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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 60 / Friday, March 27, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting of Sea
Turtle Entanglement in Fishing Gear or
Marine Debris
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 26, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Kate Sampson, Greater
Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930, (978) 282–8470, kate.sampson@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) manages the Sea Turtle
Disentanglement Network (STDN) to
respond to sea turtle entanglement in
active or discarded fishing gear (in
particular those involving the vertical
line of fixed gear fisheries), marine
debris, or other line in the marine
environment. Entanglement has the
potential to cause serious injury or
mortality, which would negatively
impact the recovery of endangered and
threatened sea turtle populations. The
STDN is made up of dedicated, trained,
and specially-equipped non-profit
organizations, state and federal

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agencies, and universities. The STDN’s
goals are to increase reporting, to reduce
serious injury and mortality to sea
turtles, and to collect information that
can be used for mitigation of these
threats. Initial reports are provided by
radio or phone from a variety of sources,
including private and commercial
boaters, fishermen, government and
state agencies, and even non-profit
organizations. Once initial reports are
received and the STDN responds to
document and, hopefully, release the
entangled turtle, information from the
initial report and the response are
provided via hard copy or electronic
entanglement report forms that are later
submitted to NOAA Fisheries via
electronic mail (most often). As there is
limited observer coverage of fixed gear
fisheries, the STDN data are invaluable
to NMFS in understanding the threat of
entanglement and working towards
mitigation.
Reports will be submitted on paper
(faxed or mailed), by telephone, or
electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0496.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
116.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 to 2.5
hours per case (78 cases).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 168.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $100.
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.

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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: March 24, 2020.
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
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearing
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing via
webinar.
AGENCY:

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The New England Fishery
Management Council’s is convening a
Public Hearing of Draft Amendment 23
to Northeast Multispecies Fishery via
webinar to consider actions affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: Written Public comments must
be received on or before, Tuesday, May
19, 2020. This webinar will be held on
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: All meeting participants
and interested parties can register to
join the webinar at https://
register.gotowebinar.com/register/
8766043774885604099.
Meeting addresses: The meeting will
be held via webinar. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public comments: Mail to Thomas A.
Nies, Executive Director, New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill #2, Newburyport, MA
01950. Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘DEIS for Amendment 23 to the
Northeast Multispecies FMP’’.
SUMMARY:

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