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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 13, 2018 / Notices

Dated: November 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–24614 Filed 11–9–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Capital
Construction Fund Agreement,
Certificate Family of Forms and
Deposit/Withdrawal Report
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 14, 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 Richard VanGorder, NOAA/
NMFS/F/MB5, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 13113, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, (301) 427–8784, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents will be commercial
fishing industry individuals,
partnerships, and corporations which
entered into Capital Construction Fund
(CCF) agreements with the Secretary of
Commerce allowing deferral of Federal
taxation on fishing vessel income
deposited into the fund for use in the
acquisition, construction, or
reconstruction of fishing vessels.
Deferred taxes are recaptured by
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depreciation by the amount withdrawn
from the fund for its acquisition,
construction, or reconstruction. The
Capital Construction Fund Agreement
and Certificate Family of Forms is
required pursuant to 50 CFR part 259.2,
50 CFR part 259.9 and Public Law 115–
97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017). The
deposit/withdrawal information
collected from agreement holders is
required pursuant to 50 CFR part 259.7
and Public Law 115–97. The
information collected from applicants
for the CCF Agreement is used to
determine their eligibility to participate
in the CCF Program. The information
collected from agreement holders for the
Certificate Family of Forms is used to
identify their program eligible vessels,
their program projects and to certify the
cost of a project at completion. The
information collected on the deposit/
withdrawal report form is required to
ensure that agreement holders are
complying with fund deposit/
withdrawal requirements established in
program regulations and properly
accounting for fund activity on their
Federal income tax returns. The
information collected on the deposit/
withdrawal report must also be reported
semi-annually to the Secretary of
Treasury in accordance with the Tax
Reform Act.
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected on
forms submitted electronically, by mail
or by fax.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0041.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 34–82,
NOAA Form 88–14.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: NOAA
Form 34–82, 20 minutes; NOAA Form
88–14, 3.5 hours for agreements and 1
hour for certificate.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,917.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $15,320 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

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(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: November 6, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG133

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Port of Kalama
Expansion Project on the Lower
Columbia River
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an Incidental
Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the
Port of Kalama (POK) for the take of
marine mammals, by harassment,
incidental to construction activities
associated with an expansion project at
the Port of Kalama on the Lower
Columbia River, Washington.
DATES: This Authorization is in effect
from October 18, 2018 to October 18,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale
Youngkin, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the application and
supporting documents, as well as a list
of the references cited in this document,
may be obtained by visiting the internet
at: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing
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