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determination has been made that the
activity proposed is 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
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–00802 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings and Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of opportunities to
submit public comments.
AGENCY:

The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
has announced its annual preseason
management process for the 2017 ocean
salmon fisheries. This notice informs
the public of opportunities to provide
comments on the 2017 ocean salmon
management measures.
DATES: Written comments on the salmon
management alternatives adopted by the
Pacific Council at its March 2017
meeting, and described in Preseason
Report II, received electronically or in
hard copy by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time,
March 31, 2017, will be considered in
the Pacific Council’s final
recommendation for the 2017
management measures.
ADDRESSES: Documents will be available
from Mr. Herb Pollard, Chair, Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384, and posted on the
Pacific Council Web site at http://
www.pcouncil.org. You may submit
comments, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
2016–0160, by any one of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
http://www.regulations.gov/

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#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20160160, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Mr. Herb Pollard, Chair,
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
• Fax: 503–820–2299, Attn: Ms.
Robin Ehlke.
• Comments can also be submitted
via email to [email protected].
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual may not be considered by
NMFS or the Pacific Council. 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 information
(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive information submitted
voluntarily by the sender will be
publicly accessible. NMFS and the
Pacific Council will accept anonymous
comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required
fields if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Robin Ehlke, Pacific Council, telephone:
503–820–2280. For information on
submitting comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal, contact Peggy
Mundy, NMFS West Coast Region,
telephone: 206–526–4323; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pacific Council has published its annual
notice of availability of reports, public
meetings, and hearings for the 2017
ocean salmon fisheries (81 FR 95568,
December 28, 2016). The Pacific Council
will adopt alternatives for 2017 ocean
salmon fisheries at its meeting, March
7–14, 2017, at the Hilton in Vancouver,
WA. Details of this meeting are available
on the Pacific Council’s Web site (http://
www.pcouncil.org) and will be
published in the Federal Register in
February 2017. On March 22, 2017,
‘‘Preseason Report II—Proposed
Alternatives and Environmental
Assessment Part 2 for 2017 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ is
scheduled to be posted on the Pacific
Council Web site at http://
www.pcouncil.org. The report will
include a description of the salmon
management alternatives and a
summary of their biological and
economic impacts. Public hearings will
be held to receive comments on the
proposed ocean salmon fishery
management alternatives adopted by the
Pacific Council. Written comments
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summary of oral comments at the
hearings will be provided to the Pacific
Council at its April meeting.
All public hearings begin at 7 p.m. at
the following locations:
• March 27, 2017: Chateau Westport,
Beach Room, 710 West Hancock,
Westport, WA 98595, telephone 360–
268–9101.
• March 27, 2017: Red Lion Hotel,
South Umpqua Room, 1313 North
Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay, OR 97420,
telephone 541–267–4141.
• March 28, 2017: City of Fort Bragg.
Town Hall, 363 North Main Street, Fort
Bragg, CA 95437, telephone: (707) 961–
2823.
Comments on the alternatives the
Pacific Council adopts at its March 2017
meeting, and described in Preseason
Report II, may be submitted in writing
or electronically as described under
ADDRESSES, or verbally or in writing at
any of the public hearings held on
March 27–28, 2017, or at the Pacific
Council’s meeting, April 6–12, 2017, at
the DoubleTree by Hilton, in
Sacramento, CA. Details of these
meetings will be available on the Pacific
Council’s Web site (http://
www.pcouncil.org) and will be
published in the Federal Register.
Written and electronically submitted
comments must be received no later
than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, March 31,
2017, in order to be included in the
briefing book for the April Council
meeting where they will be considered
in the adoption of the Pacific Council’s
final recommendation for the 2017
salmon fishery management measures.
All comments received accordingly will
be reviewed and considered by the
Pacific Council and NMFS.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 10, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting 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; Atlantic Sea
Scallops Amendment 10 Data
Collection
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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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 20, 2017.
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
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Shannah Jaburek, (978) 282–
8456 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Greater Atlantic Region
manages the Atlantic sea scallop
(scallop) fishery of the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) off the East Coast
under the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The
regulations implementing the FMP are
at 50 CFR part 648. To successfully
implement and administer components
of the FMP, OMB Control No. 0648–
0491 includes the following information
collections for scallop vessel owners,
operators, and fishery participants:
Vessel monitoring system (VMS) trip
declarations for all scallop vessels,
including powerdown declarations;
notification of access area trip
termination for limited access scallop
vessels; submission of access area
compensation trip identification;
submission of access area trip exchange
forms; VMS purchase and installation
for individuals that purchase a federally
permitted scallop vessel; VMS daily
catch reports; submission of ownership
cap forms for individual fishing quota
(IFQ) scallop vessels; submission of
vessel replacement, upgrade and permit
history applications for IFQ, Northern
Gulf of Maine (NGOM), and Incidental
Catch (IC) scallop vessels; submission of
VMS pre-landing notification form by
IFQ vessels and limited access vessels
for access areas; enrollment into the
state waters exemption program;
submission of requests for IFQ transfers;
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vessels; sector proposals for IFQ vessels
and industry participants; and sector
operations plans for approved sector
proposals.
Data collected through these programs
are incorporated into the NMFS
database and are used to track and
confirm vessel permit status and
eligibility, scallop landings, and scallop
vessel allocations. Aggregated
summaries of the collected information
will be used to evaluate the
management program and future
management proposals.
II. Method of Collection
Participants will submit electronic
VMS transmissions and paper
applications by mail, facsimile, or
email.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0491.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
647.
Estimated Time per Response: VMS
trip declaration, trip termination,
compensation trip identification,
powerdown provision, daily catch
reports, 2 minutes; access area trip
exchange, 15 minutes; VMS purchase
and installation, 2 hours; IFQ ownership
cap forms, 5 minutes; vessel
replacement, upgrade and permit
history applications, 3 hours; VMS prelanding notification form, 5 minutes;
VMS state waters exemption program, 2
minutes; quota transfers, 10 minutes;
cost recovery, 2 hours; sector proposals,
150 hours; sector operations plans, 100
hours; IFQ, Northern Gulf of Maine, and
incidental catch vessel VMS
requirements, 2 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,460.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $790,283.
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
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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 11, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Marine Mammals; File Nos. 19703 and
20993
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
Fred Sharpe, Ph.D., Alaska Whale
Foundation, 4739 University Way NE.,
#1230, Seattle, WA 98105 (File No.
19703) has applied in due form for a
permit to conduct research on cetaceans
and Christopher Cilfone, Be Blue, 2569
Douglas Hwy. Unit 1, Juneau, AK 99801
(File No. 20993) has applied in due form
to conduct commercial/educational
photography on humpback whales
(Megaptera novaeangliae).
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
February 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents for File No. 19703 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. 19703 from the list of available
applications.
Documents for File No. 19703 and
20993 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.
SUMMARY:

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