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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2017 / Notices

The
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act established the CCC
by amending Section 302 (16 U.S.C.
1852) of the MSA. The committee
consists of the chairs, vice chairs, and
executive directors of each of the eight
Regional Fishery Management Councils
authorized by the MSA or other Council
members or staff. NMFS will host this
meeting and provide reports to the CCC
for its information and discussion. All
sessions are open to the public. Updates
to this meeting will be provided in
subsequent notices and additional
information will be posted on http://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/management/
councils/ccc/ccc.htm when available.
The CCC will meet as late as
necessary to complete scheduled
business.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Brian Fredieu at 301–427–8505 at least
five working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: January 9, 2017.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–00558 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Region
Crab Permits
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 March 13, 2017.
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 Sally Bibb, (907) 586–7389
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The king and Tanner crab fisheries in
the exclusive economic zone of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska,
are managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
(FMP). The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as
amended in 2006. The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the
crab fisheries in the waters off the coast
of Alaska under the FMP. Regulations
implementing the FMP and all
amendments to the Crab Rationalization
Program (CR Program) appear at 50 CFR
part 680. Program details are found at:
http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/
regs/680/default.htm.
The CR Program balances the interests
of several groups who depend on the
crab fisheries. The CR Program
addresses conservation and
management issues associated with the
previous derby fishery, reduces bycatch
and associated discard mortality, and
increases the safety of crab fishermen by
ending the race for fish. Share
allocations to harvesters and processors,
together with incentives to participate
in fishery cooperatives, increases
efficiencies, provides economic
stability, and facilitates compensated
reduction of excess capacities in the
harvesting and processing sectors.
Community interests are protected by
Western Alaska Community
Development Quota allocations and
regional landing and processing
requirements, as well as by several
community protection measures.
NMFS established the CR Program as
a catch share program for nine crab
fisheries in the BSAI, and assigned
quota share (QS) to persons and
processor quota share (PQS) to
processors based on their historic
participation in one or more of these
nine crab fisheries during a specific
period. The CR Program components
include QS allocation, PQS allocation,
individual fishing quota (IFQ) issuance,
and individual processing quota (IPQ)

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issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab
harvesting cooperatives, protections for
Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries,
arbitration system, monitoring,
economic data collection, and cost
recovery fee collection.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include online, email of
electronic forms, mail, and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0514.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,993.
Estimated Time per Response: Annual
application for crab IFQ permit,
application for Crab IPQ permit,
application to become an eligible crab
community organization (ECCO), 150
minutes each; application for an Annual
Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ
Permit, Right of first refusal (ROFR)
contracts and waivers, 1 hour each;
annual application for Crab Converted
CPO QS and CPO IFQ and application
for Registered Crab Receiver (RCR)
Permit, BSAI Crab Rationalization
Program Quota Share Beneficiary
Designation Form, 30 minutes;
application for Crab IFQ Hired Master
Permit and application for Federal crab
vessel permit (FCVP) 21 minutes each;
application for eligibility to receive crab
QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer,
application for transfer of crab IFQ,
application for transfer of crab QS/IFQ
to or from an ECCO, Application to
transfer crab QS or PQS, application for
Annual Exemption from Western
Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab West
Region Delivery Requirements,
Community Impact Report or IPQ
Holder Report (North or South Response
Report), 2 hours each; ECCO Annual
report and appeal of denial to NMFS
decisions, 4 hours each; application for
transfer of IFQ between crab harvesting
cooperatives, electronic, 5 minutes, nonelectronic, 2 hours; application to
Transfer Crab IPQ, electronic, 1 hour;
non-electronic, 2 hours; CDQ
notification of community
representative, 5 hours; application for
exemption from CR Crab North or South
Region Delivery Requirements and
North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report, 20 hours each.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 7,226.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $13,841 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
record.
Dated: January 9, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–00557 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF085

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 18059 and
19655
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
David Wiley, Ph.D., Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary, 175 Edward
Foster Road, Scituate, MA 02066 and
Adam Pack, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI
96720, have applied in due form for
permits to conduct scientific research
on cetaceans.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
February 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The applications and
related documents are available for
review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for
Public Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’

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box on the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 18059 or 19655 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 these
applications 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 these
applications would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Young or Amy Hapeman (File No.
18059), Carrie Hubard or Shasta
McClenahan (File No. 19655), (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permits are requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR 222–226).
File No. 18059: The applicant
requests a five-year scientific research
permit to investigate the foraging
ecology, habitat use, physiology, and
acoustic and social behavior of
humpback (Megaptera noveaeangliae),
fin (Balaenoptera physalus), minke (B.
acutorostrata), and sei (B. borealis)
whales in the Gulf of Maine. Up to 130
adult and juvenile humpbacks, 90 fin,
60 minke, and 70 sei whales would be
approached for suction cup tagging,
prey mapping, obtaining biological
samples including biopsies, and photo
ID. Up to 10 humpback calves, 5 fin
calves, and 4 sei calves would also be
approached for tagging and blow
sampling. Up to 690 humpback, 480 fin,
250 minke, and 370 sei whales would be
incidentally harassed during this
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File No. 19655: The applicant
proposes to study humpback whales
and other cetacean species in the waters
off the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska.
Research methods include passive
acoustics, photo-identification,
photogrammetry, opportunistic
collection of fecal and skin samples, and
remote biopsy sampling. A subset of
humpback whales would also receive
suction cup tags. Other endangered
species targeted for study include: Blue
(B. musculus), bowhead (Balaena
mysticetus), fin, North Pacific right
(Eubalaena japonica), sei, and sperm
whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and
the Main Hawaiian Insular stock of false
killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens).
An additional 21 marine mammal
species would also be studied. The
objectives of the research are to
continue the long-term population study
of the behavior, biology, and
communication systems of humpback
whales and other cetaceans. Specific
topics to be investigated include
individual life histories, social roles,
migration, habitat use, distribution, and
evolution of humpback song. The
permit would be valid for five years.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: January 6, 2017.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–00472 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF084

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal
Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon
and California Coasts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

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