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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 213 / Wednesday, November 4, 2015 / Notices
The United States Travel and
Tourism Advisory Board (Board) will
hold an open meeting at the Department
of Commerce on Friday, November 20,
2015. The Board was re-chartered in
August 2015, to advise the Secretary of
Commerce on matters relating to the
U.S. travel and tourism industry.
The purpose of the meeting is for
Board members to review and deliberate
on recommendations developed by the
BrandUSA subcommittee looking at a
new vetting process for matching fund
requests submitted by Brand USA as
well as two recommendations by the
Cultural and Natural Heritage
subcommittee looking at
recommendations of promoting
domestic travel and arts funding. The
final agenda will be posted on the
Department of Commerce Web site for
the Board at https://trade.gov/ttab, at
least one week in advance of the
meeting.
SUMMARY:
Friday, November 20, 2015,
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. The deadline for
members of the public to register,
including requests to make comments
during the meeting and for auxiliary
aids, or to submit written comments for
dissemination prior to the meeting, is 5
p.m. EDT on November 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Department of Commerce. Requests
to register (including to speak or for
auxiliary aids) and any written
comments should be submitted to: U.S.
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230,
archana.sahgal@trade.gov. Members of
the public are encouraged to submit
registration requests and written
comments via email to ensure timely
receipt.
DATES:
impossible to fill. There will be fifteen
(15) minutes allotted for oral comments
from members of the public joining the
meeting. To accommodate as many
speakers as possible, the time for public
comments may be limited to three (3)
minutes per person. Individuals wishing
to reserve speaking time during the
meeting must submit a request at the
time of registration, as well as the name
and address of the proposed speaker. If
the number of registrants requesting to
make statements is greater than can be
reasonably accommodated during the
meeting, the International Trade
Administration may conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers. Speakers are
requested to submit a written copy of
their prepared remarks by 5:00 p.m. on
Friday, November 13, 2015, for
inclusion in the meeting records and for
circulation to the members of the Travel
and Tourism Advisory Board.
In addition, any member of the public
may submit pertinent written comments
concerning the Board’s affairs at any
time before or after the meeting.
Comments may be submitted to Archana
Sahgal at the contact information
indicated above. To be considered
during the meeting, comments must be
received no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on
November 13, 2015, to ensure
transmission to the Board prior to the
meeting. Comments received after that
date and time will be distributed to the
members but may not be considered on
the call. Copies of Board meeting
minutes will be available within 90 days
of the meeting.
Dated: October 30, 2015.
Archana Sahgal,
Executive Secretary, United States Travel and
Tourism Advisory Board.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Archana Sahgal, the United States
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board,
Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
202–482–1369, email: archana.sahgal@
trade.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Board advises the
Secretary of Commerce on matters
relating to the U.S. travel and tourism
industry.
Public Participation: The meeting will
be open to the public and will be
accessible to people with disabilities.
All guests are required to register in
advance by the deadline identified
under the DATES caption. Requests for
auxiliary aids must be submitted by the
registration deadline. Last minute
requests will be accepted, but may be
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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: Minority Business
Development Agency
Title: Online Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)/Performance
Databases, Online Phoenix Database,
and Online Opportunity Database.
OMB Control Number: 0640–0002.
Form Number(s): 0640–002.
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
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Number of Respondents: 29,206.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 210
minutes depending upon function.
Burden Hours: 4,496.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision with change to a current
information collection. This revision
continues an existing collection but
adds a revised form to be used by the
MBDA Business Centers. As part of its
national service delivery system, MBDA
awards cooperative agreements each
year to fund the provision of business
development services to eligible
minority business enterprises (MBEs).
The recipient of each cooperative
agreement is competitively selected to
operate one of the following business
center programs: (1) An MBDA Business
Center or (2) an American Indian Alaska
Native (AIAN) Center. In accordance
with the Government Performance
Results Act (GPRA), MBDA requires all
center operators to report basic client
information, service activities and
progress on attainment of program goals
via the online CRM/Performance
Databases. The data collected through
the Online CRM/Performance Databases
is used to regularly monitor and
evaluate the progress of MBDA’s funded
centers, to provide the Department and
OMB with a summary of the
quantitative information that it requires
about government supported programs,
and to implement the GPRA. This
information is also summarized and
included in the MBDA Annual
Performance Report, which is made
available to the public, and may be used
to support federal government research
studies regarding minority business
development issues.
Additionally, the AINA program
award recipients are required to
maintain content for the CRM/
Performance system and the Phoenix
and other available online tools. The
content registered in the Phoenix and
other online business databases is used
to match those registered MBEs with
opportunities entered in the online
databases by public and private sector
entities. The MBEs may also self-register
via the Online Phoenix Database for
notification of potential business
opportunities.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; individuals or households;
Federal, State, Local or Tribal
governments.
Frequency: On occasion, semiannually, annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
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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: October 30, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE257
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research,
Display, Shark Research Fishery, and
Chartering Permits; Letters of
Acknowledgment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces its intent to
issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs),
Scientific Research Permits (SRPs),
Display Permits, Letters of
Acknowledgment (LOAs), Shark
Research Fishery Permits, and
Chartering Permits for Atlantic highly
migratory species (HMS) in 2016.
Exempted fishing permits and related
permits would authorize collection of a
limited number of tunas, swordfish,
billfishes, and sharks (collectively
known as HMS) from Federal waters in
the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and
Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of
scientific data collection, bycatch
research, and public display. Chartering
permits allow the collection of HMS on
the high seas or in the Exclusive
Economic Zone of other nations under
certain conditions. Generally, EFPs and
related permits will be valid from the
date of issuance through December 31,
2016, unless otherwise specified,
subject to the terms and conditions of
individual permits.
DATES: Written comments on these
activities received in response to this
notice will be considered by NMFS
when issuing EFPs and related permits
and must be received on or before
December 4, 2015.
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Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.hms.efp2016@
noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the
following identifier: 0648–XE257.
• Mail: Craig Cockrell, Highly
Migratory Species Management Division
(F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Cockrell, phone: (301) 427–8503
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issuance
of EFPs and related permits are
necessary for the collection of HMS for
scientific research; the acquisition of
information and data; the enhancement
of safety at sea; the purpose of collecting
animals for public education or display;
and the investigation of bycatch,
economic discards and regulatory
discards. These permits exempt permit
holders from regulations (e.g., fishing
seasons, prohibited species, authorized
gear, closed areas, and minimum sizes)
that may otherwise prohibit the
collection of HMS. Collection under
EFPs, SRPs, LOAs, display, shark
research fishery, and chartering permits
represents a small portion of the overall
fishing mortality for HMS, and this
mortality is counted against the quota of
the species harvested, as appropriate
and applicable. The terms and
conditions of individual permits are
unique; however, all permits will
include reporting requirements, limit
the number and/or species of HMS
to be collected, and only authorize
collection in Federal waters of the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Sea.
EFPs and related permits are issued
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) (16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.) and/or the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA) (16 U.S.C. 971
et seq.). Regulations at 50 CFR 600.745
and 635.32 govern scientific research
activity, exempted fishing, chartering
arrangements, and exempted public
display and educational activities with
respect to Atlantic HMS. Since the
Magnuson-Stevens Act does not define
fishing to include scientific research,
scientific research is exempt from this
statute, and NMFS does not issue EFPs
for bona fide research activities (e.g.,
research conducted from a research
vessel and not a commercial or
recreational fishing vessel) involving
species that are only regulated under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act (e.g., most
species of sharks) and not under ATCA.
NMFS generally does not consider
recreational or commercial vessels to be
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bona fide research vessels. However, if
the vessels have been contracted only to
conduct research and not participate in
any commercial or recreational fishing
activities during that research, NMFS
may consider those vessels as bona fide
research platforms while conducting the
specified research. For example, in the
past, NMFS has determined that
commercial pelagic longline vessels
assisting with population surveys for
sharks may be considered ‘‘bona fide
research vessels’’ while engaged only in
the specified research. NMFS requests
copies of scientific research plans for
these activities and acknowledges the
activity by issuing an LOA to
researchers to indicate that the proposed
activity meets the definition of research.
Examples of research conducted under
LOAs include tagging and releasing of
sharks during bottom longline surveys
to understand the distribution and
seasonal abundance of different shark
species, and collecting and sampling
sharks caught during trawl surveys for
life history studies.
Scientific research is not exempt from
regulation under ATCA. NMFS issues
SRPs which authorize researchers to
collect HMS from bona fide research
vessels for collection of species
managed under this statute (e.g., tunas,
swordfish, billfish, and some species of
sharks). One example of research
conducted under SRPs consists of
scientific surveys of HMS conducted
from NOAA research vessels. EFPs are
issued to researchers collecting ATCA
and Magnuson-Stevens Act-managed
species and conducting research from
commercial or recreational fishing
vessels. NMFS regulations concerning
the implantation or attachment of
archival tags in Atlantic HMS require
scientists to report their activities
associated with these tags. Examples of
research conducted under EFPs include
deploying pop-up satellite archival tags
(PSAT) on billfish, sharks, and tunas to
determine migration patterns of these
species; conducting billfish larval tows
to determine billfish habitat use, life
history, and population structure; and
determining catch rates and gear
characteristics of the swordfish buoy
gear fishery.
NMFS is also seeking public comment
on its intent to issue display permits for
the collection of sharks and other HMS
for public display in 2016. Collection of
sharks and other HMS sought for public
display in aquaria often involves
collection when the commercial fishing
seasons are closed, collection of
otherwise prohibited species, and
collection of fish below the regulatory
minimum size. NMFS established a 60metric ton (mt) whole weight (ww)
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[FR Doc No: 2015-28043]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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: Minority Business Development Agency
Title: Online Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/Performance
Databases, Online Phoenix Database, and Online Opportunity Database.
OMB Control Number: 0640-0002.
Form Number(s): 0640-002.
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
Number of Respondents: 29,206.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 210 minutes depending upon
function.
Burden Hours: 4,496.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision with change to a
current information collection. This revision continues an existing
collection but adds a revised form to be used by the MBDA Business
Centers. As part of its national service delivery system, MBDA awards
cooperative agreements each year to fund the provision of business
development services to eligible minority business enterprises (MBEs).
The recipient of each cooperative agreement is competitively selected
to operate one of the following business center programs: (1) An MBDA
Business Center or (2) an American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) Center.
In accordance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA), MBDA
requires all center operators to report basic client information,
service activities and progress on attainment of program goals via the
online CRM/Performance Databases. The data collected through the Online
CRM/Performance Databases is used to regularly monitor and evaluate the
progress of MBDA's funded centers, to provide the Department and OMB
with a summary of the quantitative information that it requires about
government supported programs, and to implement the GPRA. This
information is also summarized and included in the MBDA Annual
Performance Report, which is made available to the public, and may be
used to support federal government research studies regarding minority
business development issues.
Additionally, the AINA program award recipients are required to
maintain content for the CRM/Performance system and the Phoenix and
other available online tools. The content registered in the Phoenix and
other online business databases is used to match those registered MBEs
with opportunities entered in the online databases by public and
private sector entities. The MBEs may also self-register via the Online
Phoenix Database for notification of potential business opportunities.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; individuals or households; Federal, State,
Local or Tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion, semi-annually, annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of
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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: October 30, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-28043 Filed 11-3-15; 8:45 am]
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