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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 42 / Monday, March 6, 2017 / Notices
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
Agenda
The Research Steering Committee will
conduct a management review of several
completed groundfish research projects
as well as develop input on the
Council’s draft research priorities and
data needs for 2017–202. The
Committee will also address other
business as necessary.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date. This meeting will be
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C.
1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 1, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
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: Conflict of Interest Disclosure
for Nonfederal Government Individuals
who are Candidates To Conduct Peer
Reviews.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0567.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular
Number of Respondents: 321.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 161.
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The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) issued government-wide
guidance to enhance the practice of peer
review of government science
documents. OMB’s Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (‘‘Peer
Review Bulletin’’ or PRB) (available at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
memoranda/fy2005/m05-03.pdf)
establishes minimum peer review
standards for influential scientific
information that Federal agencies intend
to disseminate.
The Peer Review Bulletin also directs
Federal agencies to adopt or adapt the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
policy for evaluating conflicts of interest
when selecting peer reviewers who are
not Federal government employees
(federal employees are subject to
Federal ethics requirements). For peer
review purposes, the term ‘‘conflicts of
interest’’ means any financial or other
interest which conflicts with the service
of the individual because it could: (1)
Significantly impair the individual’s
objectivity; or (2) create an unfair
competitive advantage for any person or
organization. NOAA has adapted the
NAS policy and developed two
confidential conflict disclosure forms
which the agency will use to examine
prospective reviewers’ potential
financial conflicts and other interests
that could impair objectivity or create
an unfair advantage. One form is for
peer reviewers of studies related to
government regulation and the other
form is for all other influential scientific
information subject to the Peer Review
Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has
been adapted by NOAA’s Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for
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The forms include questions about
employment as well as investment and
property interests and research funding.
Both forms also require the submission
of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to
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information collected in the conflict of
interest disclosure is essential to
NOAA’s compliance with the OMB
PRB, and helps to ensure that
government studies are reviewed by
independent, impartial peer reviewers.
Revision: A custom OAR form is no
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Dated: March 1, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Meeting notice; via webinar.
AGENCY:

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a public hearing via webinar to
solicit public comments on Reef Fish
Amendment 36A—Modifications to
Commercial Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) Programs.
DATES: The public hearing webinar will
take place on Wednesday, March 22,
2017, starting at 6 p.m. EST and will
conclude no later than 9 p.m. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for how to
participate. Written public comments
must be received on or before 5 p.m.
EST on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The public hearing
will be held via webinar; see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for how to
participate.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; (813) 348–1630.
Public comments: Comments may be
submitted online through the Council’s
public portal by visiting
www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on
‘‘CONTACT US’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ava
Lasseter, Anthropologist, Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council staff will brief the public on
Reef Fish Amendment 36A—
Modifications to Commercial Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) Programs. The
SUMMARY:

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