Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations, 16329-16330 [2018-07885]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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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: NOAA Customer Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0342.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 21,667.
Average Hours per Response: Five to
ten minutes.
Burden Hours: 6,276.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
generic information collection.
This collection follows the guidelines
contained in the OMB Resource Manual
for Customer Surveys. In accordance
with Executive Order 12862, the
National Performance Review, and good
management practices, NOAA offices
seek approval to continue to gather
customer feedback on services and/or
products, which can be used in
planning for service/product
modification and prioritization. Under
this generic clearance, individual offices
would use approved questionnaires and
develop new questionnaires, as needed,
by selecting subsets of the approved set
of collection questions and tailoring
those specific questions to be
meaningful for their particular
programs. These proposed
questionnaires would then be submitted
to OMB using a fast-track request for
approval process, for which separate
Federal Register notices are not
required. Surveys currently being
conducted include website satisfaction
surveys, Weather Service product
surveys and National Marine Sanctuary
participation surveys.
The generic clearance will not be used
to survey any bodies NOAA regulates
unless precautions are taken to ensure
that the respondents believe that they
are not under any risk for not
responding or for the contents of their
responses; e.g., in no survey to such a
population will the names and
addresses of respondents be required.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; not-for-profit institutions;
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state, local or tribal government;
business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: One time.
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.
Dated: April 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting of Sea
Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Pound Net
Operations
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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 June 15, 2018.
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 pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Carrie Upite, Greater
Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; (978) 282–8475; or carrie.upite@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
This action would continue the
reporting measure requiring all Virginia
Chesapeake Bay pound net fishermen to
report interactions with endangered and
threatened sea turtles, found both live
and dead, in their pound net operations.
When a live or dead sea turtle is
discovered during a pound net trip, the
Virginia pound net fisherman is
required to report the incidental take to
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) and, if necessary, the
appropriate rehabilitation and stranding
network. This information will be used
to monitor the level of incidental take in
the state-managed Virginia pound net
fishery and ensure that the seasonal
pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR
223.206(d)(10)) are adequately
protecting listed sea turtles. Based on
the number of sea turtle takes
anticipated in the Virginia pound net
fishery and the available number of
Virginia pound net fishermen and
pound nets, the number of responses
anticipated on an annual basis is 988.
This is an increase from the previous
information collection (n=483) as we
used the maximum number of possible
licensed pound net sites per Virginia
fishery regulations (n=161) on which to
base our information collection
estimate, rather than the number of
documented sites from NMFS
monitoring efforts (n=80), as the latter is
outdated and may be an underestimate.
II. Method of Collection
Reports may be made either by
telephone or fax.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0470.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
35.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 165.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $227 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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
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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: April 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Evaluation of State Coastal
Management Programs
Office for Coastal Management
(OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Office for Coastal Management will hold
a public meeting to solicit comments on
the performance evaluation of the
Minnesota Coastal Management
Program.
SUMMARY:
Minnesota Coastal Management
Program Evaluation: The public meeting
will be held on May 22, 2018, and
written comments must be received on
or before June 1, 2018.
For specific dates, times, and
locations of the public meetings, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the program or reserve NOAA
intends to evaluate by any of the
following methods:
Public Meeting and Oral Comments:
A public meeting will be held in
Duluth, Minnesota. For the specific
location, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Written Comments: Please direct
written comments to Carrie Hall,
Evaluator, Planning and Performance
Measurement Program, Office for
Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305
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East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/
OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910,
or email comments Carrie.Hall@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and
Performance Measurement Program,
Office for Coastal Management, NOS/
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th
Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, or Carrie.Hall@
noaa.gov. Copies of the previous
evaluation findings and 2016–2020
Assessment and Strategy may be viewed
and downloaded on the internet at
https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations.
A copy of the evaluation notification
letter and most recent progress report
may be obtained upon request by
contacting the person identified under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
312 of the Coastal Zone Management
Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct
periodic evaluations of federally
approved state and territorial coastal
programs. The process includes one or
more public meetings, consideration of
written public comments and
consultations with interested Federal,
state, and local agencies and members of
the public. During the evaluation,
NOAA will consider the extent to which
the state has met the national objectives,
adhered to the management program
approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
and adhered to the terms of financial
assistance under the CZMA. When the
evaluation is completed, NOAA’s Office
for Coastal Management will place a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the Final
Evaluation Findings.
Specific information on the periodic
evaluation of the state and territorial
coastal program that is the subject of
this notice is detailed below as follows:
Minnesota Coastal Management
Program Evaluation
You may participate or submit oral
comments at the public meeting
scheduled as follows:
Date: May 22, 2018.
Time: 5:30 p.m., local time.
Location: Hartley Nature Center, 3001
Woodland Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
55803.
Written public comments must be
received on or before June 1, 2018.
Dated: March 15, 2018.
Keelin Kuipers
Acting Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG011
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Bremerton and
Edmonds Ferry Terminals Dolphin
Relocation Project in Washington State
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed incidental harassment
authorization (IHA); request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT) for
authorization to take marine mammals
incidental to the dolphin (a man-made
structure that protects other structures
from being struck by boats) relocation
project at the Bremerton and Edmonds
ferry terminals in Washington State.
Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
requesting comments on its proposal to
issue an IHA to incidentally take marine
mammals during the specified activities.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than May 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to ITP.guan@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/node/
23111 without change. All personal
identifying information (e.g., name,
address) voluntarily submitted by the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Reporting of
Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake Bay Pound Net
Operations
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 June 15, 2018.
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 [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Carrie Upite, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930; (978) 282-8475; or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a current information collection.
This action would continue the reporting measure requiring all
Virginia Chesapeake Bay pound net fishermen to report interactions with
endangered and threatened sea turtles, found both live and dead, in
their pound net operations. When a live or dead sea turtle is
discovered during a pound net trip, the Virginia pound net fisherman is
required to report the incidental take to National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and, if necessary, the appropriate rehabilitation and
stranding network. This information will be used to monitor the level
of incidental take in the state-managed Virginia pound net fishery and
ensure that the seasonal pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR
223.206(d)(10)) are adequately protecting listed sea turtles. Based on
the number of sea turtle takes anticipated in the Virginia pound net
fishery and the available number of Virginia pound net fishermen and
pound nets, the number of responses anticipated on an annual basis is
988. This is an increase from the previous information collection
(n=483) as we used the maximum number of possible licensed pound net
sites per Virginia fishery regulations (n=161) on which to base our
information collection estimate, rather than the number of documented
sites from NMFS monitoring efforts (n=80), as the latter is outdated
and may be an underestimate.
II. Method of Collection
Reports may be made either by telephone or fax.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0470.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 165.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $227 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information 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
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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: April 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-07885 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
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