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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
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Public comments: Written comments
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• 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
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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
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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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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
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easily create complete, standards-based
descriptive information about geospatial
data. The following tools, in use or
planned for use by NOAA Program
offices, are authorized to collect
geospatial metadata consistent with
Executive Order 12906, NOAA
Administrative Order 212–15, and the
2013 Office of Science and Technology
Policy Memorandum ‘Public Access to
Research Results’. Geospatial metadata
collected by the listed tools are
voluntary, but the ability for data
documented by relevant geospatial
metadata is significantly degraded if
metadata are incomplete, inaccurate or
otherwise less than the information
collection tool supports.
• National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information Service:
Send2NCEI web application (currently
approved as OMB Control Number:
0648–0024).
• National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information Service:
Advanced Tracking and Resource tool
for Archive Collections (ATRAC) web
application (new).
• National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information Service:
Collection Metadata Editing Tool
(CoMET) web application (new).
• National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS): InPort metadata authoring tool
(new).
• Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research (OAR): Science Data
Information System (SDIS) metadata
and data submission tool (new).
Collecting geospatial metadata is
necessary to fully understand, use, and
reuse geospatial data, geospatial
metadata because metadata provides
contextual information about data
formats, bounding areas, use and access
limitations (if any). Geospatial metadata
from this information collection also
supports multiple search and discovery
catalog services, such as data.gov,
NASA Global Change Master Directory
(GCMD), and many others.
Information will be collected from
data producers (primarily university,
private industry, and governmentfunded scientific researchers) in
multiple fields of geosciences, biological
and atmospheric sciences, and socioeconomic sciences. Geospatial metadata
typically includes descriptive
information about specific observed,
calculated, or modelled data (e.g., title,
abstract, purpose statement, descriptive
discovery keywords), characteristics of
the described data (e.g., date and spatial
range of data collection activities, data
processing steps, collected/measured
variables and units of measure for those
variables) and administrative
information (e.g., who collected or
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created data and metadata, how to cite
data when used in scientific analyses).
Information collected by the listed tools
is used to inform the appropriate use of
data described by related geospatial
metadata.
The existing OMB control number is
being revised to include additional
information collection instruments that
collect similar kinds of geospatial
metadata as Send2NCEI, but that have
different community-based practices or
standards that provide for more or less
details in the metadata requested.
Additionally, the title of this collection
of information is being revised from
National Centers for Environmental
Information (NCEI) Send2NCEI Web
Application to NOAA Geospatial
Metadata to more accurately reflect the
revised collection of information.
II. Method of Collection
All of the listed information
collection instruments use a series of
guided web page (html) forms to collect
specific elements of geospatial metadata
(e.g., start/end date of data observations,
descriptive discovery keywords, file
format types and file-naming
conventions).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0024.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular. [Revision
and extension of a current information
collection.]
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government;
Research universities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
665 respondents per year,
Send2NCEI—300 respondents/year,
ATRAC—100 respondents/year,
CoMET—50 respondents/year,
InPort—15 respondents/year,
SDIS—200 respondents/year.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.95
hours,
Send2NCEI—.75 hours/response,
ATRAC—4 hours/response,
CoMET—3 hours/response,
InPort—1 hour/response,
SDIS—1 hour/response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 990 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
NMFS and OAR internal policies related
to availability of future funding options
may apply to users of InPort and SDIS
tools, respectively.
Legal Authority: Executive Order
12906, NOAA Administrative Order
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212–15, 2013 Office of Science and
Technology Policy Memorandum
‘Public Access to Research Results’,
NOAA Response to OSTP Memorandum
‘Public Access to Research Results’.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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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
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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 [email protected]. 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, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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easily create complete, standards-based descriptive information about
geospatial data. The following tools, in use or planned for use by NOAA
Program offices, are authorized to collect geospatial metadata
consistent with Executive Order 12906, NOAA Administrative Order 212-
15, and the 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum
`Public Access to Research Results'. Geospatial metadata collected by
the listed tools are voluntary, but the ability for data documented by
relevant geospatial metadata is significantly degraded if metadata are
incomplete, inaccurate or otherwise less than the information
collection tool supports.
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service: Send2NCEI web application (currently approved as OMB Control
Number: 0648-0024).
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service: Advanced Tracking and Resource tool for Archive Collections
(ATRAC) web application (new).
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service: Collection Metadata Editing Tool (CoMET) web application
(new).
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): InPort metadata
authoring tool (new).
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR): Science
Data Information System (SDIS) metadata and data submission tool (new).
Collecting geospatial metadata is necessary to fully understand,
use, and reuse geospatial data, geospatial metadata because metadata
provides contextual information about data formats, bounding areas, use
and access limitations (if any). Geospatial metadata from this
information collection also supports multiple search and discovery
catalog services, such as data.gov, NASA Global Change Master Directory
(GCMD), and many others.
Information will be collected from data producers (primarily
university, private industry, and government-funded scientific
researchers) in multiple fields of geosciences, biological and
atmospheric sciences, and socio-economic sciences. Geospatial metadata
typically includes descriptive information about specific observed,
calculated, or modelled data (e.g., title, abstract, purpose statement,
descriptive discovery keywords), characteristics of the described data
(e.g., date and spatial range of data collection activities, data
processing steps, collected/measured variables and units of measure for
those variables) and administrative information (e.g., who collected or
created data and metadata, how to cite data when used in scientific
analyses). Information collected by the listed tools is used to inform
the appropriate use of data described by related geospatial metadata.
The existing OMB control number is being revised to include
additional information collection instruments that collect similar
kinds of geospatial metadata as Send2NCEI, but that have different
community-based practices or standards that provide for more or less
details in the metadata requested. Additionally, the title of this
collection of information is being revised from National Centers for
Environmental Information (NCEI) Send2NCEI Web Application to NOAA
Geospatial Metadata to more accurately reflect the revised collection
of information.
II. Method of Collection
All of the listed information collection instruments use a series
of guided web page (html) forms to collect specific elements of
geospatial metadata (e.g., start/end date of data observations,
descriptive discovery keywords, file format types and file-naming
conventions).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0024.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular. [Revision and extension of a current
information collection.]
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government; Federal
government; Research universities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 665 respondents per year,
Send2NCEI--300 respondents/year,
ATRAC--100 respondents/year,
CoMET--50 respondents/year,
InPort--15 respondents/year,
SDIS--200 respondents/year.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.95 hours,
Send2NCEI--.75 hours/response,
ATRAC--4 hours/response,
CoMET--3 hours/response,
InPort--1 hour/response,
SDIS--1 hour/response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 990 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. NMFS and OAR internal policies
related to availability of future funding options may apply to users of
InPort and SDIS tools, respectively.
Legal Authority: Executive Order 12906, NOAA Administrative Order
212-15, 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum `Public
Access to Research Results', NOAA Response to OSTP Memorandum `Public
Access to Research Results'.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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