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Magnuson-Stevens Act are located at 50
CFR parts 600 and 660.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
15 CFR Part 902
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 210423–0087]
RIN 0648–BJ50
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Salmon Bycatch Minimization
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; date of effectiveness
for collection-of-information
requirements.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces approval by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) of collection-of-information
requirements, which were contained in
regulations to allow a Pacific whiting
sector cooperative or group of vessels to
develop a Salmon Mitigation Plan
(SMP), in a final rule published on
February 23, 2021. The intent of this
rule is to inform the public of the
effectiveness of the collection-ofinformation requirements associated
with the submission and reporting
requirements included in the February
23, 2021 final rule.
DATES: This rule is effective April 29,
2021.
SUMMARY:
Written comments
regarding the burden-hour estimates or
other aspects of the collection-ofinformation requirements contained in
this final rule may be submitted to Barry
A. Thom, Regional Administrator, West
Coast Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point
Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070. Attn:
Brian Hooper, and to www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Hooper, phone: (206) 526–6117,
or email: brian.hooper@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone off
Washington, Oregon, and California
under the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan. The Pacific
Fishery Management Council prepared
this fishery management plan under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq. Regulations governing U.S.
fisheries and implementing the
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Background
On February 23, 2001, NMFS
published in the Federal Register a final
rule (86 FR 10857) allowing a Pacific
whiting sector cooperative or group of
vessels to develop an SMP to promote
reduction in Chinook salmon bycatch.
The rule also established that vessels
with a NMFS-approved SMP have
access to the Chinook salmon bycatch
reserve regardless of NMFS
implementing other inseason measures
to minimize salmon bycatch. The
associated regulations are found at 50
CFR part 660. OMB approved the
collection-of-information requirements
contained in the final rule on March 10,
2021, under OMB Control Number
0648–0794 (Pacific Coast Groundfish
Salmon Bycatch Minimization).
Accordingly, this rule announces the
OMB approval and effective date of the
submission and reporting requirements
for vessels seeking NMFS approval of an
SMP and for vessels with an approved
SMP found at 50 CFR 660.113(e).
OMB Revisions to PRA References in 15
CFR 902.1(b)
Section 3507(c)(B)(i) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) requires that
agencies inventory and display a current
control number, assigned by the
Director of the OMB, for each agency’s
information collection. Section 902.1(b)
identifies the location of NOAA
regulations for which OMB approval
numbers have been issued. Because this
final rule adds collection-of-information
requirements, 15 CFR 902.1(b) is revised
to correctly reference the sections
resulting from this final rule.
2021 Deadline To Submit an SMP for
NMFS Approval
Pacific whiting cooperatives or groups
of vessels must submit any SMP
proposals to NMFS by June 28, 2021 in
order for NMFS to consider approving
the SMP for use in 2021.
Classification
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there
is good cause to waive prior notice and
opportunity for public comment for this
action because notice and comment
would be unnecessary and contrary to
the public interest. This action simply
provides notice of OMB’s approval of
the reporting requirements at issue,
which has already occurred, and
renders those requirements effective.
Thus, this action does not involve any
further exercise of agency discretion by
NMFS or OMB. Moreover, the public
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has had prior notice and the
opportunity to comment on the
collection-of-information requirements.
NMFS published a proposed rule
including the collection-of-information
requirements (85 FR 66519; October 20,
2020), with comments accepted until
November 19, 2020. An additional
opportunity for public comment at this
point would not be meaningful and
would be duplicative. It would also be
contrary to the public interest because
delaying the notice of the effectiveness
of the collection-of-information
requirements could delay the public
having notice that they can submit SMP
applications.
For the reasons above, there is also
good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to
waive the 30-day delay in effective date
and make this rule effective
immediately upon publication.
Executive Order 12866
This final rule has been determined to
be not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the
PRA and which OMB approved under
OMB Control Number 0648–0794 on
March 10, 2021. The public reporting
burden for the submission of SMPs and
post-season reports includes the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
of information. NMFS estimates
receiving up to six SMP proposals, six
SMP post-season reports, and one
amended SMP, per year over the next
three years. NMFS estimates receiving
one administrative appeal for a
disapproved SMP over the next three
years. Public reporting burden is
estimated to average 10 hours per
response for the SMP proposal, 3 hours
per response for an amended SMP, 6
hours per response for an administrative
appeal of a disapproved SMP, and 8
hours per response for the SMP postseason report.
Send comments on the burden
estimates or any other aspect of this data
collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to NMFS West
Coast Region (see ADRESSES), and at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by using the search function
and entering either the title of the
collection or the OMB Control Number
0648–0794.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, no person is required to
respond to, nor shall any person be
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subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject
to the requirements of the PRA, unless
that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
List of Subjects
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
18 CFR Part 40
[Docket No. RM19–20–000]
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
WECC Regional Reliability Standard
BAL–002–WECC–3 (Contingency
Reserve)
50 CFR Part 660
AGENCY:
Fisheries, Fishing, Indians, Recreation
and recreation areas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Treaties.
Dated: April 23, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, NMFS amends 15 CFR part
902 as follows:
PART 902—NOAA INFORMATION
COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER
THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT:
OMB CONTROL NUMBERS
1. The authority citation for part 902
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
2. In § 902.1, in the table in paragraph
(b), under the entry ‘‘50 CFR’’, revise the
entry for ‘‘660.113’’ to read as follows:
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pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final action.
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
approves regional Reliability Standard
BAL–002–WECC–3 (Contingency
Reserve) submitted jointly by the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), the Commissioncertified Electric Reliability
Organization, and the Western
Electricity Coordinating Council
(WECC). In addition, the Commission
directs NERC and WECC to submit an
informational filing.
DATES: This final action is effective June
28, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Morris (Technical Information),
Office of Electric Reliability, Division of
Operations and Planning Standards,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426, Telephone: (202) 502–6803,
Susan.Morris@ferc.gov.
Syed Ahmad (Technical Information),
Office of Electric Reliability, Division of
Operations and Planning Standards,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426, Telephone: (202) 502–8718,
Syed.Ahmad@ferc.gov.
Mark Bennett (Legal Information),
Office of the General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
Telephone: (202) 502–8524,
Mark.Bennett@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Pursuant to section 215(d)(2) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), the
Commission approves regional
Reliability Standard BAL–002–WECC–3
(Contingency Reserve). The North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), the Commissioncertified Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO), and Western
Electricity Coordinating Council
(WECC) jointly submitted the regional
Reliability Standard to the Commission
for approval. Additionally, as discussed
below, the Commission directs NERC
and WECC to submit an informational
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filing 30 months following
implementation of regional Reliability
Standard BAL–002–WECC–3.
2. Regional Reliability Standard BAL–
002–WECC–3 applies to balancing
authorities and reserve sharing groups
in the Western Interconnection, and it
specifies the quantity and types of
contingency reserves required to ensure
reliability under normal and abnormal
conditions.1 Regional Reliability
Standard BAL–002–WECC–3 eliminates
Requirement R2 from the prior version
because, as discussed in the joint
petition, the implementation of the
continent-wide Reliability Standard
BAL–003–1.1 (Frequency Response and
Frequency Bias Setting), Requirement
R1 makes Requirement R2 redundant.2
Based on Requirement R1 of the
continent-wide Reliability Standard
BAL–003–1.1 and the results of field
tests NERC and WECC conducted to
assess the potential impact of the
retirement of regional Reliability
Standard BAL–002–WECC–2a,
Requirement R2 on contingency
reserves in the Western Interconnection,
the Commission approves regional
Reliability Standard BAL–002–WECC–3
and the retirement of the currentlyeffective version of the regional
Reliability Standard.
3. In addition, as proposed in the
notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR),
the Commission believes it is
appropriate to monitor the potential
impacts of retiring Requirement R2 to
ensure that this action does not
adversely impact the adequacy of
contingency reserves in the Western
Interconnection.3 Therefore, as
discussed below, the Commission
directs NERC and WECC to submit an
informational filing 30 months
following implementation of regional
Reliability Standard BAL–002–WECC–3
that addresses the adequacy of
contingency reserves in the Western
Interconnection.
I. Background
A. Section 215 and Regional Reliability
Standards
4. Section 215 of the FPA requires a
Commission-certified ERO to develop
1 Reserve sharing group is defined in the Glossary
of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards
(NERC Glossary) as, ‘‘[a] group whose members
consist of two or more Balancing Authorities that
collectively maintain, allocate, and supply
operating reserves required for each Balancing
Authority’s use in recovering from contingencies
within the group. . . .’’
2 Reliability Standard BAL–003–1.1, Requirement
R1 became effective on April 1, 2016.
3 WECC Regional Reliability Standard BAL–002–
WECC–3 (Contingency Reserve), Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 85 FR 68809 (Oct. 30, 2020), 173 FERC
¶ 61,032, at P 3 (2020) (NOPR).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 902
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 210423-0087]
RIN 0648-BJ50
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Salmon Bycatch Minimization
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; date of effectiveness for collection-of-information
requirements.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) of collection-of-information requirements, which were contained
in regulations to allow a Pacific whiting sector cooperative or group
of vessels to develop a Salmon Mitigation Plan (SMP), in a final rule
published on February 23, 2021. The intent of this rule is to inform
the public of the effectiveness of the collection-of-information
requirements associated with the submission and reporting requirements
included in the February 23, 2021 final rule.
DATES: This rule is effective April 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or
other aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained
in this final rule may be submitted to Barry A. Thom, Regional
Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98115-0070. Attn: Brian Hooper, and to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooper, phone: (206) 526-6117,
or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone off Washington, Oregon, and California under
the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. The Pacific
Fishery Management Council prepared this fishery management plan under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Regulations governing U.S. fisheries and implementing the Magnuson-
Stevens Act are located at 50 CFR parts 600 and 660.
Background
On February 23, 2001, NMFS published in the Federal Register a
final rule (86 FR 10857) allowing a Pacific whiting sector cooperative
or group of vessels to develop an SMP to promote reduction in Chinook
salmon bycatch. The rule also established that vessels with a NMFS-
approved SMP have access to the Chinook salmon bycatch reserve
regardless of NMFS implementing other inseason measures to minimize
salmon bycatch. The associated regulations are found at 50 CFR part
660. OMB approved the collection-of-information requirements contained
in the final rule on March 10, 2021, under OMB Control Number 0648-0794
(Pacific Coast Groundfish Salmon Bycatch Minimization). Accordingly,
this rule announces the OMB approval and effective date of the
submission and reporting requirements for vessels seeking NMFS approval
of an SMP and for vessels with an approved SMP found at 50 CFR
660.113(e).
OMB Revisions to PRA References in 15 CFR 902.1(b)
Section 3507(c)(B)(i) of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires
that agencies inventory and display a current control number, assigned
by the Director of the OMB, for each agency's information collection.
Section 902.1(b) identifies the location of NOAA regulations for which
OMB approval numbers have been issued. Because this final rule adds
collection-of-information requirements, 15 CFR 902.1(b) is revised to
correctly reference the sections resulting from this final rule.
2021 Deadline To Submit an SMP for NMFS Approval
Pacific whiting cooperatives or groups of vessels must submit any
SMP proposals to NMFS by June 28, 2021 in order for NMFS to consider
approving the SMP for use in 2021.
Classification
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior
notice and opportunity for public comment for this action because
notice and comment would be unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. This action simply provides notice of OMB's approval of the
reporting requirements at issue, which has already occurred, and
renders those requirements effective. Thus, this action does not
involve any further exercise of agency discretion by NMFS or OMB.
Moreover, the public has had prior notice and the opportunity to
comment on the collection-of-information requirements. NMFS published a
proposed rule including the collection-of-information requirements (85
FR 66519; October 20, 2020), with comments accepted until November 19,
2020. An additional opportunity for public comment at this point would
not be meaningful and would be duplicative. It would also be contrary
to the public interest because delaying the notice of the effectiveness
of the collection-of-information requirements could delay the public
having notice that they can submit SMP applications.
For the reasons above, there is also good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective date and make this
rule effective immediately upon publication.
Executive Order 12866
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains collection-of-information requirements
subject to the PRA and which OMB approved under OMB Control Number
0648-0794 on March 10, 2021. The public reporting burden for the
submission of SMPs and post-season reports includes the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. NMFS estimates receiving up to six SMP
proposals, six SMP post-season reports, and one amended SMP, per year
over the next three years. NMFS estimates receiving one administrative
appeal for a disapproved SMP over the next three years. Public
reporting burden is estimated to average 10 hours per response for the
SMP proposal, 3 hours per response for an amended SMP, 6 hours per
response for an administrative appeal of a disapproved SMP, and 8 hours
per response for the SMP post-season report.
Send comments on the burden estimates or any other aspect of this
data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS
West Coast Region (see ADRESSES), and at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by using the
search function and entering either the title of the collection or the
OMB Control Number 0648-0794.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be
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subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of
information subject to the requirements of the PRA, unless that
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
50 CFR Part 660
Fisheries, Fishing, Indians, Recreation and recreation areas,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Treaties.
Dated: April 23, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, NMFS amends 15 CFR part
902 as follows:
PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS
0
1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
0
2. In Sec. 902.1, in the table in paragraph (b), under the entry ``50
CFR'', revise the entry for ``660.113'' to read as follows:
Sec. 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
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(b) * * *
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information collection requirement Current OMB control number (all
is located numbers begin with 0648-)
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