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Louisiana, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, to
obtain information about the justcompleted day’s fishing activity.
Respondents are asked about the time
and type of fishing, the angler’s avidity
and residence location, and details of
any catch of finfish. Species
identification, number, and size are
collected for any available landed catch.
Data collected from the APAIS are used
to estimate the catch per angler of
recreational saltwater fishers. These
APAIS estimates are combined with
estimates derived from independent but
complementary surveys of fishing effort,
the Coastal Household Telephone
Survey and the For-Hire Survey, to
estimate total, state-level fishing catch,
by species, and participation. These
estimates are used in the development,
implementation, and monitoring of
fishery management programs by the
NMFS, regional fishery management
councils, interstate marine fisheries
commissions, and state fishery agencies.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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: January 12, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–00757 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Marine Mammals; File No. 18727
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

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AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that a
permit has been issued to University of
Alaska Museum of the North, 907
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775–
6960 (Aren Gunderson, Responsible
Party), to collect, import and export
specimens of marine mammals for
scientific research.

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The permit 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.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brendan Hurley or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301) 427–8401.
On Dec 8,
2014, notice was published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 72630) that a
request for a permit to receive, import,
and export specimens of marine
mammals for scientific research
purposes had been submitted by the
above-named applicant. The requested
permit has been issued under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (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.),
the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
and threatened species (50 CFR parts
222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The permit authorizes the permit
holder to (1) import/export marine
mammal parts (bones and organ tissue
samples) from dead beach-cast
carcasses, (2) receive/archive and export
samples of marine mammals taken by
Alaskan Native subsistence hunters, and
(3) receive, import/export specimens
from scientists in academic, federal, and
state institutions involved in marine
mammal research under their own
permits. Unlimited samples from up to
2,000 pinnipeds (excluding walrus) and
600 cetaceans would be collected,
received, imported, or exported
annually. Import/export activities
would occur world-wide. No live
animals would be harassed or taken,
lethally or otherwise, under the
requested permit. The permit is valid
through December 31, 2020.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, issuance of
this permit was based on a finding that
such permit: (1) Was applied for in good
faith; (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) is consistent with the

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purposes and policies set forth in
section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; State and Local
Implementation Grant Program
Reporting Requirements
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instruments and instructions should be
sent to Michael Dame,
Telecommunications Policy Specialist,
Office of Public Safety Communications,
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4078,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at
[email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (Act, Pub. L. 112–
96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012)) was signed by
the President on February 22, 2012. The
Act meets a long-standing priority of the
Administration, as well as a critical
national infrastructure need, to create a
single, interoperable, nationwide public
safety broadband network (NPSBN) that

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will, for the first time, allow police
officers, fire fighters, emergency medical
service professionals, and other public
safety officials to effectively
communicate with each other across
agencies and jurisdictions. Public safety
workers have long been hindered in
their ability to respond in a crisis
situation because of incompatible
communications networks and often
outdated communications equipment.
The Act establishes the First Responder
Network Authority (FirstNet) as an
independent authority within NTIA and
authorizes it to take all actions
necessary to ensure the design,
construction, and operation of the
NPSBN, based on a single, national
network architecture.
FirstNet is responsible for, at a
minimum, ensuring nationwide
standards for the use of and access to
the network; issuing open, transparent,
and competitive requests for proposals
(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain
the network; encouraging these RFPs to
leverage, to the maximum extent
economically desirable, existing
commercial wireless infrastructure to
speed deployment of the network; and
overseeing contracts with non-federal
entities to build, operate, and maintain
the network.
The Act also charges NTIA with
establishing a grant program, the State
and Local Implementation Grant
Program (SLIGP), to assist state,
regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions
with identifying, planning, and
implementing the most efficient and
effective means to use and integrate the
infrastructure, equipment, and other
architecture associated with the NPSBN
to satisfy the wireless broadband and
data services needs of their
jurisdictions. The SLIGP program office
awarded $116.5 million in grant funds
to 54 active state and territorial
recipients between July 2013 and June
2014.
Moreover, the Act’s framework
contemplates that FirstNet will
coordinate its activities with state,
regional, tribal, and local governments
and imposes a statutory requirement
that FirstNet consult with these entities
as it takes all actions necessary to build,
deploy, and operate the NPSBN.
Specifically, the Act requires FirstNet to
consult with state, regional, tribal, and
local governments about the distribution
and expenditure of any amounts
required to carry out its responsibilities,
including: (i) The construction of a core
network and any radio access network
build-out; (ii) placement of towers; (iii)
coverage areas of the network; (iv)
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(v) assignment of priority to local users
and selection of entities seeking
network access; and (vi) training needs
of local users.
Additionally, the Act specifies that
these required consultations are to occur
between FirstNet and the single point of
contact that the State was required to
designate in its application for grant
funds under SLIGP or that the governor
has since designated. Thus, progress in
meeting FirstNet’s responsibilities
under the Act, including its required
consultations, is inextricably linked to
SLIGP. FirstNet must rely on NTIA to
utilize SLIGP as the principal means to
facilitate its required consultations. At
the same time, without funding
assistance from SLIGP, the states would
lack the resources to consult effectively
with FirstNet and provide it with
information needed for it to proceed
with the design and construction of a
NPSBN in an effective and timely
manner, as required by the Act.
To ensure effective grant oversight
and management, SLIGP developed a
quarterly performance progress report
(PPR) form for recipients to complete as
part of post-award monitoring
throughout the period of performance.
The PPRs are critical to the success of
the program and provide key insights
into how grant funds are being used.
Recipients are asked to report on
progress toward program priority areas,
which include stakeholders engaged,
individuals sent to broadband
conferences, staff hired, contracts
executed, governance meetings held,
and outreach materials distributed, as
well as financial expenditures by cost
category. The original approval of the
performance progress report form was
obtained on August 1, 2013, and the
current form has an expiration date of
August 31, 2016. NTIA seeks to extend
the approval of this form, with a minor
adjustment to the wording on the form
to more clearly indicate to recipients
how they are to report each measure.
Currently the form includes a line for
‘‘Stakeholder Meetings,’’ but this metric
is actually intended to capture the
number of stakeholders engaged. The
SLIGP program office proposes changing
the wording to ‘‘Stakeholders Engaged.’’
The SLIGP program office also proposes
to change the current line for
‘‘Education and Outreach Materials’’ to
‘‘Education and Outreach Materials
Distributed.’’ The proposed minor
revisions will not affect the amount of
time needed to complete the form;
rather, the proposed minor revisions
will provide more clarity to recipients
and reduce the time needed for
revisions. NTIA will use the collection
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grant recipients are effectively
monitored and evaluated against the
core purposes of the program
established by the Act. The publication
of this notice allows NTIA to begin the
process to extend the approval for the
standard three years.
II. Method of Collection
Paper format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0660–0038.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection with a minor
adjustment to the form. The minor
adjustments will not impact the time
needed to complete the form).
Affected Public: State, regional, local,
and tribal government organizations.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Number of Respondents: 54.
Average Time per Response: 12.5
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,700.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $105,246.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: January 12, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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