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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; West Coast Region Permit
Family of Forms
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 October 15,
2021 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: West Coast Region Permit
Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0204.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(Revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,459.
Average Hours 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; exempted
fishing permit requests; 60 minutes;
letters of acknowledgement—420
minutes; exempted educational activity
authorization—420 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 198
hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
a revision and extension to the existing
reporting requirements of the collection
of information West Coast Region
Family of Forms (0648–0204). In
addition to the extension of West Coast
Region Family of Forms (0648–0204)
this request includes a revision to this
collection. The revision will include the
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addition of Letters of Authorization
(LOA) and Exempted Educational
Activity Authorizations (EEAA).
Currently, LOAs and EEAAs are part of
ICR Scientific Research, Exempted
Fishing, and Exempted Educational
Activity Submissions (0648–0309).
Originally this information was
collected under information collection
0648–0309 which included all the
Exempted Fishing Permit’s (EFPs),
EEAAs, and LOAs for all NOAA regions.
Beginning in November 2021, these
collections will be maintained by each
regional office. Therefore, this notice
proposes to combine the relevant
collection information from 0648–0309
with the West Coast Region’s (WCR)
information collection 0648–0204.
The WCR Permits Office administers
permits required for persons
participating in Federally-managed
fisheries off the West Coast under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Section 303(b)(1) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifically
authorizes the establishment of permit
requirements. Almost all international,
federal, state, and local fishery
management authorities use permits as
part of their management systems.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)
established regional fishery
management councils, including the
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Pacific Council), to develop fishery
management plans (FMP) for fisheries in
the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
These plans, if approved by the
Secretary of Commerce, are
implemented by Federal regulations,
which are enforced by the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and
the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), in
cooperation with State agencies to the
extent possible. FMPs are intended to
regulate fishing for stocks to prevent
overfishing and achieve the optimum
yield from the fisheries for the benefit
of the U.S. The Pacific Council has
prepared FMPs for the coastal pelagic
species (CPS) fishery and Pacific Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) off the U.S.
West Coast. Each of these FMPs created
permit programs which are
administered by the WCR, NMFS.
There are two types of regulatory
permits: Open access fishery permits
and limited entry permits for selected
fisheries. Open access permits are used
in all fisheries where there are no
specific limitations or eligibility criteria
for entry to the fishery. Limited entry
permits are used to prevent
overcapitalization or address other
management goals in the fishery and are
issued to applicants for fishing activities
that would otherwise be prohibited
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under a fisheries management plan.
Applicants for both open access and
limited entry permits are required to
submit applications to obtain these
permits but are not required to submit
reports on their fishing activities under
these permits.
Applicants for an EFP must submit
written information that allows NOAA
Fisheries and the Pacific Council to
evaluate the proposed exempted fishing
project activities and weigh the benefits
and costs of the proposed activities. The
Pacific Council makes a
recommendation on each EFP
application and for successful
applicants, NOAA Fisheries issues the
EFP which contains terms and
conditions for the project including
various reporting requirements. The
information included in an application
is specified at 50 CFR 600.745(b)(2) and
the Pacific Council Operating Procedure
#19. Permit holders are required to file
preseason harvest plans, interim and/or
final summary reports on the results of
the project, and in some cases
individual vessels and other permit
holders are required to provide data
reports (i.e., logbooks and/or catch
reports). The results of EFPs are
commonly used to explore ways to
reduce effort on depressed stocks,
encourage innovation and efficiency in
the fishery, and provide access to
constrained stocks by directly
measuring the bycatch associated with
current and proposed management
measures. LOAs and EEAAs were
historically collected under OMB
control number 0648–0309. To reduce
burden estimates, NMFS Headquarters
proposes to move LOAs and EEAAs to
their respective region’s permit familyof-forms collections. NMFS may grant
exemptions from fishery regulations for
educational or other activities (e.g.,
using nonregulation gear). An EEAA is
a permit issued by the Regional Office
to accredited educational institutions
that authorize, for educational purposes,
the target or incidental harvest of
species managed under a fisheries
management plan or fishery regulations
that would otherwise be prohibited.
EEAAs are generally of limited scope
and duration and authorize the take of
the amount of fish necessary to
demonstrate the lesson. Researchers are
requested to submit reports of their
scientific research activity after its
completion. LOAs are required under
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of
1972 for the incidental take of marine
mammals during fisheries surveys and
related research activities conducted by
the Northwest Fisheries Science Center
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(NWFSC), NMFS. Management of
certain marine mammals falls under the
jurisdiction of the NMFS under the
MMPA and Endangered Species Act
(ESA) and mechanisms exist under both
the MMPA and ESA to assess the effect
of incidental takings and to authorize
appropriate levels of take.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: HMS permits—biennial;
CPS—biennial; DGN LE—annual; EFP—
biennial; DGN LE Designation Request—
annual; DGN LE Exemption Request—
annual; Appeals—annual; LOA—
annual; EEAA—annual.
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.
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 0648–0204.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Proposed Additions
and Deletions
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to and
deletions from the Procurement List.
AGENCY:
The Committee is proposing
to add product(s) and service(s) to the
Procurement List that will be furnished
by nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other
severe disabilities, and deletes service(s)
previously furnished by such agencies.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before: January 16, 2022.
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SUMMARY:
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Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or to submit
comments contact: Michael R.
Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404,
or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published pursuant to 41
U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its
purpose is to provide interested persons
an opportunity to submit comments on
the proposed actions.
ADDRESSES:
Additions
If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice will be required to procure the
product(s) and service(s) listed below
from nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other
severe disabilities.
The following product(s) and
service(s) are proposed for addition to
the Procurement List for production by
the nonprofit agencies listed:
Product(s)
NSN(s)—Product Name(s):
MR 10808—Ice Cream Bowl, Includes
Shipper 20808
Designated Source of Supply: Winston-Salem
Industries for the Blind, Inc., WinstonSalem, NC
Contracting Activity: Military Resale-Defense
Commissary Agency
Mandatory for: The requirements of military
commissaries and exchanges in
accordance with the 41 CFR 51–6.4
Distribution: C-List
Service(s)
Service Type: Logistics Support Service
Mandatory for: U.S. Coast Guard, Surface
Forces Logistics Center, Baltimore, MD
Designated Source of Supply: Chimes District
of Columbia, Baltimore, MD
Contracting Activity: U.S. COAST GUARD,
SFLC PROCUREMENT BRANCH
3(00040)
Service Type: Custodial Service
Mandatory for: USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Juneau Forestry Sciences Lab,
Juneau, AK
Designated Source of Supply: REACH, Inc.,
Juneau, AK
Contracting Activity: FOREST SERVICE,
USDA–FS, CSA NORTHWEST 4
Service Type: Storage, Management and
Fulfillment of Personal Protective
Equipment Safety Stock
Mandatory for: Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC
Designated Source of Supply: LC Industries,
Inc. in Durham, NC
Contracting Activity: Department of
Homeland Security, Departmental
Operations Acquisitions Division,
Washington, DC.
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Note: The proposed service listed
immediately above originally appeared
on December 10, 2021 but contains a
correction to note the Designated Source
of Supply. The due date for comments
remains on or before January 8, 2022.
Deletions
The following service(s) are proposed
for deletion from the Procurement List:
Service(s)
Service Type: Administrative Services
Mandatory for: Internal Revenue Service
Mailroom: 1100 Commerce Street,
Dallas, TX
Designated Source of Supply: Dallas
Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc., Dallas, TX
Contracting Activity: TREASURY,
DEPARTMENT OF THE, DEPT OF
TREAS/
Service Type: Administrative Services
Mandatory for: Internal Revenue Service
Collections Department: 1100 Commerce
Street, Dallas, TX
Designated Source of Supply: Dallas
Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc., Dallas, TX
Contracting Activity: TREASURY,
DEPARTMENT OF THE, DEPT OF
TREAS/
Michael R. Jurkowski,
Acting Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021–27353 Filed 12–16–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per
Diem Rates
Defense Human Resources
Activity, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of revised per diem rates
in non-foreign areas outside the
continental U.S.
AGENCY:
Defense Human Resources
Activity (DHRA) publishes this Civilian
Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number
319. Bulletin Number 319 lists current
per diem rates prescribed for
reimbursement of subsistence expenses
while on official Government travel to
Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the
United States. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
lodging rate review resulted in a
seasonal rate change for the Isle of
Oahu, Hawaii. All other rates remain the
same.
DATES: The updated rates take effect
December 17, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Shelly Greendyk, 571–372–1249,
shelly.l.greendyk.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document notifies the public of
SUMMARY:
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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; West Coast Region Permit Family of Forms
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 October 15, 2021 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: West Coast Region Permit Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0204.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (Revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,459.
Average Hours 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; exempted fishing
permit requests; 60 minutes; letters of acknowledgement--420 minutes;
exempted educational activity authorization--420 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 198 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a revision and extension to
the existing reporting requirements of the collection of information
West Coast Region Family of Forms (0648-0204). In addition to the
extension of West Coast Region Family of Forms (0648-0204) this request
includes a revision to this collection. The revision will include the
addition of Letters of Authorization (LOA) and Exempted Educational
Activity Authorizations (EEAA). Currently, LOAs and EEAAs are part of
ICR Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Educational
Activity Submissions (0648-0309).
Originally this information was collected under information
collection 0648-0309 which included all the Exempted Fishing Permit's
(EFPs), EEAAs, and LOAs for all NOAA regions. Beginning in November
2021, these collections will be maintained by each regional office.
Therefore, this notice proposes to combine the relevant collection
information from 0648-0309 with the West Coast Region's (WCR)
information collection 0648-0204.
The WCR Permits Office administers permits required for persons
participating in Federally-managed fisheries off the West Coast under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management act, 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq. Section 303(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifically
authorizes the establishment of permit requirements. Almost all
international, federal, state, and local fishery management authorities
use permits as part of their management systems.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) established regional fishery
management councils, including the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Pacific Council), to develop fishery management plans (FMP) for
fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These plans, if
approved by the Secretary of Commerce, are implemented by Federal
regulations, which are enforced by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), in cooperation with
State agencies to the extent possible. FMPs are intended to regulate
fishing for stocks to prevent overfishing and achieve the optimum yield
from the fisheries for the benefit of the U.S. The Pacific Council has
prepared FMPs for the coastal pelagic species (CPS) fishery and Pacific
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) off the U.S. West Coast. Each of these
FMPs created permit programs which are administered by the WCR, NMFS.
There are two types of regulatory permits: Open access fishery
permits and limited entry permits for selected fisheries. Open access
permits are used in all fisheries where there are no specific
limitations or eligibility criteria for entry to the fishery. Limited
entry permits are used to prevent overcapitalization or address other
management goals in the fishery and are issued to applicants for
fishing activities that would otherwise be prohibited under a fisheries
management plan. Applicants for both open access and limited entry
permits are required to submit applications to obtain these permits but
are not required to submit reports on their fishing activities under
these permits.
Applicants for an EFP must submit written information that allows
NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific Council to evaluate the proposed
exempted fishing project activities and weigh the benefits and costs of
the proposed activities. The Pacific Council makes a recommendation on
each EFP application and for successful applicants, NOAA Fisheries
issues the EFP which contains terms and conditions for the project
including various reporting requirements. The information included in
an application is specified at 50 CFR 600.745(b)(2) and the Pacific
Council Operating Procedure #19. Permit holders are required to file
preseason harvest plans, interim and/or final summary reports on the
results of the project, and in some cases individual vessels and other
permit holders are required to provide data reports (i.e., logbooks
and/or catch reports). The results of EFPs are commonly used to explore
ways to reduce effort on depressed stocks, encourage innovation and
efficiency in the fishery, and provide access to constrained stocks by
directly measuring the bycatch associated with current and proposed
management measures. LOAs and EEAAs were historically collected under
OMB control number 0648-0309. To reduce burden estimates, NMFS
Headquarters proposes to move LOAs and EEAAs to their respective
region's permit family-of-forms collections. NMFS may grant exemptions
from fishery regulations for educational or other activities (e.g.,
using nonregulation gear). An EEAA is a permit issued by the Regional
Office to accredited educational institutions that authorize, for
educational purposes, the target or incidental harvest of species
managed under a fisheries management plan or fishery regulations that
would otherwise be prohibited. EEAAs are generally of limited scope and
duration and authorize the take of the amount of fish necessary to
demonstrate the lesson. Researchers are requested to submit reports of
their scientific research activity after its completion. LOAs are
required under Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) of 1972 for the incidental take of marine mammals during
fisheries surveys and related research activities conducted by the
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
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(NWFSC), NMFS. Management of certain marine mammals falls under the
jurisdiction of the NMFS under the MMPA and Endangered Species Act
(ESA) and mechanisms exist under both the MMPA and ESA to assess the
effect of incidental takings and to authorize appropriate levels of
take.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: HMS permits--biennial; CPS--biennial; DGN LE--annual;
EFP--biennial; DGN LE Designation Request--annual; DGN LE Exemption
Request--annual; Appeals--annual; LOA--annual; EEAA--annual.
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.
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 0648-0204.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-27381 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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