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• Three-year review of Amendment 7
on bluefin tuna management;
• A proposed rule and draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
pelagic longline bluefin tuna area-based
and weak hook management measures;
• Scoping for Amendments 13
(bluefin tuna), and spatial management
research and data collection.
We also anticipate inviting other
NMFS offices and the United States
Coast Guard to provide updates, if
available, on their activities relevant to
HMS fisheries.
Additional information on the
meeting and a copy of the draft agenda
will be posted prior to the meeting at:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/
may-2019-hms-advisory-panel-meeting.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Peter Cooper at (301) 427–8503 at least
7 days prior to the meeting.
Dated: March 4, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
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; Alaska Region
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab
Economic Data 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 May 6, 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]).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Gabrielle Aberle, NOAA’s
National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668,
Telephone (907) 586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Island
Crab Rationalization Program (CR
Program) is a limited access privilege
program managed under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–199, Sec. 801),
and the Fishery Management Plan for
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and
Tanner Crab (FMP). The CR Program
allocates crab among harvesters,
processors, Western Alaska Community
Development Quota groups, and coastal
communities for nine crab fisheries. The
CR Program also includes a
comprehensive economic data
collection program requiring
participants to complete annual
Economic Data Reports (EDRs). These
EDRs are intended to aid the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) and NOAA’s National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) to assess the
performance of the CR Program and to
develop amendments to the FMP or
regulations to mitigate any unintended
consequences of the CR Program.
NMFS has designated Pacific States
Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC)
as the Data Collection Agent for the CR
Program. NMFS and PSMFC administer
the crab EDR program under the
guidance of the Council. The crab EDR
program collects annually reported cost,
revenue, ownership, and employment
data from harvest and processing sector
participants in the CR Program fisheries.
This information is necessary to monitor
and assess the economic effects of the
CR Program and support rigorous
economic analysis to promote the goals
and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and the FMP.
Participation in the crab EDR program
is mandatory under Federal fisheries
regulations at 50 CFR 680.6 for all active
vessel and processing sector
participants in the CR Program fisheries.
This information collection contains
the three EDRs used by participants in
the CR Program: Catcher Vessel Crab
EDR, Catcher/Processor Crab EDR, and
Processor Crab EDR. An EDR is required

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from any owner or leaseholder of a
vessel or processing plant, or a holder
of a registered crab receiver permit that
harvested, processed, custom processed,
or obtained custom processing for CR
crab in specified BSAI crab fisheries
during the prior calendar year. The
EDRs are submitted annually and are
due on or before July 31 of the following
year. The information collection also
includes information required to be
submitted for audits to verify data
submitted by respondents. Additional
information on the crab EDR program is
available on the PSFMC website at
http://www.psmfc.org/alaska_crab/.
II. Method of Collection
The EDRs may be submitted online,
by mail, or by fax. PSMFC mails EDR
announcements and filing instructions
to respondents by the end of May each
year. Respondents are encouraged to
complete the forms online on the
PSMFC website at http://
www.psmfc.org/alaska_crab/. EDR
forms also are available on the PSFMC
website as a fillable PDF; these may be
downloaded, printed, and mailed or
faxed to PSMFC.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0518.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
99.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
hours each for full Catcher Vessel Crab
EDR and full Catcher/Processor Crab
EDR; 16 hours for full Processor Crab
EDR; 2 hours each for certification-only
Catcher Vessel Crab EDR, certificationonly Catcher/Processor Crab EDR, and
certification-only Processor Crab EDR;
and 8 hours for Verification of Data.
These estimates are based on the most
recent supporting statement prepared
for this EDR information collection in
2018. This supporting statement is
available on NOAA’s Paperwork
Reduction Act web page at https://
www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/pdfs/
0518Ext16.pdf.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,624 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $318,414 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

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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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Clearance Officer,
Office of Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
RIN 0648–XG822

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Biorka Island
Dock Replacement Project
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed issuance of an
Incidental Harassment Authorization;
request for comments.
AGENCY:

NMFS has received a request
from the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) for an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) that
would cover a subset of the take
authorized in an IHA previously issued
to FAA to incidentally take marine
mammals, by Level A and Level B
harassment, during construction
activities associated with the Biorka
dock replacement project in Symonds
Bay, Alaska. The applicant was unable
to complete the work before the
expiration date of the 2018 IHA and
NMFS is proposing to issue, an IHA
authorizing incidental take for the
remaining activities. Pursuant to the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to
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during the specified activities. NMFS is
also requesting comments on a possible
one-year renewal that could be issued
under certain circumstances and if all
requirements are met, as described in
Request for Public Comments at the end
of this notice.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to [email protected].
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without
change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the original
application and supporting documents
(including NMFS FR notices of the 2018
proposed and final authorizations, and
the previous IHA), as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
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engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization may be
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
National Environmental Policy Act
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, NMFS must review our
proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an
incidental harassment authorization)
with respect to environmental
consequences on the human
environment. This action is consistent
with categories of activities identified in
CE B4 of the Companion Manual for
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A,
which do not individually or
cumulatively have the potential for
significant impacts on the quality of the
human environment and for which we
have not identified any extraordinary
circumstances that would preclude this
categorical exclusion. Accordingly,
NMFS has determined that the issuance
of the IHA qualifies to be categorically
excluded from further NEPA review and
a Categorical Exclusion memo was
signed in October 2017.
History of Request
On March 31, 2017, NMFS received a
request from the FAA for an IHA to take
marine mammals incidental to pile
driving and removal and down-the-hole
(DTH) pile driving in association with
the Biorka Island Dock Replacement
Project (Project) in Symonds Bay,
Alaska. NMFS published a notice of a
proposed IHA and request for comments
in the Federal Register on August 30,

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