New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 489-490 [2014-30933]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks
and Cost-Earnings Data Reports
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Department of 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 March 9, 2015.
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 Katie Davis, (727) 824–5399
or Katie.Davis@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection. Under
the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is
responsible for management of the
nation’s marine fisheries. In addition,
NMFS must comply with the Atlantic
Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16
U.S.C. 971 et seq.), which implements
the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
recommendations.
NMFS collects information via vessel
logbooks to monitor the U.S. catch of
Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and
tunas in relation to the quotas, thereby
ensuring that the United States complies
with its domestic and international
obligations. HMS logbooks are verified
using observer data that is collected
under OMB Control No. 0648–0593
(Observer Programs’ Information That
Can Be Gathered Only Through
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Questions). In addition to HMS
fisheries, the HMS logbook is also used
to report catches of dolphin and wahoo
by commercial and charter/headboat
fisheries. The HMS logbooks collect
data on incidentally-caught species,
including sea turtles, which is necessary
to evaluate the fisheries in terms of
bycatch and encounters with protected
species. For both directed and
incidentally caught species, the
information supplied through vessel
logbooks also provides the catch and
effort data on a per-set or per-trip level
of resolution.
These data are necessary to assess the
status of highly migratory species,
dolphin, and wahoo in each fishery.
International stock assessments for
tunas, swordfish, billfish, and some
species of sharks are conducted and
presented to the ICCAT periodically and
provide, in part, the basis for ICCAT
management recommendations which
are binding on member nations.
Domestic stock assessments for most
species of sharks and for dolphin and
wahoo are often used as the basis of
managing these species.
Supplementary information on fishing
costs and earnings has been collected
via this vessel logbook program. This
economic information enables NMFS to
assess the economic impacts of
regulatory programs on small businesses
and fishing communities, consistent
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, and other
domestic laws.
II. Method of Collection
Logbook entries are mailed.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0371.
Form Number: NOAA Form 88–191.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit (vessel owners).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,216.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for cost/earnings summaries
attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes
for annual expenditure forms, 12
minutes for logbook catch reports, 2
minutes for negative logbook catch
reports.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 36,189.
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
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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: December 31, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD690
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Observer Policy Committee will meet to
review scientific information affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 22, 2015 beginning at
9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the DoubleTree Hotel Boston North
Shore, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA
01923; telephone: (978) 777–2500; fax:
(978) 750–7991.
Council Address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda items:
SUMMARY:
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The Observer Policy Committee will
meet to: Review draft Environmental
Assessment for NMFS-led omnibus
amendment to establish provisions for
industry-funded monitoring (IFM)
across all Council-managed fisheries;
discuss details of the omnibus IFM
amendment alternatives, review
available information and analyses, and
discuss Herring Committee
recommendations regarding the options
in the IFM amendment that address
observer coverage on Atlantic herring
vessels; develop Observer Committee
recommendations regarding the
selection of Preferred Alternatives for
the omnibus IFM amendment and
address other business as necessary.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 31, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD695
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Recreational Advisory Panel
to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting Address: The meeting will be
held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923;
telephone: (978) 777–2500; fax: (978)
750–7959.
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Council Address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
The items
of discussion on the agenda are:
The panel will receive an overview of
the Council’s Groundfish Priorities for
2015 and a presentation summarizing
the recreational management measures
in Draft Groundfish Framework
Adjustment 53. The panel will also
receive presentations on proactive AMs
for FY 2015 for Gulf of Maine (GOM)
haddock and GOM cod, including
potential mechanisms to further reduce
actual discard mortality of GOM cod
(e.g., adoption of circle hooks). The
panel plans to discuss and recommend
GOM haddock and GOM cod proactive
AMs for FY 2015 to the Groundfish
Committee.
Additionally, they will discuss and
recommend other related issues to the
Groundfish Committee, as appropriate.
The panel will initiate discussion of the
recreational management measure
process improvement—2015 Council
Priority. The panel plans to hold
elections for Chair and Vice Chair of the
Recreational Advisory Panel. The panel
will discuss other business as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 31, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
public meeting of the Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee (Committee). The Committee
provides advice to the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information and
the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) on
spectrum management policy matters.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 18, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Raytheon Company, 1100 Wilson
Boulevard, 20th Floor, Rosslyn, VA
22209–2249. Public comments may be
mailed to Commerce Spectrum
Management Advisory Committee,
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4099,
Washington, DC 20230 or emailed to
BWashington@ntia.doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce M. Washington, Designated
Federal Officer, at (202) 482–6415 or
BWashington@ntia.doc.gov; and/or visit
NTIA’s Web site at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Committee provides
advice to the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and
Information on needed reforms to
domestic spectrum policies and
management in order to: License radio
frequencies in a way that maximizes
their public benefits; keep wireless
networks as open to innovation as
possible; and make wireless services
available to all Americans. See Charter
at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/otherpublication/2013/csmac-2013-charter.
This Committee is subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2, and is consistent with the
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration Act, 47
U.S.C. § 904(b). The Committee
functions solely as an advisory body in
compliance with the FACA. For more
information about the Committee visit:
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/
csmac.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD690
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Observer Policy Committee will meet to review scientific information
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2015 beginning
at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Boston
North Shore, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978)
777-2500; fax: (978) 750-7991.
Council Address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda items:
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The Observer Policy Committee will meet to: Review draft
Environmental Assessment for NMFS-led omnibus amendment to establish
provisions for industry-funded monitoring (IFM) across all Council-
managed fisheries; discuss details of the omnibus IFM amendment
alternatives, review available information and analyses, and discuss
Herring Committee recommendations regarding the options in the IFM
amendment that address observer coverage on Atlantic herring vessels;
develop Observer Committee recommendations regarding the selection of
Preferred Alternatives for the omnibus IFM amendment and address other
business as necessary.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 31, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-30933 Filed 1-5-15; 8:45 am]
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