Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings, 7540-7541 [2021-01944]

Download as PDF 7540 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 18 / Friday, January 29, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Shipboard Observation Form for Floating Marine Debris National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before March 30, 2021. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 0648– 0644 in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to MaryLee Haughwout, Deputy Director, NOAA Marine Debris Program, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, MaryLee.Haughwout@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: I. Abstract This is a request for extension of a currently approved information collection. This data collection project will be coordinated by the NOAA Marine Debris Program, under the authority of Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.) to identify, determine sources of, assess, prevent, reduce, and remove marine debris and address the adverse impacts of marine debris on the economy of the United States, marine environment, and navigation safety. Information is collected from VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Jan 28, 2021 Jkt 253001 recreational and commercial vessels, shipboard observers, and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) who are on the ocean regularly, as well as numerous experts on marine debris observations at sea. The Shipboard Observation Form for Floating Marine Debris was created based on methods used in studies of floating marine debris by established researchers, previous shipboard observational studies conducted at sea by NOAA, and the experience and input of recreational sailors. The goal of this form is to be able to report the amount and types of visible, floating marine debris within an area of a water body of a known size. Additionally, this form will help collect data on floating marine debris that could result from future severe marine debris generating events in order to model the movement of the debris as well as prepare (as needed) for debris arrival. This form can be used to collect data on floating marine debris in any water body. II. Method of Collection Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, and mail and facsimile transmission of paper forms. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0648–0644. Form Number(s): None. Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection). Affected Public: Individuals or households; not-for profit institutions; business or other for-profit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. 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[FR Doc. 2021–01955 Filed 1–28–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XA833] Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public hearings; request for comments. AGENCY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) will hold five public hearings via webinar and a written comment period to solicit public comments on a developing management action to consider potential changes to the allocation of total catch or landings between the commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. DATES: The webinar hearings will be held between February 17 and March 2, 2021. Each hearing will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST. Written comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m. EST, March 16, 2021. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more details, including the dates and times for all hearings. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 18 / Friday, January 29, 2021 / Notices All hearings will be hosted through GoToWebinar. You must use GoToWebinar to speak during the hearings. A listen-only call in option is also available. Participants will not be able to speak through the listen-only phone connection. To access any of the webinar hearings, please follow the registration prompts at https:// attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/12183483 56340238349. To attend the webinar in listen only mode without the ability to speak, you may dial 1–877–309–2074 and enter access code 128–060–916. A public hearing document with more information on this action is available at: https://www.mafmc.org/actions/ sfsbsb-allocation-amendment. Copies of the document are also available by request from Dr. Chris Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331. Public comments: Written comments may be sent by any of the following methods: • Email to: kdancy@mafmc.org (subject: ‘‘Summer Flounder, Scup, Sea Bass Allocation Amendment’’). • Via webform at: https:// www.mafmc.org/comments/sfsbsballocation-amendment. • Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ‘‘Summer Flounder, Scup, Sea Bass Allocation Amendment.’’ • Fax to: 302.674.5399 (subject: ‘‘Summer Flounder, Scup, Sea Bass Allocation Amendment’’). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council and the Commission are developing a joint action to consider adjusting the allocations of catch or landings between the commercial and recreational fisheries for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The commercial and recreational allocations for all three species are currently based on historical proportions of landings (for summer flounder and black sea bass) or catch (for scup) from each sector. The current allocations were set in the mid-1990s and have not been revised since that time. Recent changes in how recreational catch is estimated have resulted in a discrepancy between the current levels of estimated recreational harvest and the allocations of summer flounder, scup, and black sea khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Jan 28, 2021 Jkt 253001 bass to the recreational sector. This action will consider whether modifications to the allocations are needed in light of these and other changes in the fisheries. This action will also consider the option to transfer a portion of the allowable landings each year between the commercial and recreational sectors, in either direction, based on the needs of each sector, and consider whether future additional modifications to the commercial/ recreational allocations and/or transfer provisions can be considered through a future FMP addendum/framework action, as opposed to an amendment. Additional information on this action is available at: https://www.mafmc.org/ actions/sfsbsb-allocation-amendment. The dates and times of the five webinar hearings are listed below. You are encouraged to participate in the hearing for your state or region; however, all hearings are open to all individuals. 1. Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Wednesday, February 17, 2021; 6–8 p.m. EST. 2. New Jersey: Thursday, February 18, 2021; 6–8 p.m. EST. 3. Delaware and Maryland: Wednesday, February 24, 2021; 6–8 p.m. EST. 4. Virginia and North Carolina: Monday, March 1, 2021; 6–8 p.m. EST. 5. Connecticut and New York: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 6–8 p.m. EST. Special Accommodations These hearings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Collins at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office, (302) 526–5253, at least 5 days prior to the hearing date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 101 et seq. Dated: January 25, 2021. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2021–01944 Filed 1–28–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7541 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Geospatial Metadata National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before March 30, 2021. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 0648– 0024 in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to Donald Collins, Oceanographer, NOAA/ National Centers for Environmental Information, 1315 East West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301–713– 4853, Donald.Collins@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Abstract This request is for revision and extension of a currently approved information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects, generates, retains, and redistributes geospatial metadata in a wide array of data formats covering diverse aspects of earth, biological, and space sciences. To fully understand and reuse these data over the course of many years, NOAA provides several metadata documentation tools for various communities of users to enable them to E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 18 (Friday, January 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7540-7541]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA833]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) will hold five 
public hearings via webinar and a written comment period to solicit 
public comments on a developing management action to consider potential 
changes to the allocation of total catch or landings between the 
commercial and recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 
fisheries.

DATES: The webinar hearings will be held between February 17 and March 
2, 2021. Each hearing will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST. 
Written comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m. EST, March 
16, 2021. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more details, including the 
dates and times for all hearings.

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ADDRESSES: All hearings will be hosted through GoToWebinar. You must 
use GoToWebinar to speak during the hearings. A listen-only call in 
option is also available. Participants will not be able to speak 
through the listen-only phone connection. To access any of the webinar 
hearings, please follow the registration prompts at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/1218348356340238349. To attend the webinar 
in listen only mode without the ability to speak, you may dial 1-877-
309-2074 and enter access code 128-060-916.
    A public hearing document with more information on this action is 
available at: https://www.mafmc.org/actions/sfsbsb-allocation-amendment. Copies of the document are also available by request from 
Dr. Chris Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 
(302) 674-2331.
    Public comments: Written comments may be sent by any of the 
following methods:
     Email to: [email protected] (subject: ``Summer Flounder, 
Scup, Sea Bass Allocation Amendment'').
     Via webform at: https://www.mafmc.org/comments/sfsbsb-allocation-amendment.
     Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, 
Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Summer Flounder, 
Scup, Sea Bass Allocation Amendment.''
     Fax to: 302.674.5399 (subject: ``Summer Flounder, Scup, 
Sea Bass Allocation Amendment'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council and the Commission are 
developing a joint action to consider adjusting the allocations of 
catch or landings between the commercial and recreational fisheries for 
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The commercial and 
recreational allocations for all three species are currently based on 
historical proportions of landings (for summer flounder and black sea 
bass) or catch (for scup) from each sector. The current allocations 
were set in the mid-1990s and have not been revised since that time. 
Recent changes in how recreational catch is estimated have resulted in 
a discrepancy between the current levels of estimated recreational 
harvest and the allocations of summer flounder, scup, and black sea 
bass to the recreational sector. This action will consider whether 
modifications to the allocations are needed in light of these and other 
changes in the fisheries. This action will also consider the option to 
transfer a portion of the allowable landings each year between the 
commercial and recreational sectors, in either direction, based on the 
needs of each sector, and consider whether future additional 
modifications to the commercial/recreational allocations and/or 
transfer provisions can be considered through a future FMP addendum/
framework action, as opposed to an amendment. Additional information on 
this action is available at: https://www.mafmc.org/actions/sfsbsb-allocation-amendment.
    The dates and times of the five webinar hearings are listed below. 
You are encouraged to participate in the hearing for your state or 
region; however, all hearings are open to all individuals.
    1. Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Wednesday, February 17, 2021; 6-
8 p.m. EST.
    2. New Jersey: Thursday, February 18, 2021; 6-8 p.m. EST.
    3. Delaware and Maryland: Wednesday, February 24, 2021; 6-8 p.m. 
EST.
    4. Virginia and North Carolina: Monday, March 1, 2021; 6-8 p.m. 
EST.
    5. Connecticut and New York: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 6-8 p.m. EST.

Special Accommodations

    These hearings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Collins at the Mid-Atlantic 
Council Office, (302) 526-5253, at least 5 days prior to the hearing 
date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 101 et seq.

    Dated: January 25, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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