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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 82, No. 216
Thursday, November 9, 2017

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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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.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ)
Tracking.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0677.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision
and extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 220.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes for initial application for IBQ
account; 15 minutes per IBQ allocation
lease.
Burden Hours: 54.
Needs and Uses: Amendment 7 to the
2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery
Management Plan (79 FR 71510,
December 2, 2014) implemented
individual bluefin tuna quota (IBQ)
shares and allocations for vessels
permitted in the Atlantic Tunas
Longline Category and Atlantic Tunas
Purse Seine Category. IBQs are intended
to fairly and effectively allocate limited
quota for incidental capture of bluefin
tuna among vessels in the Longline
category, while minimizing dead
discards and discouraging interactions
with bluefin tuna, and better utilizing
the Purse seine category quota. An online system developed by the NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) tracks allocations and
allocation leases, and reconciles leases
with bluefin tuna catches for quota
monitoring. The extension of this

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collection of information will allow
NMFS to continue to account for the
reporting burden associated with
allocation and lease tracking. There are
no new requirements. Renewals of
account requests are no longer required,
and appeals are no longer applicable.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: November 6, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Marine Mammals; Pinniped Removal
Authority
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

On October 6, 2017, NMFS
received an application under section
120 of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA) from the state of Oregon
(state) requesting authorization to
intentionally take, by lethal methods,
individually identifiable California sea
lions (CSLs; Zalophus califorianus) in
the Willamette River that are having a
significant negative impact on the
recovery of Upper Willamette River
(UWR) steelhead and UWR Chinook
salmon (Onchorhynchus spp.). Both of
these salmonid fishery stocks are listed
as threatened under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) of 1973.
This authorization is requested as part
of a larger effort to protect and recover

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listed salmonid stocks in the Willamette
River basin. NMFS has determined that
the application contains sufficient
information to warrant establishing a
Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force
(Task Force), which will be established
after the closing of a public comment
period. NMFS solicits public comments
on the state’s application, other relevant
information related to pinniped
predation on salmonids in the
Willamette River, and nominations for
potential members of a Task Force.
DATES: Comments must be received by
January 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2017–0126,
by any of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal http://
www.regulations.gov. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAANMFS-2017-0126, click the ‘‘Comment
Now!’’ icon, complete the required
fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Mail: Comments on the application
should be addressed to: National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd.,
Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232; ATTN:
Protect Resources Division, Portland
Branch Chief, NOAA–NMFS–2017–
0126.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to http://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All personal identifying information
(e.g., name, address, etc.) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publically accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Anderson, NMFS, West Coast
Region (503) 231–2226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
The state’s application is available via
the Internet at the following address:
http://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
protected_species/marine_mammals/
fisheries_interactions.html.

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