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discuss draft options for management of
the commercial summer flounder
fishery under the Comprehensive
Summer Flounder Amendment,
including options for addressing permit
capacity and latent effort, commercial
allocation, and landings flexibility. The
goal of the meeting is to refine the draft
range of alternatives and provide
additional guidance to staff on adding
specificity to the alternatives and
analyzing their impacts, prior to
additional consideration by the Council
and Board at their August 2017 joint
meeting. Meeting materials will be
posted to http://www.mafmc.org/ prior
to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 22, 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.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Reporting of Sea Turtle
Entanglement in Fishing Gear or Marine
Debris.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0496.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 111.
Average Hours per Response: Reports
and Sea Turtle Disentanglement
Network responses, 1 hour each;
interviews of fishermen, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 165.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Sea turtles can become accidentally
entangled in active or discarded fishing
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marine environment. Entanglement has
the potential to cause serious injury or
mortality, which would negatively
impact the recovery of endangered and
threatened sea turtle populations. The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
established the Sea Turtle
Disentanglement Network (STDN) to
respond to these entanglement events,
in particular those involving the vertical
line of fixed gear fisheries. The STDN’s
goals are to increase reporting, to reduce
serious injury and mortality to sea
turtles, and to collect information that
can be used for mitigation of these
threats. As there is limited observer
coverage of fixed gear fisheries, the
STDN data are invaluable to NMFS in
understanding the threat of
entanglement and working towards
mitigation.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; business or other for-profit
organizations; individuals or
households; Federal government and
state, local and tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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.

lions (Zalophus californianus) for
public display purposes.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Courtney Smith,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
7, 2017, notice was published in the
Federal Register (82 FR 16998) that a
request for a public display import
permit had been submitted by the
above-named applicant. The requested
permit has been issued under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking and importing of
marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The permit authorizes the importation
of seven captive-born California sea
lions from Changfeng Ocean World in
Shanghai City, China to the Columbus
Zoo satellite facility in Myakka City, FL
for the purpose of public display. The
permit expires on June 9, 2022.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.

Dated: June 21, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.

Dated: June 22, 2017.
Catherine Marzin,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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RIN 0648–XF331

Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Prohibited
Species Donation (PSD) Program

Marine Mammals; File No. 21280
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that a
permit has been issued to the Columbus
Zoo Park Association, Inc., 9990
Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 400, Powell,
OH 43065–0400 [Greg Bell, Responsible
Official] to import seven California sea

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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

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collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 28, 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 Megan Mackey, (907) 586–
7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of an
approved information collection.
The prohibited species donation
(PSD) program for salmon and halibut
has effectively reduced regulatory
discard of salmon and halibut by
allowing fish that would otherwise be
discarded to be donated to needy
individuals through tax-exempt
organizations. Vessels and processing
plants participating in the PSD program
voluntarily retain and process salmon
and halibut bycatch. An authorized, taxexempt distributor, chosen by the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), is responsible for monitoring
retention and processing of fish donated
by vessels and processors. The
authorized distributor also coordinates
processing, storage, transportation, and
distribution of salmon and halibut. The
PSD program requires an information
collection so that NMFS can monitor the
authorized distributors’ ability to
effectively supervise program
participants and ensure that donated
fish are properly processed, stored, and
distributed.

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II. Method of Collection
Respondents submit their application
to become an authorized distributor by
email (with attachments) or U.S. mail in
the form of a letter.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0316.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application to be a NMFS Authorized
Distributor, 13 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2 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: June 21, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Marine Mammal Stock Assessment
Reports
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; response to comments.
AGENCY:

As required by the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
has considered public comments for
revisions of the 2016 marine mammal
stock assessment reports (SARs). This
notice announces the availability of the
final 2016 SARs for the 86 stocks that
were updated.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of SARs
are available on the Internet as regional
compilations and individual reports at
the following address: http://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/.
A list of references cited in this notice
is available at www.regulations.gov
(search for docket NOAA–NMFS–2016–
0101) or upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannon Bettridge, Office of Protected
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Resources, 301–427–8402,
[email protected]; Marcia
Muto, 206–526–4026, Marcia.Muto@
noaa.gov, regarding Alaska regional
stock assessments; Elizabeth Josephson,
508–495–2362, Elizabeth.Josephson@
noaa.gov, regarding Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean regional stock
assessments; or Jim Carretta, 858–546–
7171, [email protected], regarding
Pacific regional stock assessments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 117 of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) requires NMFS and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to
prepare stock assessments for each stock
of marine mammals occurring in waters
under the jurisdiction of the United
States, including the Exclusive
Economic Zone. These reports must
contain information regarding the
distribution and abundance of the stock,
population growth rates and trends,
estimates of annual human-caused
mortality and serious injury from all
sources, descriptions of the fisheries
with which the stock interacts, and the
status of the stock. Initial reports were
first completed in 1995.
The MMPA requires NMFS and FWS
to review the SARs at least annually for
strategic stocks and stocks for which
significant new information is available,
and at least once every three years for
non-strategic stocks. The term ‘‘strategic
stock’’ means a marine mammal stock:
(A) For which the level of direct humancaused mortality exceeds the potential
biological removal level; (B) which,
based on the best available scientific
information, is declining and is likely to
be listed as a threatened species under
the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
within the foreseeable future; or (C)
which is listed as a threatened species
or endangered species under the ESA.
NMFS and the FWS are required to
revise a SAR if the status of the stock
has changed or can be more accurately
determined. NMFS, in conjunction with
the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific
independent Scientific Review Groups
(SRGs), reviewed the status of marine
mammal stocks as required and revised
reports in the Alaska, Atlantic, and
Pacific regions to incorporate new
information.
NMFS updated SARs for 2016, and
the revised draft reports were made
available for public review and
comment for 90 days (81 FR 70097,
October 11, 2016). Subsequent to
soliciting public comment on the draft
2016 SARs, NMFS was made aware that
due to technical conversion errors, the
Atlantic SARs contained incorrect
information in some instances. NMFS

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