Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 38142-38143 [2016-13893]
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Burden Hours: 290.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The 1982 Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources (Convention) established the
Commission for the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
(CCAMLR). The United States is a
Contracting Party to the Convention.
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act (AMLRCA) directs and
authorizes the United States to take
actions necessary to meet its treaty
obligations as a Contracting Party to the
Convention. The regulations
implementing AMLRCA are at 50 CFR
part 300, subpart G. The record keeping
and reporting requirements at 50 CFR
part 300 form the basis for this
collection of information. This
collection of information concerns
research in, and the harvesting and
importation of, marine living resources
from waters regulated by CCAMLR
related to ecosystem research, U.S.
harvesting permit application and/or
harvesting vessel operators and to
importers and re-exporters of Antarctic
marine living resources. The collection
is necessary in order for the United
States to meet its treaty obligations as a
contracting party to the Convention.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; individuals or households.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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
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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: International Dolphin
Conservation Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0387.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 279.
Average Hours per Response: 35
minutes for a vessel permit application;
10 minutes for an operator permit
application, a notification of vessel
arrival or departure, a change in permit
operator; a notification of a net
modification or a monthly tuna storage
removal report; 30 minutes for a request
for a waiver to transit the ETP without
a permit (and subsequent radio
reporting) or for a special report
documenting the origin of tuna (if
requested by the NOAA Administrator);
10 hours for an experimental fishing
operation waiver; 15 minutes for a
request for a Dolphin Mortality Limit;
35 minutes for written notification to
request active status for a small tuna
purse seine vessel; 5 minutes for written
notification to request inactive status for
a small tuna purse seine vessel or for
written notification of the intent to
transfer a tuna purse seine vessel to
foreign registry and flag; 60 minutes for
a tuna tracking form or for a monthly
tuna receiving report; 30 minutes for
IMO application or exemption request;
30 minutes for chain of custody
recordkeeping reporting requirement.
Burden Hours: 248.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision of a currently approved
information collection. The chain of
custody recordkeeping requirements
approved under an emergency revision
per an interim final rule filed on March
22, 2016 (81 FR 15444), will become a
permanent part of the collection.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) collects
information to implement the
International Dolphin Conservation
Program Act (Act). The Act allows entry
of yellowfin tuna into the United States
(U.S.), under specific conditions, from
nations in the International Dolphin
Conservation Program that would
otherwise be under embargo. The Act
also allows U.S. fishing vessels to
participate in the yellowfin tuna fishery
in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
(ETP) on terms equivalent with the
vessels of other nations. NOAA collects
information to allow tracking and
verification of ‘‘dolphin-safe’’ and ‘‘nondolphin safe’’ tuna products from catch
through the U.S. market.
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The regulations implementing the Act
are at 50 CFR parts 216 and 300. The
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 and
300 form the basis for this collection of
information. This collection includes
permit applications, notifications, tuna
tracking forms, reports, and
certifications that provide information
on vessel characteristics and operations
in the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna
products, chain of custody
recordkeeping requirements and certain
other information necessary to
implement the Act.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and upon
request.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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 8, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE678
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, July 6, 2016, from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 West
Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090;
telephone: (410) 859–8300. A webinar
connection will also be available.
Information on how to connect via
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webinar will be posted to
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
The
MAFMC’s Ecosystem and Ocean
Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will meet
to develop recommendations for final
action on the Council’s Unmanaged
Forage Omnibus Amendment. This
amendment will prohibit the
development of new and expansion of
existing directed commercial fisheries
on unmanaged forage species in MidAtlantic Federal waters until the
Council has had an adequate
opportunity to both assess the scientific
information relating to any new or
expanded directed fisheries and
consider potential impacts to existing
fisheries, fishing communities, and the
marine ecosystem. At this meeting, the
AP will consider comments received
during public hearings and will develop
recommendations to the Council’s
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Committee and to the full Council for
final action on the amendment. An EOP
Committee meeting on the same topic
will be held on July 7, 2016. The
Council plans to take final action on the
amendment at their meeting in Virginia
Beach on August 8–11, 2016. More
information on the EOP AP meeting, the
EOP Committee meeting, and the
August Council meeting, including
agendas and background materials, will
be posted to www.mafmc.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
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The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 8, 2016.
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
Community Connectivity Initiative—
Webinar Series
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meetings,
monthly webinars.
AGENCY:
The National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), as part of its
BroadbandUSA program, will host a
nine-part series of monthly webinars to
engage stakeholders to inform the
development of the Community
Connectivity Initiative (Initiative). The
objective of the Initiative is to support
communities working to accelerate
broadband access, improve digital
inclusion, strengthen policies, and
support local community priorities. The
webinar series will convene
stakeholders to discuss the role that
broadband plays in achieving local
priorities and will solicit input on the
development of the Initiative, which is
a compilation of three new resources for
local communities featuring: (1) A
Community Connectivity framework; (2)
an online self-assessment tool; and (3) a
report and recommendations. Through
collaborative sessions, participants will:
Review the Community Connectivity
framework; review assessment questions
and response options; co-design the
structure and content for the report and
recommendations; and identify
supporting resources and tools that will
support the local communities’ use of
the tools in 2017 and beyond.
DATES: The Community Connectivity
Initiative monthly webinars will be held
on the second Thursday of each month
from 2:00–3:00 p.m., Eastern Time,
starting on July 14, 2016 and ending on
March 9, 2017.
ADDRESSES: This is a virtual meeting.
Participants can register for one or more
webinars in the series at NTIA’s Web
site at https://www2.ntia.doc.gov/
CommunityConnectivityWebinars.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Brown, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 4889, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 280–8260;
email: bbrown@ntia.doc.gov. Please
direct media inquiries to NTIA’s Office
of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002; email
press@ntia.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program
provides expert advice and field-proven
tools for assessing broadband adoption,
planning new infrastructure and
engaging a wide range of partners in
broadband projects. BroadbandUSA
convenes workshops on a regular basis
to bring stakeholders together to discuss
ways to improve broadband policies,
share best practices, and connect
communities to other federal agencies
and funding sources for the purpose of
expanding broadband infrastructure and
adoption throughout America’s
communities. Experts from NTIA’s
BroadbandUSA program are available to
provide technical assistance and to
connect communities with additional
resources, such as best practices, guides
and program models.
NTIA’s BroadbandUSA team is
developing new tools to support
communities working to expand
broadband access, adoption and use.
The Initiative will provide communities
with a comprehensive self-assessment
tool and report to enable communities
to better understand how their current
policies and programs support
broadband connectivity; an index or
comparative community connectivity
score; technical assistance with
broadband planning and
implementation; and access to an
expanding community of practice. This
webinar series will address the
development of each of these
components, including the planning
framework, online self-assessment tool,
and report with recommendations. Each
webinar will include a 15–20 minute
overview and update on the Community
Connectivity Initiative and a discussion
topic pertinent to the 2016 development
and program roll-out. The proposed
focus areas for each meeting are listed
below:
July 14: Initiative update and framework
and assessment design discussion
Aug. 11: Initiative update and
discussion of the report and
recommended output
Sept.8: Initiative update and
recommendations discussion
Oct. 13: Initiative update and discussion
on user support requirements
Nov. 10: Initiative update and
evaluation discussion
Dec. 8: Initiative update and discussion
of training requirements
Jan. 12: Initiative update and discussion
of roll-out timeline
Feb. 9: Initiative update and
communication discussion
March 9: Initiative update and next
steps discussion
Participants are welcome to attend
one or many webinars. General
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE678
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743
West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410) 859-8300. A
webinar connection will also be available. Information on how to
connect via
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webinar will be posted to www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or
on their Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAFMC's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop recommendations for final
action on the Council's Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment. This
amendment will prohibit the development of new and expansion of
existing directed commercial fisheries on unmanaged forage species in
Mid-Atlantic Federal waters until the Council has had an adequate
opportunity to both assess the scientific information relating to any
new or expanded directed fisheries and consider potential impacts to
existing fisheries, fishing communities, and the marine ecosystem. At
this meeting, the AP will consider comments received during public
hearings and will develop recommendations to the Council's Ecosystem
and Ocean Planning Committee and to the full Council for final action
on the amendment. An EOP Committee meeting on the same topic will be
held on July 7, 2016. The Council plans to take final action on the
amendment at their meeting in Virginia Beach on August 8-11, 2016. More
information on the EOP AP meeting, the EOP Committee meeting, and the
August Council meeting, including agendas and background materials,
will be posted to www.mafmc.org.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: June 8, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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