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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: July 7, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Pacific Whiting; Advisory Panel
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; call for nominations.
AGENCY:

NMFS is soliciting
nominations for appointments to the
United States Advisory Panel (AP)
established in the Agreement between
the Government of the United States of
America and the Government of Canada
on Pacific Hake/Whiting (Pacific
Whiting Treaty). Nominations are being
sought to fill one position on the AP for
a four year term beginning in 2018.
DATES: Nominations must be received
by August 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations by any of the following
methods:
• Email: whiting.nominations.wcr@
noaa.gov.
• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Frank
Lockhart.
• Mail: Barry Thom, Regional
Administrator, West Coast Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Seattle, WA 98115–0070.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Lockhart, (206) 526–6142 or
Miako Ushio, (206) 526–4644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

Pacific Whiting Treaty Committees
Background
The Pacific Whiting Act of 2006
(Pacific Whiting Act), 16 U.S.C. 7001–
10, implements the 2003 Agreement
between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government
of Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting.
Among other provisions, the Pacific
Whiting Act provides for the
establishment of an Advisory Panel
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bilateral Pacific whiting management
issues. AP members must be
knowledgeable or experienced in the
harvesting, processing, marketing,
management, conservation, or research
of the offshore Pacific whiting resource.
Eight individuals represent the United
States on the AP, and nominations for
one of those positions (id. at § 7005) is
solicited through this notice.
Members appointed to the U.S.
sections of the AP will be reimbursed
for necessary travel expenses in
accordance with Federal Travel
Regulations and sections 5701, 5702,
5704 through 5708, and 5731 of Title 5.
(Id. at § 7008). NMFS anticipates that 1–
2 meetings of the AP will be held
annually, and these meetings will be
held in the United States or Canada. AP
members will need a valid U.S.
passport.
The Pacific Whiting Act also states
that while performing their appointed
duties, members ‘‘other than officers or
employees of the United States
Government, shall not be considered to
be Federal employees while performing
such service, except for purposes of
injury compensation or tort claims
liability as provided in chapter 81 of
title 5 and chapter 171 of title 28.’’ (Id.)
Information on the Pacific Whiting
Treaty, including current committee
members can be found at:
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
fisheries/management/whiting/pacific_
whiting_treaty.html.
Advisory Panel Qualifications
AP member nominees must be
knowledgeable or experienced in the
harvesting, processing, marketing,
management, conservation, or research
of the offshore Pacific whiting resource;
and must not be employees of the
United States government. Nomination
packages for appointments should
include:
1. The name of the applicant or
nominee, position they are being
nominated for and a description of his/
her interest in Pacific whiting; and
2. A statement of background and/or
description of how the nominee is
knowledgeable or experienced in the
harvesting, processing, marketing,
management, conservation, or research
of the offshore Pacific whiting resource.
Letters of support for nominees will also
be considered.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
Dated: July 6, 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; Greater Atlantic
Region Vessel Identification
Requirements
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 September 11,
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 Cynthia Hanson, (978) 281–
9180 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
Regulations at 50 CFR 648.8 and
§ 697.8 require that owners of vessels
over 25 ft (7.6 m) in registered length
that have Federal permits to fish in the
Greater Atlantic Region display the
vessel’s name and official number. The
name and number must be of a specific
size at specified locations: the vessel
name must be affixed to the port and
starboard sides of the bow and, if
possible, on its stern. The official
number must be displayed on the port
and starboard sides of the deckhouse or
hull, and on an appropriate weather
deck so as to be clearly visible from
enforcement vessels and aircraft. The
display of the identifying characters
aids in fishery law enforcement.
II. Method of Collection
No information is submitted to NMFS
as a result of this collection. The
vessel’s identification information must
be affixed to the vessel in the designated

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locations, as specified in the
regulations.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0350.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,665.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes to affix vessel information to
the required locations.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,749.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $36,650 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: July 7, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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The meeting will be held on
Friday, July 28, 2017, from 10 a.m. until
12:30 p.m.

AGENCY:

DATES:

The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on webinar
registration and telephone-only
connection details will be posted:
http://www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
The
Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will
meet jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s
(ASMFC’s) Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Bass AP. The purpose of
this meeting is for the Advisory Panels
to review and comment on recent stock
assessment information, as well as the
reports and recommendations of the
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) and the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Monitoring Committee regarding
previously implemented fishery
specifications (i.e., catch and landings
limits and management measures) for
2018 for all three species and possible
scup specifications for 2019. The
Council and ASMFC will consider input
from the AP in August when reviewing
these specifications.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

AGENCY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council’s)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public
meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

SUMMARY:

Dated: July 7, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF531

Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Community Advisory Board
(CAB) will hold a two-day meeting that
is open to the public.
DATES: The CAB meeting will begin
Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 8 a.m.,
Pacific Standard Time, and recess when
business for the day is completed. It will
continue at 8 a.m. Friday, July 28,
adjourning when business for the day is
completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel,
Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE. Airport
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone:
(503) 281–2500.
Council address: Pacific Council,
7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jim Seger, Pacific Council; telephone:
(503) 820–2416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the CAB meeting is
to develop preliminary ranges of
alternatives for Pacific Council
consideration at the September 2017
Pacific Council meeting. The issues to
be covered were identified by the
Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting
and include: Meeting the at-sea whiting
fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish
area management (gear conflicts);
shoreside individual fishing quota (IFQ)
accumulation limit; shoreside IFQ
choke species management; shoreside
IFQ gear switching limitation; and
catcher-processor sector accumulation
limits on permit ownership and
harvesting/processing. Ranges of
alternatives are to be developed and
finalized for analysis over the course of
the September and November Pacific
Council meetings. Due to workload
limitations, it is unlikely that all of
these issues will move forward in 2017.
Although nonemergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during these
meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
SUMMARY:

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