these mandates and
inform policymakers and the public of the likely regional economic
impacts associated with fishery management policies, appropriate
economic models and the data to implement them are needed. Much of the
data required for regional economic analysis of Southwest Alaska
fisheries are either unavailable or unreliable. Accurate fishery-level
data on employment, labor income, and expenditures in the Southwest
Alaska fishery and related industries are not generally available but
are needed to estimate the role of fisheries and effects of fishery
policies on local, regional and national economies. The Southwest
region for this survey includes six boroughs and census areas (BCAs)--
Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Bristol Bay
Borough, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, and Kodiak
Island Borough.
In 2007-2008, a similar data collection project was administered
for the Southwest Alaska region by obtaining 2006 annual data. However,
that data is now outdated and incomplete. In the proposed survey, 2013
or 2014 annual data for important regional economic variables will be
collected from fish harvesting and seafood processing businesses
operating in the region (2012 data on these variables will be collected
if more recent vessel landings and processed products data are not
available at the time the data collection begins). The data will be
used to develop Southwest regional and BCA-level models that will
provide more reliable impact estimates and significantly improve
policymakers' ability to assess effects on fishery-dependent
communities in Southwest Alaska. A departure from the prior survey
effort is that more information will be collected this time on the
source locations of business expenditures by catcher vessels and
seafood processors. The survey will be conducted one time only.
A mail survey will be used to collect data on employment, labor
income, and expenditures from owners of 2,731 catcher vessels whose
boats delivered fish to Southwest Alaska processors. Key informant
interviews will be conducted to gather additional information from 30
seafood processors, including catcher-processor and floating processor
vessels, and 20 local businesses that supply inputs to regional fish
harvesters and seafood processors. The interviews will be used to
determine relative expenditures for inputs made in nine geographical
areas--(1) each of the six BCAs within the Southwest region, (2) non-
Southwest Alaska region, (3) West Coast, and (4) the rest of US and
elsewhere. Personal interviews with input suppliers will gather
additional information on (i) the level of supplier sales to regional
seafood industry businesses, and (ii) the portion of business
expenditures for labor and non-labor inputs that were made in each of
the above nine geographical areas.
II. Method of Collection
Mail surveys and personal or phone interviews will be used.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (new information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,415.
Estimated Time per Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,061.
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
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(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: August 29, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21125 Filed 9-4-14; 8:45 am]
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