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above. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of
the Act, the Department intends to
initiate the next sunset review of this
order not later than 30 days prior to the
fifth anniversary of the effective date of
continuation.
This five-year (sunset) review and this
notice are in accordance with sections
751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: October 12, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Special Accommodations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE978

New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
SUMMARY:

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The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Herring Advisory Panel to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 10:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Four Points by Sheraton, 1 Audubon
Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone:
(781) 245–9300.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Advisory Panel review
alternatives and analyses prepared for
Framework Adjustment 5 to the Atlantic
Herring Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), an action considering
modification of accountability measures
(AMs) that trigger if the sub-ACL of
Georges Bank haddock is exceeded by
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panel may recommend preferred
alternatives for the Committee to
consider for final action. The panel will
also review additional Plan
Development Team analysis and
Committee discussion of the range of
measures developed to date related to
localized depletion and user conflicts
that will be considered in Amendment
8 to the Atlantic Herring FMP as well as
review plans for future workshop on
Management Strategy Evaluation of
Atlantic Herring Acceptable Biological
Catch control rules being considered in
Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring
FMP. Other business may be discussed
as necessary.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 17, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Pacific
Halibut Fisheries: Charter
Recordkeeping
AGENCY:

National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY:

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 December 19,
2016.
ADDRESSES:

Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586–
7008 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Management of and regulations for
Pacific halibut in Alaska are developed
on the international, Federal, and state
levels by the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC), the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), Alaska Region and the
State of Alaska Department of Fish and
Game (ADF&G). The IPHC and NMFS
manage fishing for Pacific halibut
through regulations established under
authority of the Convention between the
United States Halibut Fishery of the
Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea
(Convention), the Northern Pacific
Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c
(Halibut Act), and Section 303(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Regulations that
implement this collection-ofinformation are found at 50 CFR part
300.60 through 300.66 and at 50 CFR
679.5(l)(7).
Annual catch quotas are determined
by the IPHC, and Federal responsibility
for halibut management extends to
halibut stocks and fishing activity
within State of Alaska waters. In order
to manage halibut effectively,
international and Federal managers
need information on halibut fishing
effort and harvest by all user groups,
including the guided sport charter
sector of the fishery.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 300.65
require charter vessel operators fishing
in IPHC Areas 2C and 3A to comply
with the ADF&G annual registration of
sport fishing guides and businesses and
ADF&G saltwater charter halibut
logbook. NMFS and ADF&G coordinate
closely in the development of this
information collection for the
monitoring and enforcement of the
charter vessel catch limit of halibut.
A Catch Sharing Program was
developed in IPHC Regulatory Areas 2C
and 3A for the guided sport and
commercial fisheries which authorized
commercial halibut quota share (QS)
holders to transfer individual fishing
quota (IFQ) as guided angler fish (GAF)

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to charter halibut permit holders. A
GAF electronic landing report and GAF
permit log were added to provide
efficiency in monitoring quota.
The primary objectives of the Catch
Sharing Program are to change the
annual process of allocating halibut
between the charter and commercial
fisheries in IPHC Areas 2C and 3A,
establish allocations that balance the
differing needs of the charter and
commercial sectors that also float with
varying levels of annual halibut
abundance, and specify a process for
determining harvest restrictions for
charter anglers that are intended to limit
harvest to the annual charter fishery
catch limit.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0575.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other
For-profit; individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
696.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes each for Charter halibut
logbook and GAF electronic landing
report; 2 minutes for GAF permit log.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,733.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,366 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
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
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Dated: October 14, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Recovery Plans
AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Availability; request
for comments.
SUMMARY:

The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
availability of the Southern Distinct
Population Segment (DPS) of Eulachon
(Thaleichthys pacificus) Draft Recovery
Plan (Plan) for public review. NMFS is
soliciting review and comment from the
public and all interested parties on the
draft Plan, and will consider all
substantive comments received during
the review period before submitting the
Plan for final approval.
DATES: Comments and information on
the draft Plan must be received by close
of business on December 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2016–0136 by either of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=NOAA-NMFS-2016-0136. Click the
‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Robert Anderson, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1201 NE. Lloyd
Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland, OR
97232.
Instructions: You must submit
comments by one of the above methods
to ensure that we receive, document,
and consider them. Comments sent by
any other method, to any other address
or individual, or received after the end
of the comment period, may not be
considered. All comments received are
a part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on http://www.regulations.gov without
change. All personal identifying
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confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. We will accept
anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Anderson, NMFS Eulachon
Recovery Coordinator, at (503) 231–
2226, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 18, 2010, we listed the
southern DPS of eulachon as a
threatened species under the ESA (75
FR 13012). The listing of the DPS of
eulachon was informed by the best
available scientific and commercial data
and the status review conducted by a
Biological Review Team (BRT)
(Gustafson et al., 2010). The final
critical habitat rule for the listed DPS of
eulachon was published in the Federal
Register on October 20, 2011 (76 FR
65324). In 2013, we appointed a
recovery team and initiated recovery
planning for eulachon to assist the West
Coast Region with the development of
research and recovery actions for the
recovery plan. In 2015 we announced a
5-year review (80 FR 6695; February 6,
2015) for eulachon. Based on the 5-year
review, the southern DPS of eulachon
shall remain threatened under the ESA.
The 5-year review was completed April
1, 2016 (NMFS 2016) and is available at:
http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.
gov/publications/status_reviews/other_
species/other_marine_species_esa_
status_reviews.html.
Draft Recovery Plan
Recovery plans describe actions
beneficial to the conservation and
recovery of species listed under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA requires that
recovery plans incorporate, to the
maximum extent practicable: (1)
Objective, measurable criteria which,
when met, would result in a
determination that the species is no
longer threatened or endangered; (2)
site-specific management actions
necessary to achieve the Plan’s goals;
and (3) estimates of the time required
and costs to implement recovery
actions. The ESA requires the
development of recovery plans for each
listed species unless such a plan would
not promote its recovery.
The Plan for eulachon was developed
by NMFS in cooperation with a recovery
team made up of experts from the
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