Approval of a Boundary Expansion for the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 41946 [2024-10462]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 2024 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Approval of a Boundary Expansion for
the Narragansett Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Transshipment Requirements
Under the WCPFC
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice of approval; notice of
availability.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Coastal Zone Management Act and its
implementing regulations, notice is
hereby given that NOAA’s Office for
Coastal Management approves a 103acre, one parcel boundary expansion for
the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Prudence Island,
Rhode Island. Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act, NOAA
prepared a draft environmental
assessment (draft EA) to analyze the
effects of the requested expansion and
solicited public comment on the draft
EA. NOAA determined that the
boundary expansion would not have
significant environmental effects.
Therefore, after considering the
comments it received, NOAA issued a
final environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact
(FONSI).
SUMMARY:
The final environmental
assessment and FONSI can be
downloaded or viewed at
coast.noaa.gov/czm/compliance/. The
documents are also available by sending
a written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Betsy Nicholson of NOAA’s Office for
Coastal Management, by email at
betsy.nicholson@noaa.gov, phone at
(339) 234–6965 (Google Voice), or mail
at 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 15 CFR 921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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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 February 2,
2024 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: Transshipment Requirements
under the WCPFC.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0649.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission;
extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 203.
Average Hours per Response: 0–1
hour per collection item.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 959
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection. National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued
regulations under authority of the
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Convention Implementation Act
(WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to
carry out the obligations of the United
States under the Convention on the
Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(Convention), including implementing
the decisions of the Commission for the
Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(WCPFC or Commission). The
regulations include requirements for the
owners and operators of U.S. vessels to:
(1) complete and submit a Pacific
Transshipment Declaration form for
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each transshipment that takes place in
the area of application of the
Convention (Convention Area) of highly
migratory species caught in the
Convention Area, (2) submit notice to
the WCPFC Executive Director
containing specific information at least
36 hours prior to each transshipment on
the high seas in the Convention Area
and within 12 hours after each
emergency transshipment in the
Convention Area, (3) in the event that a
vessel anticipates a transshipment
where an observer is required, provide
notice to NMFS at least 72 hours before
leaving port of the need for an observer,
(4) complete and submit a U.S. Purse
Seine Discard form within 48 hours
after any discard, (5) submit daily purse
seine fishing effort reports; (6) submit a
notice to a contact designated by NMFS
in the event of a serious illness, assault,
harassment, intimidation or threat to a
WCPFC observer; and (7) submit notice
to obtain a WCPFC observer for a purse
seine vessel departing from American
Samoa.
The information collected from these
requirements is used by NOAA and the
Commission to help ensure compliance
with domestic laws and the
Commission’s conservation and
management measures, and are
necessary in order for the United States
to satisfy its obligations under the
Convention. There are no changes to
this collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: WCPFCIA; 16 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.
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 0648–0649.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Approval of a Boundary Expansion for the Narragansett Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval; notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Coastal Zone Management Act and its
implementing regulations, notice is hereby given that NOAA's Office for
Coastal Management approves a 103-acre, one parcel boundary expansion
for the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in
Prudence Island, Rhode Island. Pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act, NOAA prepared a draft environmental assessment (draft EA)
to analyze the effects of the requested expansion and solicited public
comment on the draft EA. NOAA determined that the boundary expansion
would not have significant environmental effects. Therefore, after
considering the comments it received, NOAA issued a final environmental
assessment and finding of no significant impact (FONSI).
ADDRESSES: The final environmental assessment and FONSI can be
downloaded or viewed at coast.noaa.gov/czm/compliance/. The documents
are also available by sending a written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Nicholson of NOAA's Office for
Coastal Management, by email at [email protected], phone at
(339) 234-6965 (Google Voice), or mail at 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 15 CFR
921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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