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II. Method of Collection
The applications are available as
fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska
Region website at https://
alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheriesapplications that may be downloaded,
printed, faxed or mailed to NMFS. The
CQE annual report must be mailed. The
CQE authorization letter may be
submitted as an attachment to an email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0665.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
75.
Estimated Time Per Response: 200
hours for Application for a Non-profit
Corporation to be Designated as a CQE;
2 hours each for Application to transfer
QS IFQ to or from a CQE, Application
for CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible
Community Resident or Non-resident,
and Application for Transfer between
IFQ and GAF by a CQE; 20 hours for
Application for a CQE to Receive a
Nontrawl Groundfish LLP License; 40
hours for CQE Annual Report; 1 hour
each for Application for Community
Charter Halibut Permit and CQE LLP
Authorization Letter.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,884 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $264 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.

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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.

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Dated: October 3, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Region
Amendment 80 Permits and Reports
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 December 10,
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 Stephanie Warpinski, 907–
586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Amendment 80 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area allocates several
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area non-pollock trawl
groundfish fisheries among trawl fishery
sectors, established a limited access
privilege program, and facilitated the
formation of harvesting cooperatives in
the non-American Fisheries Act (nonAFA) trawl catcher/processor sector.
The Amendment 80 Program
encourages the formation of
cooperatives and cooperative fishing
practices among all persons holding
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permits. The cooperatives that receive
allocations of cooperative quota (CQ)
allow vessel operators to make
operational choices to improve fishery
returns, reduce prohibited species catch
usage, and reduce fish discards.
This information collection is
necessary to manage participation in the
Amendment 80 Program. This collection
contains applications used by persons to
apply for QS, to apply for an
Amendment 80 limited access fishery
permit, and to transfer QS; by
cooperatives to apply for CQ and
transfer CQ; by cooperatives or CDQ
groups to exchange CQ for one eligible
flatfish species with CQ of a different
eligible flatfish species; and by
Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace
their vessels. Additionally, this
collection includes the process used to
appeal an application that is denied.
II. Method of Collection
The applications are available as
fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska
Region website at https://
alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheriesapplications that may be downloaded,
printed, and faxed or mailed to NMFS.
The Flatfish Exchange Application must
be submitted online through eFISH on
the NMFS Alaska Region website at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/
webapps/efish/login. The Application
for Inter-cooperative Transfer of
Amendment 80 CQ is submitted to
NMFS through eFISH with the option to
mail, fax, or deliver the application. The
appeals letter must be submitted by mail
or delivery. All other elements of this
collection may be submitted to NMFS
by mail, fax, or delivery.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0565.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
each for Application for Amendment 80
QS, Application for Amendment 80 CQ
Permit, Application for Amendment 80
Limited Access Fishery Permit,
Application to Transfer Amendment 80
QS, Application for Amendment 80
Vessel Replacement, and Application
for Inter-cooperative Transfer of
Amendment 80 CQ; 4 hours for
Amendment 80 appeals letter; 5 minutes
for Flatfish Exchange Application.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 130 hours.

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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $129 in recordkeeping and
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: September 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG499

Endangered Species; File No. 22218
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole,
MA 02543 [Responsible Party: Dr. Jon
Hare], has applied in due form for a
permit to take green (Chelonia mydas),
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and
unidentified hardshell sea turtles for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
November 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
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SUMMARY:

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Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 22218 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
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.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
[email protected]. Please
include the File No. in the subject line
of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant requests a 10-year
permit to conduct research on sea
turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
in its coastal and estuarine
environments from North Carolina to
Maine and international waters. The
objectives of the research are to (1)
identify sea turtle stocks and breeding
population origins for juvenile through
adult life stages, (2) improve knowledge
of sea turtle life history, vital rates, and
sex ratios, (3) identify important marine
habitats, (4) estimate sea turtle
distribution and abundance, (5) assess
anthropogenic impacts to sea turtles,
and (6) provide data to assist in agency
mitigation and monitoring efforts.
Researchers request 100 takes of each
species and 75 unidentified sea turtles
annually for harassment during aerial
(manned and unmanned) and vessel
surveys for sighting, counting, and
monitoring animals and methods that
do not result in capture—remote
scanning for PIT tags, remote suction
cup tagging, observation, photography,
photogrammetry, and tracking.
Researchers request to capture (by hand,
dip net, cast net, encirclement net, hoop
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sources up to 74 green, 90 Kemp’s
ridley, 72 leatherback, one unidentified,
and 115 loggerhead sea turtles annually
for study; each animal may be
recaptured two times a year for
monitoring and removing gear. These
animals may be observed via manned
and unmanned aircraft prior to capture,
and examined, measured, marked,
biologically sampled, and have up to
two transmitters attached prior to
release. Animals may be temporarily
observed via a remotely operated
vehicle underwater after release. Sea
turtle parts, tissues and carcasses from
500 animals annually may be received,
imported or exported for study.
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Announcement for the Upcoming
Small Business Innovation Research
Program (SBIR) Notice of Funding
Opportunity and Procurement Award
Changes for Fiscal Year 2019 and
Beyond
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research (OAR), Technology
Partnerships Office (TPO), Department
of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of awards process change
and announcement of upcoming Small
Business Innovation Research grants
opportunity for FY 2019.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) will be
processing all Small Business
Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
awards as grants beginning in FY 2019.
Our goals are:
1. To transition the SBIR award
process from acquisition (Contracts) to
financial assistance (Grants), in order to:
a. Expand the scope of SBIR research
projects, allowing more creativity on the
part of interested small businesses and
generating interest beyond ‘‘veteran’’
SBIR participants; and
b. Streamlining the award and funds
distribution processes, refining NOAA’s
internal operations and facilitating
prompt and seamless payments for
participating small businesses.

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