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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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 Institute of
Standards and Technology.
Title: Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP) Client Impact
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0693–0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Average Hours per Response: 12
minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,000.
Needs and Uses: The objective of the
NIST Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program (MEP) is to
enhance productivity, technological
performance, and strengthen the global
competitiveness of small-and mediumsized U.S.-based manufacturing firms.
Through this client impact survey, the
MEP will collect data necessary for
program accountability; analysis and
research into the effectiveness of the
MEP program; reports to stakeholders;
GPRA; continuous improvement efforts;
knowledge sharing across the MEP
system; and identification of best
practices. Collection of this data is
needed in order to comply with the
MEP charter, as mandated by Congress.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Establishment of Annual Catch
Limits for the Subsistence Harvest of
Bowhead Whales by Alaska Natives
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; announcement
of public scoping period; request for
written comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces its intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), in order to assess the impacts
of issuing annual catch limits for the
subsistence harvest of bowhead whales
by Alaska Natives from 2019 onward.
Publication of this document begins the
official scoping period that will help
identify issues and alternatives to be
considered in the EIS.
DATES: Written comments on this
scoping process must be received no
later than September 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on
this scoping notice, by including
NOAA–NMFS–2017–0098 by either of
the following methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20170098. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Carolyn Doherty, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
Instructions: NMFS may not consider
comments if they are sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the
comment period ends at 11:59 p.m.
eastern time on the date of comment
period closure. All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to
www.regulations.gov without change.
For posted comments, all personal
identifying information (e.g., name,
address, etc.), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive
information submitted voluntarily by
the sender is publicly accessible. NMFS
will accept anonymous comments (enter
‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish
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to remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe portable document file (PDF)
formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Doherty, Office of International
Affairs and Seafood Inspection, NOAA
Fisheries (phone: 301–427–8385 or
email: Carolyn.Doherty@noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is
initiating this EIS process in order to
comprehensively assess impacts of the
subsistence harvest of Western Arctic
bowhead whales by Alaska Natives from
2019 onward.
Background
Alaska Natives have hunted bowhead
whales for over 2,000 years as the
whales migrate in the spring and fall
along the coast of Alaska. Their
traditional subsistence hunts for these
whales have been regulated by catch
limits and other limitations under the
authority of the International Whaling
Commission (IWC) since 1977. Alaska
Native subsistence hunters from 11
northern Alaskan communities take less
than 1 percent of the stock of bowhead
whales per year. Since 1977, the number
of whales struck by harpoons has ranged
between 14 and 72 animals per year,
depending in part on changes in IWC
management strategy due to higher
estimates of both bowhead whale
abundance and increased hunter
efficiency in recent years. The IWC sets
an overall aboriginal subsistence catch
limit for this stock, based on the request
of IWC member countries on behalf of
the aboriginal hunters. The IWC’s catch
limit for bowhead whales includes a
limit on the number of landed whales
and a limit on the number of whales
that may be struck. In the case of Alaska
and Russian Native subsistence hunts,
the United States and the Russian
Federation make a joint request to the
IWC for subsistence catch limits for
bowhead whales.
NMFS must annually publish a notice
of aboriginal subsistence whale hunting
catch limits and any other limitations
on such hunting in the Federal Register
(50 CFR 230.6). The subsistence hunt is
directly managed by the Alaska Eskimo
Whaling Commission (AEWC) and the
catch limits are issued through annual
amendments to a cooperative agreement
between the AEWC and NOAA,
consistent with the mandates codified
in the Whaling Convention Act, 16
U.S.C. 916–916l.
In order to comprehensively assess
the effects of these annual removals, this
proposed action would extend from
2019 onward, subject to IWC-set catch
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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 Institute of Standards and Technology.
Title: Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Client Impact
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0693-0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Average Hours per Response: 12 minutes.
Burden Hours: 2,000.
Needs and Uses: The objective of the NIST Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program (MEP) is to enhance productivity, technological
performance, and strengthen the global competitiveness of small-and
medium-sized U.S.-based manufacturing firms. Through this client impact
survey, the MEP will collect data necessary for program accountability;
analysis and research into the effectiveness of the MEP program;
reports to stakeholders; GPRA; continuous improvement efforts;
knowledge sharing across the MEP system; and identification of best
practices. Collection of this data is needed in order to comply with
the MEP charter, as mandated by Congress.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-17189 Filed 8-14-17; 8:45 am]
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