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meeting, the International Trade
Administration may conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers. Speakers are
requested to submit a written copy of
their prepared remarks by 5:00 p.m.
EDT on Thursday, June 23, 2016, for
inclusion in the meeting records and for
circulation to the members of the Travel
and Tourism Advisory Board.
In addition, any member of the public
may submit pertinent written comments
concerning the Board’s affairs at any
time before or after the meeting.
Comments may be submitted to Li Zhou
at the contact information indicated
above. To be considered during the
meeting, comments must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday,
June 23, 2016, to ensure transmission to
the Board prior to the meeting.
Comments received after that date and
time will be distributed to the members
but may not be considered on the call.
Copies of Board meeting minutes will be
available within 90 days of the meeting.
Dated: June 6, 2016.
Li Zhou,
Executive Secretary, United States Travel and
Tourism Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 2016–13775 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Coast
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program Permit and License
Information Collection
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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 August 9, 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

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copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Sarah Towne, NMFS West
Coast Region, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Seattle, WA 98103, (206) 526–4140, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) requests comments on the
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the West
Coast Region’s Pacific Coast Groundfish
Trawl Rationalization Program.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., provides that the
Secretary of Commerce is responsible
for the conservation and management of
marine fisheries resources in the
Exclusive Economic Zone (3–200 miles)
of the United States. NMFS West Coast
Region manages the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) off of
Washington, Oregon, and California
under the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan.
In January 2011, NMFS implemented
a trawl rationalization program, which
is a catch share program, for the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl
Fishery. The program was implemented
through Amendments 20 and 21 to the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan and the
corresponding implementing
regulations at 50 CFR part 660.
Amendment 20 established the trawl
rationalization program that consists of:
an individual fishing quota (IFQ)
program for the shorebased trawl fleet
(including whiting and nonwhiting
sectors), and cooperative programs for
the at-sea mothership and catcher/
processor trawl fleets (whiting only).
Amendment 21 set long-term allocations
for the limited entry trawl sectors of
certain groundfish species.
Under the trawl rationalization
program, new permits, accounts,
endorsements and licenses were
established. These consist of: Quota
share (QS) permits/accounts, vessel
accounts, first receiver site licenses,
mothership endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, mothership
catcher vessel endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, catcher/
processor endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, a
mothership cooperative permit, and a
catcher/processor cooperative permit.
NMFS collects information from
program participants required to: (1)
Establish new permits, accounts, and
licenses; (2) renew permits, accounts,
and licenses; (3) allow trading of QS

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percentages and quota pounds (QP) in
online QS and vessel accounts, and
allow transfer of catch history
assignments between limited entry trawl
permits; (4) track compliance with
program control limits; and (5)
implement other features of the
regulations pertaining to permits and
licenses. NMFS requests comments on
the extension of these permit
information collections.
As part of this request, NMFS plans
to remove the notary requirement on all
of our forms in this collection, which
will save time and money for permit,
vessel, and license owners.
II. Method of Collection
Information is collected by mail and
electronically.
The following information is collected
by mail: QS permit application forms;
late QS permit renewals; vessel account
registration requests; late vessel account
renewals; trawl identification of
ownership interest forms for new
applicants, mothership catcher vessel
endorsed limited entry permit owners,
and mothership permit owners; first
receiver site license application forms;
mothership permit renewal forms;
mothership permit change of vessel
registration, permit owner, or vessel
owner application forms; mothership
cooperative permit application forms;
change of mothership catcher vessel
endorsement and catch history
assignment registration forms; mutual
agreement exception forms; mothership
withdrawal forms; catcher/processor
cooperative permit application forms;
material change forms; and QS
abandonment requests.
The following information is collected
electronically: QS permit renewals; QS
percent transfers; QP transfers from a
QS account to a vessel account; vessel
account renewals; QP transfers from a
vessel account to another vessel
account; and trawl identification of
ownership interest forms for online QS
and vessel account renewals.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0620.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection, with
revision.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
410 unique respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: QS
permit/account application form—30
minutes; QS permit/account online
renewal—10 minutes; QS permit/

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account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QS transfer—10 minutes; QP transfer
from QS account to vessel account—8
minutes; vessel account registration
request—15 minutes; vessel account
online renewal—10 minutes; vessel
account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QP transfer from vessel account to
another vessel account—8 minutes;
trawl identification of ownership
interest form for new entrants—45
minutes; trawl identification of
ownership interest form for renewals—
5 minutes; first receiver site license
application form for new entrants—210
minutes; first receiver site license
application form for re-registering
license holders—110 minutes;
mothership permit renewal form—20
minutes; mothership permit change of
vessel registration, permit owner, or
vessel owner application form—45
minutes; mothership cooperative permit
application form—240 minutes; change
of mothership catcher vessel
endorsement and catch history
assignment registration form—45
minutes; mutual agreement exception—
60 minutes; mothership withdrawal—
120 minutes; catcher/processor
cooperative permit application form—
120 minutes; QS abandonment
request—10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 640.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $12,475.

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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 also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 7, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE614

Endangered Species; File No. 20114
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands Department of Lands & Natural
Resources, Sea Turtle Program, Caller
Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950 Northern
Mariana Islands [Responsible Party:
Richard B. Seman,], has applied in due
form for a permit to take green (Chelonia
mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata) sea turtles for purposes of
scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
July 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 20114 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
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.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
[email protected]. Please
include the File No. in the subject line
of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arturo Herrera or Amy Hapeman (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
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governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant requests a five-year
permit to research green and hawksbill
sea turtles within the U.S. CNMI. The
purpose of the project is to characterize
the population structure, size class
composition, foraging ecology, health,
and migration patterns of green and
hawksbill turtles in the region.
Researchers would be authorized to
capture 265 green and 40 hawksbill sea
turtles annually by hand-capture and
perform the following procedures:
Examine; measure; photograph; video;
weigh; flipper and Passive Integrated
Transponder (PIT) tag; temporary
carapace mark; oral swab, tissue, and
blood sample. 235 green and 20
hawksbill sea turtles will receive scute
sampling, while 30 captured hawksbills
and 20 greens will have satellite
transmitters attached by epoxy. In
addition, dead carcasses, tissues and
parts may be salvaged from up to 15
greens and 10 hawksbills annually.
Dated: June 6, 2016.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–13713 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–BA21
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Expansion for the Flower
Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary; Announcement of Public
Meetings
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability and public
meetings.
AGENCY:

The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
has prepared a draft environmental
impact statement for the proposed
actions of boundary expansion, and
application of existing regulations and
management plan actions to new
geographic areas of the Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary
(FGBNMS or sanctuary). The purpose of
this action is to provide sanctuary

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