Marine Mammals; File No. 25943, 57414 [2021-22539]
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Type of Review: Regular submission
(Revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
787.
Estimated Time per Response: Highly
Migratory Species (Paper), New—20
minutes; Highly Migratory Species
(Online), New—15 minutes; HMS Paper;
Renew—10 minutes; HMS Online,
Renew—5 minutes ; CPS Renewal—10
minutes; CPS Transfer—30 minutes; LE
DGN Renew—10 minutes; LE DGN
Transfer—30 minutes; LE DGN
Designation Request—30 minutes; LE
DGN Exemption Request—30 minutes;
Appeals—240 minutes; Scientific
research plans—13 hours; scientific
research reports—7 hours exempted
fishing permit requests; 60 minutes,
exempted fishing permit reports, 4.5
hours; exempted educational requests, 5
hours; exempted educational reports,
2.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 197.2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $13,331.00.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain a permit. Keep a valid vessel
permit while fishing and provide
accurate data on forms.
Legal Authority: MSA.MMPA, ESA.
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
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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
[RTID 0648–XB509]
Marine Mammals; File No. 25943
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Stephen John Trumble, Ph.D., Baylor
University, 101 Bagby Ave., Waco, TX
76706, has applied in due form for a
permit to import, export, and receive
parts from cetaceans for scientific
research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 25943 from the list of
available applications. These documents
are also available upon written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 25943 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth
the specific reasons why a hearing on
this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Jennifer
Skidmore, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
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part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant proposes to import,
export, and receive cetacean parts for
scientific research to chronologically
profile anthropogenic contaminants,
physiological stress, and reproductive
hormones from cetaceans to determine
influence of anthropogenic and
environmental stressors. Parts from up
to 100 individuals of each of the
following species may be obtained
annually: Blue (Balaenoptera
musculus), bowhead (Balaena
mysticetus), Bryde’s (B. edeni), fin (B.
physalus), gray (Eschrichtius robustus),
humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae),
minke (B. acutorostrata), North Atlantic
right (Eubalaena glacialis), North Pacific
right (E. japonica), Rice’s (Balaenoptera
ricei), sei (B. borealis), Southern right (E.
australis), and sperm (Physeter
macrocephalus) whales, and
unidentified cetaceans. The requested
duration of the permit is five years.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: October 12, 2021.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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ACTION: Notice of membership of the
NOAA Performance Review Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB509]
Marine Mammals; File No. 25943
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Stephen John Trumble, Ph.D.,
Baylor University, 101 Bagby Ave., Waco, TX 76706, has applied in due
form for a permit to import, export, and receive parts from cetaceans
for scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File
No. 25943 from the list of available applications. These documents are
also available upon written request via email to
[email protected].
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to [email protected]. Please include File No. 25943 in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to [email protected]. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Jennifer
Skidmore, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations governing the taking
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
The applicant proposes to import, export, and receive cetacean
parts for scientific research to chronologically profile anthropogenic
contaminants, physiological stress, and reproductive hormones from
cetaceans to determine influence of anthropogenic and environmental
stressors. Parts from up to 100 individuals of each of the following
species may be obtained annually: Blue (Balaenoptera musculus), bowhead
(Balaena mysticetus), Bryde's (B. edeni), fin (B. physalus), gray
(Eschrichtius robustus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), minke (B.
acutorostrata), North Atlantic right (Eubalaena glacialis), North
Pacific right (E. japonica), Rice's (Balaenoptera ricei), sei (B.
borealis), Southern right (E. australis), and sperm (Physeter
macrocephalus) whales, and unidentified cetaceans. The requested
duration of the permit is five years.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: October 12, 2021.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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