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activities without change. All personal
identifying information (e.g., name,
address) voluntarily submitted by the
commenter may be publicly accessible.
Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben
Laws, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability
Electronic copies of SCWA’s
application and separate monitoring
plan may be obtained online at
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing
these documents, please call the contact
listed above.
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Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
to NMFS) 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
certain findings are made and either
regulations are issued or, if the taking is
limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed authorization is provided to
the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
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the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
Summary of Request
On September 2, 2021, NMFS
received an adequate and complete
application from SCWA requesting
authorization for take of marine
mammals incidental to Russian River
estuary management activities in
Sonoma County, California. The
requested regulations would be valid for
five years, from April 21, 2022, through
April 20, 2027. The proposed action
requires the use of heavy equipment
(e.g., bulldozer, excavator) and
increased human presence, as well as
the use of small boats. As a result,
pinnipeds hauled out on the beach or at
peripheral haul-outs in the estuary may
exhibit behavioral responses that
indicate incidental take by Level B
harassment under the MMPA.
Therefore, SCWA requests authorization
to incidentally take marine mammals.
NMFS has previously issued
incidental take regulations and a
subsequent Letter of Authorization
(LOA) to SCWA for take of marine
mammals incidental to similar specified
activities (82 FR 13765; March 15,
2017). Prior to issuing the 5-year LOA,
NMFS issued multiple one-year
incidental harassment authorizations
(IHA) to SCWA, for take of marine
mammals incidental to similar specified
activities. Monitoring reports submitted
to NMFS as a condition of previouslyissued incidental take authorizations are
available online at:
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
incidental-take-authorization-sonomacounty-water-agencys-estuarymanagement-activities.
Specified Activities
SCWA plans to manage the naturallyformed barrier beach at the mouth of the
Russian River in order to minimize
potential for flooding adjacent to the
estuary and to enhance habitat for
juvenile salmonids, as well as to
conduct biological and physical
monitoring of the barrier beach and
estuary. Flood control-related breaching
of barrier beach at the mouth of the river
may include artificial breaches, as well
as construction and maintenance of a
lagoon outlet channel. The latter
activity, an alternative management
technique conducted to mitigate
impacts of flood control on rearing
habitat for Endangered Species Act
(ESA)-listed salmonids, occurs only
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from May 15 through October 15 (the
‘‘lagoon management period’’). Artificial
breaching and monitoring activities may
occur at any time during the period of
validity of the proposed regulations.
Information Solicited
Interested persons may submit
information, suggestions, and comments
concerning SCWA’s request (see
ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all
information, suggestions, and comments
related to the request during the
development of proposed regulations
governing the incidental taking of
marine mammals by SCWA, if
appropriate.
Dated: September 24, 2021.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0099]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change
of a currently approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Todd
Stephenson, 202–205–1645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
SUMMARY:
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public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: ESEA Fiscal
Waiver Requests.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0760.
Type of Review: An extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 53.
Abstract: Due to the extraordinary
circumstances created by the COVID–19
pandemic and unprecedented obstacles
students, educators, and schools faced
during the 2020–2021 school year, the
U.S. Department of Education (the
Department) offered each State
educational agency (SEA) the
opportunity to request waivers that will
afford additional fiscal flexibility for
certain funds received under the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), pursuant to the
Department’s authority under section
8401 of the ESEA. Specifically, the
Department offered a waiver for an SEA
to be able to approve a local educational
agency (LEA) to carry over more than 15
percent of its fiscal year (FY) 2020 Title
I, Part A funds (i.e., the Title I, Part A
funds that will become carryover funds
on October 1, 2021), even if the LEA has
received a waiver from its SEA to
exceed this limitation for its FY 2018 or
FY 2019 Title I, Part A funds. Second,
we also offered flexibility to each SEA
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to be able to extend for itself and its
subgrantees the period of availability of
FY 2019 funds for programs included in
the State’s consolidated State plan to
allow additional time to obligate those
funds. This extension request is for the
Title I fiscal waiver template the
Department created for grantees to
request those waivers.
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0109]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for
the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006
Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education (OCTAE), Department
of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a ravision of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Braden Goetz,
(202) 245–7405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
SUMMARY:
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assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Consolidated
Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006.
OMB Control Number: 1830–0569.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 12,632.
Abstract: This information collection
is used by the U.S. Department of
Education to gather annual performance
and financial data from eligible agencies
under the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006 as
amended by the Strengthening Career
and Technical Education for the 21st
Century Act (Pub. L. 115–224). We are
proposing to revise the ICR to remove
the option to report enrollment and
performance data via the EDFacts
system, amend the Fiscal Responsibility
section of the Narrative Performance
Report to collect additional data about
subgrants and their recipients, and to
make clarifying changes to some of the
instructions.
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Kate Mullen,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0099]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this information collection request by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Todd Stephenson, 202-205-1645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
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public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the
Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand the Department's information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the desired format. ED is soliciting
comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is
described below. The Department of Education is especially interested
in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this
collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2)
will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is
the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through the use of information
technology. Please note that written comments received in response to
this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests.
OMB Control Number: 1810-0760.
Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 53.
Abstract: Due to the extraordinary circumstances created by the
COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented obstacles students, educators, and
schools faced during the 2020-2021 school year, the U.S. Department of
Education (the Department) offered each State educational agency (SEA)
the opportunity to request waivers that will afford additional fiscal
flexibility for certain funds received under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), pursuant to the Department's
authority under section 8401 of the ESEA. Specifically, the Department
offered a waiver for an SEA to be able to approve a local educational
agency (LEA) to carry over more than 15 percent of its fiscal year (FY)
2020 Title I, Part A funds (i.e., the Title I, Part A funds that will
become carryover funds on October 1, 2021), even if the LEA has
received a waiver from its SEA to exceed this limitation for its FY
2018 or FY 2019 Title I, Part A funds. Second, we also offered
flexibility to each SEA to be able to extend for itself and its
subgrantees the period of availability of FY 2019 funds for programs
included in the State's consolidated State plan to allow additional
time to obligate those funds. This extension request is for the Title I
fiscal waiver template the Department created for grantees to request
those waivers.
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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