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Federal Register
Vol. 83, No. 229
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

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.

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Vermont Advisory Committee
Commission on Civil Rights.
Announcement of meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) that a planning meeting of the
Vermont Advisory Committee to the
Commission will be convened by
teleconference call at 11:00 a.m. (EST)
on Friday, December 7, 2018. The
purpose of the meeting is for discussing
the proposal on school to prison
pipeline issues in Vermont.
DATES: Friday, December 7, 2018, at
11:00 a.m. EST.
Public Call-In Information:
Conference call-in number: 1–877–260–
1479 and conference call 2568802.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evelyn Bohor at [email protected] or by
phone at 202–376–7533.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
members of the public may listen to the
discussion by calling the following tollfree conference call-in number: 1–877–
260–1479 and conference call 2568802.
Please be advised that before placing
them into the conference call, the
conference call operator will ask callers
to provide their names, their
organizational affiliations (if any), and
email addresses (so that callers may be
notified of future meetings). Callers can
expect to incur charges for calls they
initiate over wireless lines, and the
Commission will not refund any
incurred charges. Callers will incur no
charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free
conference call-in number.
Persons with hearing impairments
may also follow the discussion by first
calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–977–8339 and providing the
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operator with the toll-free conference
call-in number: 1–877–260–1479 and
conference call 2568802.
Members of the public are invited to
make statements during the open
comment period of the meeting or
submit written comments. The
comments must be received in the
regional office approximately 30 days
after each scheduled meeting. Written
comments may be mailed to the Eastern
Regional Office, U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC
20425, faxed to (202) 376–7548, or
emailed to Evelyn Bohor at ero@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376–
7533.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing as they become available
at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/
FACAPublicViewCommitteeDetails?id=
a10t0000001gzmXAAQ, click the
‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’
links. Records generated from this
meeting may also be inspected and
reproduced at the Eastern Regional
Office, as they become available, both
before and after the meetings. Persons
interested in the work of this advisory
committee are advised to go to the
Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov,
or to contact the Eastern Regional Office
at the above phone numbers, email or
street address.
Agenda
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 11 a.m.
(EST)
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Rollcall
Project Planning
Other Business
Open Comment
Adjourn.

Dated: November 21, 2018.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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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: North Pacific Observer Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0318.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 875.
Average Hours per Response: 5
minutes to request full observer
coverage, placement in or removed from
the Electronic Monitoring (EM)
selection pool, close an EM trip in
ODDS, pre-cruise meeting notification,
physical examination verification,
update to provider information; 15
minutes to log a fishing trip in ODDS;
48 hours for a Vessel Monitoring Plan;
1 hour to submit EM data, and observer
training registration; 30 minutes for
request small catcher/processor
placement in partial coverage category;
4 hours for appeals; 2 minutes to notify
observer before handling the vessel’s
Bering Sea pollock catch; 8 hours for
candidates’ college transcripts and
statements; 7 minutes for observer
briefing registration, projected observer
assignments, and observer deployment
and logistics reports; 30 minutes for
observer debriefing registration,
observer provider contracts, invoice
copies, and industry request for
assistance; 12 minutes for certificates of
insurance; 2 hours for other reports; 60
hours for observer provider permit
application.
Burden Hours: 15,871.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The North Pacific Observer Program
(Observer Program) is implemented
under the authority of section 313 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act and
regulations at 50 CFR 679. Through the

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Observer Program, the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects the
data necessary to conserve and manage
the groundfish and halibut fisheries off
Alaska. Observers collect biological
samples and fishery-dependent
information used to estimate total catch
and interactions with protected species.
Managers use data collected by
observers to manage groundfish and
prohibited species catch within
established limits and to document and
reduce fishery interactions with
protected resources. Scientists use
observer data to assess fish stocks, to
provide scientific information for
fisheries and ecosystem research and
fishing fleet behavior, to assess marine
mammal interactions with fishing gear,
and to assess fishing interactions with
habitat.
All vessels and processors that
participate in federally managed or
parallel groundfish and halibut fisheries
off Alaska are assigned to one of two
categories: (1) The full observer
coverage category, where vessels and
processors obtain observer coverage by
contracting directly with observer
providers; or (2) the partial coverage
category, where NMFS, in consultation
with the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council determines when
and where observer coverage is needed.
Some vessels and processors may be in
full coverage for part of the year and
partial coverage at other times of the
year depending on the observer
coverage requirements for specific
fisheries. Funds for deploying observers
on vessels in the partial coverage
category are provided through a system
of fees based on the gross ex-vessel
value of retained groundfish and
halibut. This observer fee is assessed on
all landings by vessels that are not
otherwise in full coverage. Information
collected for the observer fee is
approved under OMB Control No. 0648–
0711.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion, weekly and
annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
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.

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Dated: November 23, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; External Needs
Assessment for NOAA Education
Products and Programs
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 January 28, 2019.
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 Bruce Moravchik, National
Ocean Service (NOS), 1305 East-West
Hwy., Bldg. SSMC4, Silver Springs, MD
20910–3278, (240) 533–0874,
[email protected] or Shannon
Ricles, NOS, Monitor National Marine
Sanctuary, 100 Museum Dr., Newport
News, VA 23602, (757) 591–7328,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a new voluntary
information collection.
NOAA Office of Education is
sponsoring a voluntary multi-question
survey to assess the needs of educators
pertaining to future NOAA multimedia
products and programs. In developing
multimedia materials that convey
NOAA’s science, service and
stewardship, the Agency must insure
that these resources are of the highest
quality and meet the needs of formal
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United States. To achieve this goal, it
will be necessary to conduct surveys
identifying the types of educational
programs and products of the highest
interest and greatest need by formal and
informal educators. By surveying
external educators to gather this
information, budget expenditures will
be used optimally to develop
appropriate products and programs
most desired by educators to support
and enhance Ocean, Earth science, and
related STEM education subjects
throughout our nation.
II. Method of Collection
The voluntary needs assessment
mechanism will be distributed via email
with a link to a Google form to external
educators subscribed to NOAA
education programs as well as their
partners email distribution lists. The
voluntary needs assessment mechanism
will also be distributed in person (paper
and electronically) at education
conferences, workshops, and other
venues hosting educators.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000 annually.
Estimated Time per Response: Five
minutes per survey.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 83 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.00 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;

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