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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Agenda
Monday, August 20, 2018
The meeting agenda includes: Review
and discussion of a public involvement
section for the Bering Sea Fishery
Ecosystem Plan, as well as provide
comments on the NOAA’s EBFM
Roadmap.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at:
https://www.npfmc.org/committees/
ecosystem-committee.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted either
electronically to Steve MacLean,
Council staff: [email protected]
or through the mail: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave. Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252. Oral public testimony will
be accepted at the discretion of the cochairs.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: July 31, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Evaluation of Kachemak Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve; Public
Meeting
Office for Coastal Management
(OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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AGENCY:

The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Office for Coastal Management will hold
a public meeting to solicit comments for
the performance evaluation of the
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve.

SUMMARY:

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Kachemak Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation:
The public meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 19, 2018, and
written comments must be received on
or before Friday, September 28, 2018.
For the specific date, time, and
location of the public meetings, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the reserve by any of the following
methods: Public Meeting and Oral
Comments: A public meeting will be
held in Homer, Alaska for the Kachemak
Bay Reserve. For the specific location,
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Written Comments: Please direct
written comments to Jean Tanimoto,
Program Evaluator, NOAA Inouye
Regional Center, NOS/Office for Coastal
Management, 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Building 176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818,
or via email to Jean.Tanimoto@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Tanimoto, Program Evaluator, NOAA
Inouye Regional Center, NOS/Office for
Coastal Management, 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Bldg 176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818, by
phone at (808) 725–5253, or via email to
[email protected]. Copies of the
previous evaluation findings,
Management Plan, and Site Profile may
be viewed and downloaded on the
internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/
evaluations. A copy of the evaluation
notification letter and most recent
performance report may be obtained
upon request by contacting the person
identified under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections
312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA) require
NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations
of federally-approved National
Estuarine Research Reserves. The
process includes a public meeting,
consideration of written public
comments, and consultations with
interested Federal, state, and local
agencies and members of the public. For
the evaluation of National Estuarine
Research Reserves, NOAA will consider
the extent to which the state has met the
national objectives, adhered to its
management plan approved by the
Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to
the terms of financial assistance under
the Coastal Zone Management Act.
When the evaluation is completed,
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management
will place a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
the Final Evaluation Findings.
You may participate and submit oral
comments at the public meeting. The
public meeting will be held in
DATES:

Steve MacLean, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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conjunction with the reserve’s regularly
scheduled commission meeting and is
scheduled as follows:
Date: Wednesday, September 19,
2018.
Time: 12:00–3:00 p.m., local time.
Location: Islands and Ocean Visitor
Center, 95 Sterling Highway, Homer,
Alaska 99603.
Written comments must be received
on or before September 28, 2018.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
11.419.
Coastal Zone Management Program
Administration.
Dated: July 24, 2018.
John King,
Chief, Business Operations Division, Office
for Coastal Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Pacific Islands Logbook Family
of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0214.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 527.
Average Hours Per Response:
Logbooks and sales reports, 5–35
minutes based on fishery, entry/exit and
landing notices, Protected Species Zone
entry/exit notices, 5 minutes; landing/
offloading notices, 3 minutes.
Burden Hours: 13,731.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Fishermen in Federally-managed
fisheries in the Pacific Islands Region
are required to provide certain
information about their fishing
activities, catch, and interactions with
protected species by submitting reports
to National Marine Fisheries Service,
per 50 CFR part 665. These data are
needed to determine the condition of
the stocks and whether the current
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intended effects, to evaluate the benefits
and costs of changes in management
measures, and to monitor and respond
to accidental takes of endangered and
threatened species, including seabirds,
sea turtles, and marine mammals.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
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: July 31, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Surfclam/Ocean
Quahog Individual Transferable Quota
Administration
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 October 2, 2018.
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 Douglas Potts, 978–281–9341
or [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

II. Method of Collection

I. Abstract

Forms are online at https://
www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/
aps/forms.html as ‘‘fillable’’ pdf
documents, which can then be
downloaded, printed, and faxed or
mailed to NMFS. ITQ transfer forms
may also be submitted electronically.
Information for the PSP protocol is
submitted through paper forms, as well
as through electronic methods,
including email, telephone, and
shipboard electronic equipment such as
VHF radio, email, or a vessel monitoring
system.

This request is for an extension of a
currently approved collection associated
with the Atlantic surfclam and ocean
quahog fisheries. National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater
Atlantic Region manages these fisheries
in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
of the Northeastern United States
through the Atlantic Surfclam and
Ocean Quahog Fishery Management
Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
regulations implementing the FMP are
specified at 50 CFR part 648.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at §§ 648.74, 648.75, and
648.76 form the basis for this collection
of information. We request information
from surfclam and ocean quahog
individual transferable quota (ITQ)
permit holders to issue ITQ permits and
to process and track requests from
permit holders to transfer quota share or
cage tags. We also request information
from surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ
permit holders to track and properly
account for surfclam and ocean quahog
harvest shucked at sea. Because there is
not a standard conversion factor for
estimating unshucked product from
shucked product, NMFS requires
vessels that shuck product at sea to
carry on board the vessel a NMFSapproved observer to certify the amount
of these clams harvested. This
information, upon receipt, results in an
efficient and accurate database for
management and monitoring of fisheries
of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
Georges Bank has been closed to the
harvest of surfclams and ocean quahogs
since 1990 due to red tide blooms that
cause paralytic shellfish poisoning
(PSP). We reopened a portion of the
Georges Bank Closed Area starting in
2012 under certain conditions. We
request information from surfclam and
ocean quahog ITQ permit holders who
fish in the reopened area to ensure
compliance with the Protocol for
Onboard Screening and Dockside
Testing in Molluscan Shellfish. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the
commercial fishing industry, and NMFS
developed the PSP protocol to test and
verify that clams harvested from
Georges Bank continue to be safe for
human consumption. The National
Shellfish Sanitation Program adopted
the PSP protocol at the October 2011
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation
Conference.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0240.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
189.
Estimated Time Per Response: ITQ
permit application form, review of a
pre-filled form for renewing entities,
ITQ transfer form, 5 minutes each; 1
hour to complete the ITQ ownership
form for new applicants and 30 minutes
for the application to shuck surfclams
and ocean quahogs at sea. The
requirements under the PSP protocol are
based on the number of vessels that land
surfclams or ocean quahogs and the
number of trips taken into the area, with
a total estimated annual burden of 2,400
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,538.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $111,764 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 Office of
Management and Budget approval of

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