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Time) until business is completed and
continues Wednesday, October 13,
2021, beginning at 9 a.m. (Pacific
Daylight Time) and concluding when
business is completed.
Dated: September 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kit
Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2422.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB434]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Southern Oregon Northern
California Coast (SONCC) Coho
Workgroup (Workgroup) will host an
online meeting that is open to the
public.
SUMMARY:
The
purpose of the meeting is for the
HMSMT to discuss the contents of
reports it would submit to the Pacific
Council on topics included on the
November 2021 Pacific Council meeting
and future Pacific Council meetings.
Potential topics include, but are not
limited to, a range of alternatives for
hard caps for the California large mesh
driftnet fishery and updates to the
Pacific Council’s Swordfish
Management and Monitoring Plan. The
HMSMT may also discuss other HMSrelated topics not currently scheduled
on Pacific Council meeting agendas. A
detailed agenda for this meeting,
including topics and estimated times,
will be posted to the Pacific Council
website in advance of the meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2021–20531 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am]
The online meeting will be held
Wednesday and Thursday, October 13–
14, 2021, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Pacific Daylight Time, or until business
for the day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Robin Ehlke, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting will be to
incorporate Pacific Council guidance
from its September 2021 meeting in
relevant modeling and analyses needed
to update the current risk assessment
and harvest control rule alternatives for
consideration at the November 2021
Pacific Council meeting. The
Workgroup may also discuss and
prepare for future Workgroup meetings
and future meetings with the Pacific
Council and its advisory bodies.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
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discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–20532 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am]
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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; Questionnaire for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial
Assistance Applicants
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 8, 2021
(86 FR 30445) during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Questionnaire for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial
Assistance Applicants.
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OMB Control Number: 0648–0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [Revision
and extension of a current information
collection.].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,208
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection
through the Environmental Compliance
Questionnaire for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Federal
Financial Assistance Applicants
(Questionnaire). This Questionnaire is
used by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to
collect information about proposed
activities for the purpose of complying
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (‘‘NEPA,’’ 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370) and
other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed
activities. NEPA requires federal
agencies to complete an environmental
analysis for all major federal actions,
including funding non-federal activities
through federal financial assistance
awards where federal participation in
the funded activity is expected to be
significant. The Questionnaire is used in
conjunction with NOAA Notices of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific
questions to which an applicant must
respond in one of three ways: (1) The
applicable questions are inserted
directly into the NOFO with reference to
the OMB Approval Number (0648–0538)
for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify
which questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant
must answer, with the entire OMBapproved Questionnaire attached to the
NOFO; or (3) applicants to be
recommended for funding will be
required to answer relevant questions
from the Questionnaire. The federal
program officer will determine which
questions are relevant to each specific
applicant. Answers must be provided
before the application can be submitted
for final funding approval. This
Questionnaire has been revised to (1)
remove repetitive questions; (2) revise
specific questions to use plain language;
and (3) add 18 new questions that
would be helpful to a wider range of
NOAA programs.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Required when
responding to a NOFO.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
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Legal Authority: National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321–4370).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–20486 Filed 9–21–21; 8:45 am]
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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; Submission of Conservation
Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary
Under the Endangered Species Act
National Oceanic and
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 a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
extension of an information collection
must be received on or before November
22, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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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–
0466 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Lisa
Manning, National Marine Fisheries
Service at 301–427–8466 or
Lisa.Manning@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Office of Protected Resources,
is sponsoring a request for extension of
a currently approved information
collection.
Under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), determinations whether to list
species as endangered or threatened
must be based on the best scientific and
commercial data available, including
consideration of those efforts, if any,
being made by any state or foreign
nation (or any of their political
subdivisions) to protect the particular
species. On March 28, 2003, NMFS and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the
‘‘Services’’) announced a final policy on
the criteria the Services will use to
evaluate certain conservation efforts by
states, tribes, and other non-federal
entities when making listing
determinations under the ESA (68 FR
15100). The conservation efforts usually
involve the development of a
conservation plan or agreement,
procedures for monitoring the
effectiveness of the plan or agreement,
and an annual report.
The development of conservation
plans could prevent some species from
becoming so imperiled that the only
recourse is to add them to the list of
threatened and endangered species
under the Endangered Species Act. The
purpose of this policy is to encourage
such plans and to give applicants
guidance about how NMFSs will
evaluate such plans. This policy
identifies criteria for evaluating the
certainty of implementation and
effectiveness of a conservation effort.
NMFS developed this policy to ensure
consistent and adequate evaluation of
agreements and plans in making listing
decisions and to help States and other
entities develop agreements and plans
that will be adequate to make listing
species unnecessary.
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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; Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants
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 8, 2021 (86 FR 30445) during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants.
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OMB Control Number: 0648-0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [Revision and extension of a current
information collection.].
Number of Respondents: 736.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,208 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection through the Environmental
Compliance Questionnaire for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Financial Assistance Applicants (Questionnaire).
This Questionnaire is used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to collect information about proposed activities
for the purpose of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act
(``NEPA,'' 42 U.S.C. 4321-4370) and other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed activities. NEPA requires federal
agencies to complete an environmental analysis for all major federal
actions, including funding non-federal activities through federal
financial assistance awards where federal participation in the funded
activity is expected to be significant. The Questionnaire is used in
conjunction with NOAA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific questions to which an applicant
must respond in one of three ways: (1) The applicable questions are
inserted directly into the NOFO with reference to the OMB Approval
Number (0648-0538) for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify which
questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant must answer, with the entire OMB-
approved Questionnaire attached to the NOFO; or (3) applicants to be
recommended for funding will be required to answer relevant questions
from the Questionnaire. The federal program officer will determine
which questions are relevant to each specific applicant. Answers must
be provided before the application can be submitted for final funding
approval. This Questionnaire has been revised to (1) remove repetitive
questions; (2) revise specific questions to use plain language; and (3)
add 18 new questions that would be helpful to a wider range of NOAA
programs.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government.
Frequency: Required when responding to a NOFO.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321-
4370).
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0538.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-20486 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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