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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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bass fishery, and (3) provide
recommendations to the Council and
Commission on draft alternatives for the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Commercial/Recreational
Allocation Amendment. Meeting
materials will be posted to the Council’s
website prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA279]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public
webinar meeting, jointly with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, July 29, 2020, from 5:30
p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar, which can be accessed at:
http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/fsb-apjul-2020/. Meeting audio can also be
accessed via telephone by dialing 1–
800–832–0736 and entering room
number 4472108.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Advisory Panel will meet via
webinar jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Advisory Panel. The objectives of this
meeting are: (1) Review and comment
on the recommendations of the
Scientific and Statistical Committee and
Monitoring Committee for 2021
specifications for all three species, (2)
provide recommendations to the
Council and Commission on the
February 2021 recreational black sea

Dated: July 7, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Conflict of Interest
Disclosure for Non-Federal
Government Individuals Who Are
Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews
Required by the OMB Peer Review
Bulletin
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on April 30,
2020, (85 FR 23950) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Conflict of Interest Disclosure
for Non-Federal Government
Individuals Who Are Candidates To
Conduct Peer Reviews Required by the
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OMB Control Number: 0648–0567.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 321.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes for each Conflict of Interest
Disclosure form.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 161.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
collection.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) issued government-wide
guidance to enhance the practice of peer
review of government science
documents. OMB’s Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (‘‘Peer
Review Bulletin’’ or PRB) (available at
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/
omb/memoranda_fy2005_m05-03/)
establishes minimum peer review
standards for influential scientific
information that Federal agencies intend
to disseminate.
The Peer Review Bulletin also directs
Federal agencies to adopt or adapt the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
policy for evaluating conflicts of interest
when selecting peer reviewers who are
not Federal government employees
(federal employees are subject to
Federal ethics requirements). For peer
review purposes, the term ‘‘conflicts of
interest’’ means any financial or other
interest which conflicts with the service
of the individual because it could: (1)
Significantly impair the individual’s
objectivity; or (2) create an unfair
competitive advantage for any person or
organization. NOAA has adapted the
NAS policy and developed two
confidential conflict disclosure forms
which the agency will use to examine
prospective reviewers’ potential
financial conflicts and other interests
that could impair objectivity or create
an unfair advantage. One form is for
peer reviewers of studies related to
government regulation and the other
form is for all other influential scientific
information subject to the Peer Review
Bulletin. In addition, the latter form has
been adapted by NOAA’s Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for
potential reviewers of scientific
laboratories.
The forms include questions about
employment as well as investment and
property interests and research funding.
Both forms also require the submission
of curriculum vitae. NOAA is seeking to
collect this information from potential
peer reviewers who are not government
employees when conducting a peer
review pursuant to the PRB. The
information collected in the conflict of
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NOAA’s compliance with the OMB
PRB, and helps to ensure that
government studies are reviewed by
independent, impartial peer reviewers.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority:
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0567.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2020–OS–0066]

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Federal Voting Assistance
Program, Defense Department (DoD).
ACTION: Information collection notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Federal Voting Assistance Program
announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

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Consideration will be given to all
comments received by September 11,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: DoD cannot receive written
comments at this time due to the
COVID–19 pandemic. Comments should
be sent electronically to the docket
listed above.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the internet at http://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please contact the Office of Information
Management, DoD, at [email protected], ATTN Ms. Angela
James, or call 571–372–7574.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and Omb
Number: Election Administration and
Voting Survey (EAVS) Section B Data
Standard (ESB Data Standard); OMB
Control Number 0704–FVAP.
Needs and Uses: The President of the
United States designated the Secretary
of Defense to administer the Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (UOCAVA) As Modified by the
Military and Overseas Voting
Empowerment Act, 52 United States
Code (U.S.C.) 20301. UOCAVA is the
principal enabling statute that grants
authority for the Department of Defense
(DoD) to facilitate absentee voting
amongst members of the Uniformed
Services and Merchant Marine, their
eligible family members, and all citizens
residing outside the United States who
are absent from the United States. The
1988 Executive Order (E.O.) 12642
names the Secretary of Defense as the
‘‘Presidential designee’’ for
administering UOCAVA. In the
Department of Defense Instruction
(DoDI) 1000.04, Federal Voting
Assistance Program (FVAP), the
Secretary of Defense delegated
UOCAVA-related responsibilities first to
the Under Secretary of Defense for
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Personnel and Readiness (USD[P&R]),
and then, in turn, to the FVAP Director.
The DoDI 1000.04 also updates the
policy and responsibilities for FVAP
under E.O. 12642.
The Military and Overseas Voter
Empowerment (MOVE) Act of 2009
enacted key reforms to the absentee
voting process for military and overseas
voters. These reforms include the
transmission of balloting materials no
later than 45 days prior to each federal
election. Additionally, each state must
offer military and overseas voters an
opportunity to receive balloting
materials electronically. Sections 52
U.S.C. 20301 (b [6,11]) and 20308 (b [1])
require FVAP to provide a report to the
President and the Congress on program
effectiveness and conduct a statistical
analysis on UOCAVA voter
participation. These sections also state
that FVAP shall work with the United
States Election Assistance Commission
(EAC) and the chief State election
official of each State to develop
standards for States to report data on the
number of absentee ballots transmitted
and received, and that FVAP is to store
the data collected. In order to evaluate
the MOVE Act’s reforms and perform
the actions prescribed in 52 U.S.C.
20301 (b [6,11]) and 20308 (b [1]), FVAP
requires transaction-level data that can
associate specific UOCAVA ballot
business process transactions with the
ultimate outcome on whether the ballot
was received and accepted for counting
in each Federal election.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Annual Burden Hours: 69.
Number of Respondents: 827.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 827.
Average Burden per Response: 5
minutes.
Frequency: Semi-Annually.
To help better assist UOCAVA voters,
FVAP and the Council of State
Governments worked to refine a
transformative new data schema called
the Election Administration and Voting
Survey (EAVS) Section B (ESB) Data
Standard. The ESB Data Standard builds
on other data standardization efforts and
allows FVAP to analyze the three key
parts of the voting process: (1) Ballot
request; (2) ballot transmission; and (3)
ballot return.
The ESB Data Standard collects
transactional data from the absentee
voter’s experience in the election
process that, when aggregated, align to
the post-election survey questions
administered by the EAC’s
Administration and Voting Survey
(EAVS) data specifically focused on
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