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Under the fee percentage formula
described above, the estimated
percentage of direct program costs to
fishery value for the 2024 calendar year
is 0.24 percent for the AFA inshore
sector. To calculate the 2024 fee
liabilities, NMFS applied the respective
fee percentages to the landings of Bering
Sea pollock debited from each
cooperative’s fishery allocation that
occurred between January 1 and
December 31. The 2024 fee payments
must be submitted to NMFS on or before
December 31, 2024. Payment must be
made in accordance with the payment
methods set forth in § 679.66(a)(4)(iv).
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AIP Program Standard Price and Fee
Percentage
The AIP Program allocates the
Aleutian Islands directed pollock
fishery TAC to the Aleut Corporation,
consistent with the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108–109) and implementing regulations.
Annually, prior to the start of the
pollock season, the Aleut Corporation
provides NMFS with the identity of its
designated representative for harvesting
the Aleutian Islands directed pollock
fishery TAC. The same individual is
responsible for the submission of all
cost recovery fees for pollock landed
under the AIP Program. Cost recovery
requirements for the AIP Program are at
§ 679.67.
NMFS calculates the standard price
for pollock using the most recent annual
value information reported to the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game for the
Commercial Operator’s Annual Report
and compiled in the Alaska Commercial
Fisheries Entry Commission Gross
Earnings data for Aleutian Islands
pollock. As explained above, due to the
time required to compile the data, there
is a 1-year delay between the gross
earnings data year and the fishing year
to which it is applied.
For the 2024 fishing year, the Aleut
Corporation did not select any
participants to harvest or process the
Aleutian Islands directed pollock
fishery TAC, and most of that TAC was
reallocated to the Bering Sea directed
pollock fishery TAC. Since there was no
fishery for the AIP Program in 2024, the
fee percentage is zero.
CDQ Standard Price and Fee Percentage
The CDQ Program was implemented
in 1992 to provide access to BSAI
fishery resources to villages located in
Western Alaska. Section 305(i) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act identifies 65
villages eligible to participate in the
CDQ Program and the six CDQ groups
to represent these villages. CDQ groups
receive exclusive harvesting privileges
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of the TACs for a broad range of crab
species, groundfish species, and halibut.
NMFS implemented a CDQ cost
recovery program for the BSAI crab
fisheries in 2005 (70 FR 10174, March
2, 2005) and published the cost recovery
fee percentage for the 2023/2024 crab
fishing year on July 2, 2024 (89 FR
54785). This notice provides the cost
recovery fee percentage for the CDQ
Program with respect to groundfish and
halibut. Each CDQ group is subject to
cost recovery fee requirements and the
designated representative of each CDQ
group is responsible for submitting
payment for their CDQ group. Cost
recovery requirements for the CDQ
Program are at § 679.33.
For most CDQ groundfish species,
NMFS annually summarizes volume
and value information for landings of all
fishery species subject to cost recovery
in order to estimate a standard price for
each fishery species. The volume and
value information are obtained from the
First Wholesale Volume and Value
Report and the Pacific Cod Ex-Vessel
Volume and Value Report. For CDQ
halibut and fixed-gear sablefish, NMFS
calculates the standard prices using
information from the Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) Ex-Vessel Volume and
Value Report, which collects
information on both IFQ and CDQ
volume and value.
Using the fee percentage formula
described above, the estimated
percentage of direct program costs to
fishery value for the 2024 calendar year
is 1.38 percent for the CDQ Program. For
2024, NMFS applied the calculated CDQ
fee percentage to all CDQ groundfish
and halibut landings made between
January 1 and December 31 to calculate
the CDQ fee liability for each CDQ
group. The 2024 fee payments must be
submitted to NMFS on or before
December 31, 2024. Payment must be
made in accordance with the payment
methods set forth in § 679.33(a)(3)(iv).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 26, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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; Report of Whaling
Operations
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 July 17,
2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Report of Whaling Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0311.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information].
Number of Respondents: 95 (There are
approx.165 whaling captains, but many
of them do not strike or land a whale in
any given year).
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes for reports on whales struck or
on recovery of dead whales, including
providing the information to the Native
American whaling organization; 1 hour
for the Native American whaling
organization to type in each report; and
21⁄2 hours for the Native American
whaling organization to consolidate and
submit reports.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 61.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection. Native Americans may
conduct certain aboriginal subsistence
whaling under the Whaling Convention
Act in accordance with the provisions of
the International Whaling Commission
(IWC). In order to respond to obligations
under the International Convention for
the Regulation of Whaling, the IWC, and
the Whaling Convention Act, whaling
captains participating in these
operations must submit certain
information to the Native American
whaling organization about strikes and
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catch of whales. Anyone retrieving a
dead whale is also required to report.
Captains must place a distinctive
permanent identification mark on any
harpoon, lance, or explosive dart used,
as well as provide information on the
mark and self-identification
information. The Native American
whaling organization receives the
reports, compiles them, and submits the
information to NOAA. The information
is used to monitor the hunt and to
ensure that quotas are not exceeded.
The information is also provided to the
IWC, which uses it to monitor
compliance with its requirements.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Reporting by whaling
captains occurs after each strike or
landing and is submitted to the Native
American whaling organization. The
Native American whaling organization
may submit interim reports every month
and additionally once at the end of each
hunting season (Spring and Fall).
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Whaling Convention
Act (16 U.S.C. 916–9161).
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 0648–0311.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental 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
[RTID 0648–XE498]
Marine Mammals; File No. 28229
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice; receipt of application.
Notice is hereby given that
Humble Bee Films (Responsible Party:
Natasha Busjeet), 8 Elmdale Road,
Bristol, BS8 1SL, United Kingdom, has
applied in due form for a permit to
conduct commercial and educational
photography on humpback whales
(Megaptera novaeangliae).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before December 30,
2024.
DATES:
These documents are
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. 28229 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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Hubard or Erin Markin, Ph.D.,
(301) 427–8401.
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.) and the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
The applicant proposes to film up to
540 humpback whales annually in the
Auau Channel, Hawaii. Filming may
occur from vessels, unmanned aircraft
systems, and underwater divers. Fifty
bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and 50
spinner (Stenella longirostris) dolphins
may be filmed while interacting with
humpback whales. Footage will be used
for an episode of a natural history
television series. The permit would be
valid through April 2026.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: November 22, 2024.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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; Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Individual Bluefin Tuna
Quota Tracking and Appeals
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 July 16,
2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Individual Bluefin Tuna Quota
Tracking and Appeals.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0677.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(request for extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 240.
Average Hours per Response: 12
minutes for initial application for IBQ
account, 15 minutes per IBQ allocation
lease, and 15 minutes per IBQ Cost
Recovery.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 96.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
renewal and extension of a currently
approved information collection. Under
the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is responsible for management
of the Nation’s marine fisheries. NMFS
must also promulgate regulations, as
necessary and appropriate, to carry out
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[FR Doc No: 2024-27984]
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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; Report of Whaling Operations
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 July 17, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Report of Whaling Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0311.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information].
Number of Respondents: 95 (There are approx.165 whaling captains,
but many of them do not strike or land a whale in any given year).
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for reports on whales struck
or on recovery of dead whales, including providing the information to
the Native American whaling organization; 1 hour for the Native
American whaling organization to type in each report; and 2\1/2\ hours
for the Native American whaling organization to consolidate and submit
reports.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 61.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection. Native Americans may conduct certain aboriginal
subsistence whaling under the Whaling Convention Act in accordance with
the provisions of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). In order
to respond to obligations under the International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling, the IWC, and the Whaling Convention Act, whaling
captains participating in these operations must submit certain
information to the Native American whaling organization about strikes
and
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catch of whales. Anyone retrieving a dead whale is also required to
report. Captains must place a distinctive permanent identification mark
on any harpoon, lance, or explosive dart used, as well as provide
information on the mark and self-identification information. The Native
American whaling organization receives the reports, compiles them, and
submits the information to NOAA. The information is used to monitor the
hunt and to ensure that quotas are not exceeded. The information is
also provided to the IWC, which uses it to monitor compliance with its
requirements.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Reporting by whaling captains occurs after each strike
or landing and is submitted to the Native American whaling
organization. The Native American whaling organization may submit
interim reports every month and additionally once at the end of each
hunting season (Spring and Fall).
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Whaling Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 916-9161).
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 0648-0311.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-27984 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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