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Lead

New Data and Analyses (TOR #2) cont ................................
Review/Discussion/Summary ................................................
Public Comment ....................................................................
Adjourn.

Dave Richardson (WG Chair).
Review Panel.
Public.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Brief Overview and Logistics .................................................
New Data and Analyses (TOR #2) cont ................................
Break.
Catchability (TOR #4) ............................................................
Lunch.
Stock Structure Proposals (TOR #3) .....................................
Break.
Stock Structure Proposals (TOR #3) cont .............................
Review/Discussion/Summary ................................................
Public Comment ....................................................................
Adjourn.
Dinner Social .........................................................................

Michele Traver/Chair (TBD).
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Review Panel.
Public.
TBD.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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Brief Overview and logistics ..................................................
Model Proposals (TOR #5) ....................................................
Break.
Research Recommendations (TOR #6) ................................
Review/Discussion/Summary ................................................
Public Comment ....................................................................
Lunch.
Report Writing ........................................................................
Adjourn.

Michele Traver/Chair (TBD).
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Dave Richardson, WG Chair.
Review Panel.
Public.
Review Panel.

Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m .................................

Report Writing ........................................................................

The meeting is open to the public;
however, during the ‘Report Writing’
session on Wednesday, March 11th, and
Thursday, March 12th, the public
should not engage in discussion with
the Peer Review Panel.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Special
requests should be directed to Michele
Traver, 508–495–2195, at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 2, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
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; Applications and
Reports for Registration as a Tanner or
Agent
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
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before March 9, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
comments received are part of the
SUMMARY:

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public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and 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:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jerod Cook, (907) 772–2285;
[email protected] or Robert Marvelle
(907) 586–9329; robert.marvelle@
noaa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)
mandates the protection and
conservation of marine mammals and
makes the taking, killing or serious
injury of marine mammals, except
under permit or exemption, a violation
of the Act. An exemption is provided for
Alaskan natives to take marine
mammals if the taking is for subsistence
or for creating and selling authentic
native articles of handicraft and

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clothing. Possession of marine mammals
and marine mammal parts by other than
Alaskan natives is therefore prohibited
(exception, 50 CFR 216.26: Beach found
non-Endangered Species Act (ESA)
teeth or bones that have been registered
with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS)). As native handicrafts
are allowed by the MMPA to enter
interstate commerce, an exemption is
also needed to allow non-natives to
handle the skins or other marine
mammal produce, whether to tan the
pinniped hide or to act as an agent for
the native to sell his handicraft
products. The information is necessary
for law enforcement purposes to ensure
that only Alaska Indians, Aleuts, or
Eskimos are submitting marine mammal
hides or parts for tanning.
The information required by 50 CFR
216.23 is of two types. Applications:
Information is required to identify the
applicant as a tanner/agent in order to
preclude prosecution under the MMPA
and to determine that he/she has an
acceptable record keeping program to
accurately account for those marine
mammal products received. This
information serves as a deterrent for
those individuals who might use this
registration program for entering
prohibited marine mammal products
into interstate commerce. Reports:
Information is also needed annually to
evaluate the agent/tanner’s activities
during the year, and his/her procedures
for bookkeeping and yearly inventory to
assure NMFS, the Marine Mammal
Commission, and the general public that
prohibited marine mammal products
were not being transshipped through
registered agents.
The reporting requirements are:
Report in writing to the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, any
changes in the facts stated in
Registrant’s applications for this
Certificate of Registration within 30
days of such change; maintain current
records of each transaction authorized
stating the marine mammals or marine
mammal parts or products involved,
from whom received, any processing
accomplished, to whom returned, and
the date of each such transaction. These
records shall be kept separate and apart
from other records maintained in the
ordinary course of business and shall be
retrained for not less than three years;
and annually, during the month of
January, send certified copies of such
records (annual report) to the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries.
II. Method of Collection
Paper documentation is submitted to
meet the requirements found at 50 CFR
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III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0179.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of an existing information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
for an application and 2 hours for a
report.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $175.00.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Ferry Berth
Improvements in Tongass Narrows,
Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of two
incidental harassment authorizations.
AGENCY:

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In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued two consecutive
incidental harassment authorizations
(IHA) to the Alaska Department of
Transportation and Public Facilities
(ADOT&PF) to incidentally harass, by
Level A and Level B harassment, marine
mammals during two years of activity
related to ferry berth improvements and
construction in Tongass Narrows, near
Ketchikan, AK.
DATES: The Phase 1 Authorization is
effective from March 1, 2020 to
February 28, 2021. The Phase 2
Authorization is effective from March 1,
2021 to February 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
Pauline, 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 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:
SUMMARY:

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
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
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 is
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
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