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be sent to the attention of Mrs. Jennifer
Hinden, National Sea Grant College
Program, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 EastWest Highway, SSMC 3, Room 11717,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Jennifer Hinden, National Sea Grant
College Program or Jennifer.Hinden@
noaa.gov. If you need additional
assistance, call 301–734–1088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Established by Section 209 of the Act
and as amended the National Sea Grant
College Program Amendments Act of
2008 (Pub. L. 110–394), the duties of the
Board are as follows:
(1) In general. The Board shall advise
the Secretary and the National Sea Grant
College Program Director (Director)
concerning:
(A) Strategies for utilizing the Sea
Grant College Program to address the
Nation’s highest priorities regarding the
understanding, assessment,
development, management, utilization,
and conservation of ocean, coastal, and
Great Lakes resources;
(B) The designation of Sea Grant
Colleges and Sea Grant Institutes; and
(C) Such other matters as the
Secretary refers to the Board for review
and advice.
(2) Biennial Report. The Board shall
report to the Congress every two years
on the state of the National Sea Grant
College Program. The Board shall
indicate in each such report the progress
made toward meeting the priorities
identified in the strategic plan in effect
under section 204(c). The Secretary
shall make available to the Board such
information, personnel, and
administrative services and assistance
as it may reasonably require to carry out
its duties under this title.
The Board shall consist of 15 voting
members who will be appointed by the
Secretary for a 4-year term. The Director
and a director of a Sea Grant program
who is elected by the various directors
of Sea Grant programs shall serve as
nonvoting members of the Board. Not
less than 8 of the voting members of the
Board shall be individuals who, by
reason of knowledge, experience, or
training, are especially qualified in one
or more of the disciplines and fields
included in marine science. The other
voting members shall be individuals
who, by reason of knowledge,
experience, or training, are especially
qualified in, or representative of,
education, marine affairs and resource
management, coastal management,
extension services, State government,
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other activity which is appropriate to,
and important for, any effort to enhance
the understanding, assessment,
development, management, utilization,
or conservation of ocean, coastal, and
Great Lakes resources. No individual is
eligible to be a voting member of the
Board if the individual is (A) the
director of a Sea Grant College or Sea
Grant Institute; (B) an applicant for, or
beneficiary (as determined by the
Secretary) of, any grant or contract
under section 205 [33 USCS § 1124]; or
(C) a full-time officer or employee of the
United States.
Individuals Selected for Federal
Advisory Committee Membership: Upon
selection and agreement to serve on the
National Sea Grant Advisory Board, you
become a Special Government
Employee (SGE) of the United States
Government. According to 18 U.S.C.
202(a), an SGE is an officer or employee
of an agency who is retained,
designated, appointed, or employed to
perform temporary duties, with or
without compensation, not to exceed
130 days during any period of 365
consecutive days, either on a fulltime or
intermittent basis. Please be aware that
after the selection process is complete,
applicants selected to serve on the
Board must complete the following
actions before they can be appointed as
a Board member:
(a) Security clearance (on-line
background security check process and
fingerprinting), and other applicable
forms, both conducted through NOAA
Workforce Management; and (b)
Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report—As an SGE, you are required to
file a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report annually to avoid involvement in
a real or apparent conflict of interest.
You may find the Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report at the following Web
site. http://www.oge.gov/Forms-Library/
OGE-Form-450-Confidential-FinancialDisclosure-Report/.
Dated: July 9, 2015.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Southeast Region Permit Family
of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 13,409.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 5,836.
Needs and Uses: The collection
consists of vessel and dealer permits
that are part of the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) program to
manage fisheries in the Southeast
Region. The fisheries in the Southeast
Region are managed under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) (16 U.S.C. 1801) and regulations
at 50 CFR part 622, 50 CFR part 635 and
50 CFR prt 300. NMFS issues permits to
fishing vessels and dealers in order to
collect information necessary to comply
with domestic and international
fisheries obligations, secure compliance
with regulations, and disseminate
necessary information.
This revision would amend the
‘‘Federal Permit Application for Vessels
Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ)’’ to add the collection of an
International Maritime Organization/
Lloyd’s Registry (IMO/LR) number to
the permit application for commercial
HMS vessels ≥20 meters (65′7″) in
length that are obtaining or renewing a
HMS limited access permit, including
the Atlantic tuna longline, shark
incidental, shark directed, swordfish
incidental, swordfish directed, and
swordfish handgear permits. The
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
approved a recommendation (13–13) for
Contracting Parties to require
commercial vessels ≥20 meters (65′7″) in
length to obtain an IMO/LR number
from IHS/Fairplay by no later than
January 1, 2016. Permit applications
that do not contain the required
supporting documents will be
considered incomplete.
This revision would also change the
Report for the Deposit or Harvest of
Aquacultured Live Rock by adding
language to the instructions,
specifically, ‘‘If not originally approved,
then provide a new sample of rock,’’
adding the USCG documentation
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the primary vessel the permit is used
on, changing the wording in the
instructions for the box describing the
deposited material to include the ‘‘type
and specific geographic origin’’ of the
material, and adding a yes/no check box
for whether a sample of the deposit
material has been provided to NMFS.
Also, this revision removes the
responses, time and cost burden
associated with the South Atlantic rock
shrimp VMS requirement and transfers
those responses, time and cost burden to
the OMB Control No. 0648–0544
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: July 9, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.

Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shannon Gleason
at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 10, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 14534

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AGENCY:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
amendment.

RIN 0648–XE048

SUMMARY:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:

The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
Electronic Monitoring Workgroup
(EMWG) will meet in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meetings will be held July
30–31st, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Coast International Inn, 3450
Aviation Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Evans, Council staff; phone: (907)
271–2809.
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agenda will include: (a) Discussion of
2015 research results; (b) discussion of
the draft 2016 EM pre-implementation
proposal; (c) update on budget; (d)
discussion of EM research on pot cod
vessels; (e) any other business. The
Agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted at http://
www.npfmc.org/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Notice is hereby given that
NOAA’s Office of Science and
Technology, Silver Spring, MD,
(Brandon Southall, Ph.D.—Principal
Investigator) has been issued a minor
amendment to Scientific Research
Permit No. 14534–02.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Courtney Smith or Howard Goldstein,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and
the regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
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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 through 226).
The original permit (No. 14534),
issued on July 2, 2010 (75 FR 39665)
through June 30, 2015 authorized
research on a variety of marine
mammals, and involves temporarily
attaching individual recording tags to
measure vocalization, diving and other
behaviors, and physiological parameters
before, during, and after carefully
controlled exposures of sound in
conventional playback experiments. The
research is focused in the waters within
the U.S. Navy’s Southern California
Range Complex, and primarily near the
vicinity of San Clemente Island. A
minor amendment to the permit (No.
14534–01) was issued on August 30,
2010 to combine long-beaked common
dolphins and short-beaked common
dolphins into a single ‘‘unidentified
common dolphin’’ category for takes by
harassment incidental to the playbacks.
A second, major amendment (No.
14534–02) was issued on May 14, 2012
(77 FR 33199) that added endangered
humpback whales (Megaptera
novaengliae) as an additional focal
species for tagging and intentional
exposure to sound playbacks with
associated behavioral observations. The
amendment also increased the number
of non-ESA listed minke whales
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and killer
whales (Orcinus orca) that may be
harassed annually.
The current minor amendment (No.
14534–03) extends the duration of the
permit through June 30, 2016, but does
not change any other terms or
conditions of the permit.
Dated: July 9, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Designation of
Fishery Management Council Members
and Application for Reinstatement of
State Authority
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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