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time shift of approximately one year and
moving the spring start date forward by
approximately two weeks. No additional
take has been requested by ADOT&PF or
is proposed for authorization by NMFS.
All mitigation measures described in the
Biological Opinion would be
implemented to reduce harassment of
marine mammals and document take of
marine mammals. For these reasons, we
anticipate no new or changed effects of
the action beyond what was considered
in the 2017 Biological Opinion. NMFS
will conclude the ESA consultation
prior to reaching a determination
regarding the proposed issuance of the
authorization.

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Proposed Authorization and Request
for Public Comments
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
an IHA to ADOT&PF for conducting pile
driving and removal activities as part of
the Gustavus Ferry Terminal
Improvements Project for a period of
one year from February 15, 2020
through February 14, 2021, provided the
previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
from the 2018–2019 IHA are
incorporated. We request comment on
our analyses and the proposed issuance
of the IHA which would be identical to
the previous IHA with the exception of
a construction start date of February 15
instead of March 1. A draft of the
proposed IHA can be found at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act.
Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analyses,
the proposed authorization, and any
other aspect of this Notice of Proposed
IHA for the proposed ADOT&PF project.
We also request at this time comment on
the potential renewal of this proposed
IHA as described in the paragraph
below. Please include with your
comments any supporting data or
literature citations to help inform
decisions on the request for this IHA or
a subsequent Renewal.
On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may
issue a one-year Renewal IHA following
notice to the public providing an
additional 15 days for public comments
when (1) up to another year of identical
or nearly identical, or nearly identical,
activities as described in the Specified
Activities section of this notice is
planned or (2) the activities as described
in the Specified Activities section of
this notice would not be completed by
the time the IHA expires and a Renewal
would allow for completion of the
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Dates and Duration section of this
notice, provided all of the following
conditions are met:
• A request for renewal is received no
later than 60 days prior to the needed
Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing
that the Renewal IHA expiration date
cannot extend beyond one year from
expiration of the initial IHA).
• The request for renewal must
include the following:
(1) An explanation that the activities
to be conducted under the requested
Renewal IHA are identical to the
activities analyzed under the initial
IHA, are a subset of the activities, or
include changes so minor (e.g.,
reduction in pile size) that the changes
do not affect the previous analyses,
mitigation and monitoring
requirements, or take estimates (with
the exception of reducing the type or
amount of take); and
(2) A preliminary monitoring report
showing the results of the required
monitoring to date and an explanation
showing that the monitoring results do
not indicate impacts of a scale or nature
not previously analyzed or authorized.
• Upon review of the request for
Renewal, the status of the affected
species or stocks, and any other
pertinent information, NMFS
determines that there are no more than
minor changes in the activities, the
mitigation and monitoring measures
will remain the same and appropriate,
and the findings in the initial IHA
remain valid.
Dated: January 9, 2020.
Catherine Marzin,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Southeast Region
Permit Family of Forms
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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995.
To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before March 16, 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
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.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Adam Bailey, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast
Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue
South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, phone:
727–824–5305, or email: adam.bailey@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension with
revisions to the existing reporting
requirements approved under the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Control Number 0648–0205, Southeast
Region Permit Family of Forms. The
NMFS Southeast Regional Office (SERO)
Permits Office administers Federal
fishing permits in the U.S. exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) of the Caribbean
Sea, Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), and South
Atlantic under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1801. The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to revise parts of the current
collection-of-information approved
under OMB Control Number 0648–0205.
The NMFS Southeast Region manages
the U.S. Federal fisheries in the
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic
under the fishery management plans
(FMPs) for each region. The regional
fishery management councils prepared
the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. The regulations
implementing the FMPs, including
those that have recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, are located at 50
CFR part 622.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form
the basis for this collection of

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information. The NMFS Southeast
Region requests information from
fishery participants. This information,
upon receipt, results in an increasingly
more efficient and accurate database for
management and monitoring of the
Federal fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf,
and South Atlantic.
The SERO Permits Office proposes to
revise the collection-of-information
approved under OMB Control Number
0648–0205. NMFS proposes to revise
the Federal permit applications for
Vessels Fishing in the EEZ (Vessel EEZ),
Change of Information Form, Vessel
Fishing in the Colombian Treaty Waters,
Duplicate Federal Fishery Permits,
Operator Card or Decal, Aquacultured
Live Rock (new permit), Aquacultured
Live Rock (permit renewal), Harvest of
Aquacultured Live Rock in the EEZ,
Southeast Region Issued Operator Card,
Consolidate Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
permits, Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish
in the South Atlantic States (Wreckfish),
Income Qualification Affidavit for Spiny
Lobster, and the Annual Dealer permit.
The purpose of revising certain NMFS
SERO permit application forms is to
better comply with National Standard 4
(NS4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) and the
Small Business Administration’s
regulations implementing the RFA,
Executive Order 12898, and the
‘‘fairness and equitable distribution’’
provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, including NS4 and section
303(b)(6).
The proposed revisions to the
specified application forms are
administrative and would update
outdated URLs, telephone numbers, and
office hours. NMFS estimates that the
proposed revisions would not change
the annual number of respondents or
responses, or annual costs to affected
permit applicants from estimates in the
currently approved collection. Across
the application forms, NMFS estimates
these revisions would not increase the
overall time burden.
The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to modify the limited access
permits by updating the form field name
related to the selling price of the permit,
along with removing the section related
to the permit’s selling price. NMFS does
not anticipate these revisions will
materially change the time burden to the
applicants.
The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to modify the Vessel EEZ
application to include a checkbox and
language related to the compliance of
regulatory requirements. NMFS does not
anticipate these revisions to the form
will materially change the time burden
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II. Method of Collection
Respondents complete applications
on paper forms, and then can either
mail or bring applications to the SERO
Permits Office. Online application
renewals are currently available only for
some of the permits included on the
Federal Permit Application for Vessels
Fishing in the Exclusive Economic
Zone. The SERO Permits Office can mail
applications and instructions or they
can be downloaded from the SERO
Permits Office website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/
resources-fishing/southeast-fisheriespermits.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission—
revision and extension of current
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,909.
Estimated Time per Response:
• Dealer Permit Application, 30
minutes.
• Vessel EEZ Permit Application,
including Golden Tilefish Endorsement
and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 40
minutes.
• Wreckfish Permit Application, 40
minutes.
• Vessel Operator Card Application
for Dolphin/Wahoo or Rock Shrimp, 21
minutes.
• Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters
Vessel Permit Application, 30 minutes.
• Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit
Notification, 12 minutes.
• Notifications of Authorization for
Retrieval of Lost or Stolen Traps (golden
crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny
lobster), 13 minutes.
• Vessel Permit Transfers and
Notarizations, 10 minutes.
• Annual Landings Report for Gulf of
Mexico Shrimp, 20 minutes.
• International Maritime Organization
(IMO) Number Registration, 30 minutes.
• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—New Permit—Deposit
Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 5 minutes; Site
Evaluation Report, 20 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, including Site
Evaluation Report, 50 minutes; and
• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—Renew Permit—Deposit
Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 5 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 7,940.

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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $483,828 in recordkeeping or
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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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: Analysis of and Participation in
Ocean Exploration Video Products.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0748.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular (revision of
a currently approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes.
Burden Hours: 664 hours.
Needs and Uses: This collection is
revised to add two new forms resulting
in an increased number of respondents
(1,000), responses (1,400), and burden
hours (16).
It is important to address the needs of
the shore-based scientists and public to

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