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Nominations must be received
by July 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations by any of the following
methods:
Email: whiting.nominations.wcr@
noaa.gov.
Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Frank
Lockhart.
Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., Regional
Administrator, West Coast Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Seattle, WA 98115–0070.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Lockhart, (206) 526–6142 or
Miako Ushio, (206) 526–4644
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
and these meetings will be held in the
United States or Canada. AP and JMC
members will need a valid U.S.
passport.
The Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 also
states that while performing their
appointed duties, members ‘‘other than
officers or employees of the United
States Government, shall not be
considered to be Federal employees
while performing such service, except
for purposes of injury compensation or
tort claims liability as provided in
chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 171 of
title 28.’’ (Id.)
Information on the Pacific Whiting
Treaty, including current committee
members can be found at:
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
fisheries/management/whiting/pacific_
whiting_treaty.html.
Background
Nominations
Pacific Whiting Treaty Committees
Nomination packages for
appointments should include:
(1) The name of the applicant or
nominee, position they are being
nominated for and a description of his/
her interest in Pacific whiting; and
(2) A statement of background and/or
description of how the following
qualifications are met.
one position on the JMC starting
November 1, 2015. Terms are 4 years,
and appointees will be eligible for
reappointment at the expiration of the
terms.
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DATES:
The Pacific Whiting Act of 2006
(Pacific Whiting Act) (16 U.S.C. 7001–
10) implements the 2003 Agreement
between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government
of Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting.
Among other provisions, the Pacific
Whiting Act provides for the
establishment of a JMC and AP.
The JMC reviews the advice of two
scientific bodies and the AP, and
recommends to the Parties the coastwide total allowable catch of Pacific
whiting each year. Four individuals
represent the United States on the JMC;
one official from NOAA, one member of
the Pacific Fishery Management
Council, one representative of the treaty
Indian tribes with treaty fishing rights to
Pacific whiting, and one representative
from the commercial fishing sector.
NMFS is soliciting nominations for the
representative of the commercial sector
of the whiting fishing industry
concerned with the offshore whiting
resource (16 U.S.C. 7001(a)(1)(D))
through this notice.
The AP advises the JMC on bilateral
Pacific whiting management issues.
Eight individuals represent the United
States on the AP, and nominations for
six of those individuals (id. at section
7005) are solicited through this notice.
Members appointed to the U.S.
sections of the AP and JMC will be
reimbursed for necessary travel
expenses in accordance with Federal
Travel Regulations and sections 5701,
5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of
Title 5. (Id. at section 7008). NMFS
anticipates that 1–2 meetings of the AP
and of the JMC will be held annually,
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Advisory Panel Qualifications
AP member nominees must be
knowledgeable or experienced in the
harvesting, processing, marketing,
management, conservation, or research
of the offshore Pacific whiting resource;
and must not be employees of the
United States government.
Joint Management Committee
Qualifications
The JMC nominee must be from the
commercial sector of the Pacific whiting
fishing industry concerned with the
offshore Pacific whiting resource, and
must be knowledgeable or experienced
concerning the offshore whiting
resource.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Marine Debris Program
Performance Progress Report.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 70.
Average Hours per Response: 10
hours per semi-annual report.
Burden Hours: 1,400 hours.
Needs and Uses: The NOAA Marine
Debris Program (MDP) supports national
and international efforts to research,
prevent, and reduce the impacts of
marine debris. The MDP is a centralized
office within NOAA that coordinates
and supports activities, both within the
bureau and with other federal agencies,
that address marine debris and its
impacts. In addition to inter-agency
coordination, the MDP uses
partnerships with state and local
agencies, tribes, non-governmental
organizations, academia, and industry to
investigate and solve the problems that
stem from marine debris through
research, prevention, and reduction
activities, in order to protect and
conserve our nation’s marine
environment and ensure navigation
safety.
The Marine Debris Research,
Prevention, and Reduction Act (33
U.S.C. 1951 et seq.) as amended by the
Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012
(Pub. L. 112–213, Title VI, Sec. 603, 126
Stat. 1576, December 20, 2012) outlines
three central program components for
the MDP to undertake: (1) Mapping,
identification, impact assessment,
removal, and prevention; (2) reducing
and preventing fishing gear loss; and (3)
outreach to stakeholders and the general
public. To address these components,
the Marine Debris Act authorized the
MDP to establish several competitive
grant programs on marine debris
research, prevention and removal that
provide federal funding to non-federal
applicants throughout the coastal
United States and territories.
The terms and conditions of the
financial assistance awarded through
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these grant programs require regular
progress reporting and communication
of project accomplishments to MDP.
This information collection enables
MDP to monitor and evaluate the
activities supported by federal funds to
ensure accountability to the public and
to ensure that funds are used consistent
with the purpose for which they were
appropriated. It also ensures that
reported information is standardized in
such a way that allows for it to be
meaningfully synthesized across a
diverse set of projects and project types.
MDP uses the information collected in
a variety of ways to communicate with
federal and non-federal partners and
stakeholders on individual project and
general program accomplishments.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
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recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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notice to OIRA_Submission@
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Dated: June 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Recovery Plans
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, announce the
adoption of an Endangered Species Act
(ESA) recovery plan (Plan) for the Snake
River Sockeye Salmon (Onchorhynchus
nerka) evolutionarily significant unit
(ESU) which is listed as endangered
under the ESA. The geographic area
covered by the plan is the Sawtooth
Valley in Idaho including the Upper
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Salmon River and its tributaries, Stanley
Lake, Redfish Lake, Yellowbelly Lake,
Pettit Lake, and Alturas Lake, and the
migration corridor from the Sawtooth
Valley to the ocean. As required under
the ESA, the Plan contains objective,
measurable delisting criteria, sitespecific management actions necessary
to achieve the plan’s goals, and
estimates of the time and costs required
to implement recovery actions. The
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery
Plan for Snake River Sockeye Salmon
and our summary of and responses to
public comments on the Plan are now
available.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
Plan and a summary of and response to
public comments on the Plan are
available on-line at https://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
protected_species/salmon_steelhead/
recovery_planning_and_
implementation/snake_river/current_
snake_river_recovery_plan_
documents.html. A CD–ROM of these
documents can be obtained by emailing
a request to Bonnie. Hossack@noaa.gov
with the subject line ‘‘CD ROM Request
for Snake River Sockeye Salmon
Recovery Plan’’ or by writing to NMFS
Interior Columbia Basin Office, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1201 NE.
Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland,
OR 97232.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosemary Furfey, NMFS Snake River
Sockeye Salmon Recovery Coordinator,
at (503) 231–2149, or rosemary.furfey@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
We are responsible for developing and
implementing recovery plans for Pacific
salmon and steelhead listed under the
ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). Recovery means that the
listed species and their ecosystems are
sufficiently restored, and their future
secured, to the point that the protections
of the ESA are no longer necessary.
Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA requires that
recovery plans include, to the 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.
We believe it is essential to have local
support of recovery plans by those
whose activities directly affect the listed
species and whose continued
commitment and leadership will be
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needed to implement the necessary
recovery actions. We therefore support
and participate in locally led,
collaborative efforts to develop recovery
plans that involve state, tribal, and
federal entities, local communities, and
other stakeholders. For this Plan for
endangered Snake River Sockeye
Salmon, we worked collaboratively with
local state, tribal, and federal partners to
produce a recovery plan that satisfies
the ESA requirements. We have
determined that this ESA Recovery Plan
for Snake River Sockeye Salmon meets
the statutory requirements for a recovery
plan and are adopting it as the ESA
recovery plan for this endangered
species.
Development of the Plan
For the purpose of recovery planning
for the ESA-listed species of Pacific
salmon and steelhead in Idaho, Oregon
and Washington, NMFS designated five
geographically based ‘‘recovery
domains.’’ The Snake River Sockeye
Salmon ESU spawning range is in the
Interior Columbia domain. For each
domain, NMFS appointed a team of
scientists, nominated for their
geographic and species expertise, to
provide a solid scientific foundation for
recovery plans. The Interior Columbia
Technical Recovery Team included
biologists from NMFS, other federal
agencies, states, tribes, and academic
institutions.
A primary task for the Interior
Columbia Technical Recovery Team was
to recommend criteria for determining
when each component population with
an ESU or distinct population segment
(DPS) should be considered viable (i.e.,
when they are have a low risk of
extinction over a 100-year period) and
when ESUs or DPSs have a risk of
extinction consistent with no longer
needing the protections of the ESA. All
Technical Recovery Teams used the
same biological principles for
developing their recommendations;
these principles are described in the
NOAA technical memorandum Viable
Salmonid Populations and the Recovery
of Evolutionarily Significant Units
(McElhany et al., 2000). Viable
salmonid populations (VSP) are defined
in terms of four parameters: Abundance,
productivity or growth rate, spatial
structure, and diversity.
For this Plan, we collaborated with
state, tribal and federal biologists and
resource managers to provide technical
information that NMFS used to write
the Plan which is built upon locally-led
recovery efforts. In addition, NMFS
established a multi-state (Idaho, Oregon
and Washington), tribal and federal
partners’ regional forum called the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Marine Debris Program Performance Progress Report.
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for a new information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 70.
Average Hours per Response: 10 hours per semi-annual report.
Burden Hours: 1,400 hours.
Needs and Uses: The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) supports
national and international efforts to research, prevent, and reduce the
impacts of marine debris. The MDP is a centralized office within NOAA
that coordinates and supports activities, both within the bureau and
with other federal agencies, that address marine debris and its
impacts. In addition to inter-agency coordination, the MDP uses
partnerships with state and local agencies, tribes, non-governmental
organizations, academia, and industry to investigate and solve the
problems that stem from marine debris through research, prevention, and
reduction activities, in order to protect and conserve our nation's
marine environment and ensure navigation safety.
The Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act (33
U.S.C. 1951 et seq.) as amended by the Marine Debris Act Amendments of
2012 (Pub. L. 112-213, Title VI, Sec. 603, 126 Stat. 1576, December 20,
2012) outlines three central program components for the MDP to
undertake: (1) Mapping, identification, impact assessment, removal, and
prevention; (2) reducing and preventing fishing gear loss; and (3)
outreach to stakeholders and the general public. To address these
components, the Marine Debris Act authorized the MDP to establish
several competitive grant programs on marine debris research,
prevention and removal that provide federal funding to non-federal
applicants throughout the coastal United States and territories.
The terms and conditions of the financial assistance awarded
through
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these grant programs require regular progress reporting and
communication of project accomplishments to MDP. This information
collection enables MDP to monitor and evaluate the activities supported
by federal funds to ensure accountability to the public and to ensure
that funds are used consistent with the purpose for which they were
appropriated. It also ensures that reported information is standardized
in such a way that allows for it to be meaningfully synthesized across
a diverse set of projects and project types. MDP uses the information
collected in a variety of ways to communicate with federal and non-
federal partners and stakeholders on individual project and general
program accomplishments.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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