New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 60765 [2020-21347]
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 188 / Monday, September 28, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA511]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council is convening a
public meeting of its Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC) via webinar
to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This webinar will be held on
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/3850303213161369355. Call in
information: +1 (562) 247–8422, Access
Code 632–479–325.
ADDRESSES: Council address: New
England Fishery Management Council,
50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport,
MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 23, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Agenda
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Applications and Reporting
Requirements for the Incidental Take
of Marine Mammals by Specified
Activities (Other Than Commercial
Fishing Operations) Under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act
The Scientific and Statistical
Committee will meet to review recent
stock assessment information from the
2020 Groundfish Management Track
Assessments, information provided by
the Council’s Groundfish Plan
Development Team (PDT) and
recommend the overfishing limits and
acceptable biological catch (ABC) for
Georges Bank (GB) winter flounder, Gulf
of Maine (GOM) winter flounder,
Acadian redfish, ocean pout, Atlantic
halibut, wolffish, northern windowpane
flounder, and southern windowpane
flounder for fishing years 2022–23.
Other business will be discussed as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on June 22,
2018 (83 FR 29212) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration.
Title: Applications and Reporting
Requirements for the Incidental Take of
Marine Mammals by Specified
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Activities (other than Commercial
Fishing Operations) Under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0151.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(Revision to an existing information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 188.
Average Hours per Response:
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) Application: 281 hours; IHA
Interim Report: 30 hours; IHA Draft
Annual Report: 140 hours; IHA Final
Annual Report: 28 hours; Letter of
Authorization (LOA) Initial Application:
1200 hours; LOA Annual Application:
70 hours; LOA Draft Annual Report: 225
Hours; LOA Draft Final Report: 225
hours; LOA Final Annual Report: 70
hours; LOA Draft Comprehensive
Report: 640 hours; LOA Comprehensive
Final Report: 300 hours; Gulf of Mexico
(GOM) Draft Annual Report: 140 hours;
GOM Final Annual Report: 28 hours.
Response times will vary for the public
based upon the complexity of the
requested action.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,973.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et. seq.)
prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of marine mammals
unless otherwise authorized or
exempted by law. Among the provisions
that allow for lawful take of marine
mammals, sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D)
of the MMPA direct the Secretary of
Commerce to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing),
within a specified geographical region
if, after notice and opportunity for
public comment, we find that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the
affected species or stock(s) and will not
have an immitigable adverse impact on
the availability of the species or stock(s)
for subsistence uses (where relevant).
NMFS also must set forth the
permissible methods of taking; other
means of effecting the least practicable
adverse impact on the species or stock
and its habitat (mitigation); and
requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
NMFS Office of Protected Resources
leads the process for the agency.
Issuance of an incidental take
authorization (Authorization) under
section 101(a)(5)(A) or 101(a)(5)(D) of
the MMPA requires three sets of
information collection: (1) A complete
application for an Authorization, as set
forth in our implementing regulations at
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA511]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council is convening a
public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) via
webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be
brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
DATES: This webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3850303213161369355. Call in information: +1 (562) 247-8422,
Access Code 632-479-325.
ADDRESSES: Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50
Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet to review recent
stock assessment information from the 2020 Groundfish Management Track
Assessments, information provided by the Council's Groundfish Plan
Development Team (PDT) and recommend the overfishing limits and
acceptable biological catch (ABC) for Georges Bank (GB) winter
flounder, Gulf of Maine (GOM) winter flounder, Acadian redfish, ocean
pout, Atlantic halibut, wolffish, northern windowpane flounder, and
southern windowpane flounder for fishing years 2022-23. Other business
will be discussed as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted
to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public
has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to
address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting
will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the
recording is available upon request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 23, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-21347 Filed 9-25-20; 8:45 am]
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