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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0445.
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
[RTID 0648–XA612]

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Marine Site
Characterization Surveys; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: On October 8, 2020, a notice
was published in the Federal Register
announcing the issuance of an
incidental harassment authorization
(IHA) for take of marine mammals
incidental to marine site
characterization surveys in coastal
waters from New York to Massachusetts.
That document inadvertently omitted
NMFS’ response to a recommendation
from the Marine Mammal Commission,
and contained a grammatical error. This
document corrects these errors; all other
information is unchanged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carter Esch, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8421.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
NMFS published a notice in the
Federal Register on October 8, 2020 (85
FR 65308) announcing that an IHA had
been issued to ;rsted Wind Power
North America, LLC, authorizing the
take of marine mammals incidental to
marine site characterization surveys in
coastal waters from New York to
Massachusetts, effective for one year
from the date of issuance. NMFS refers
the reader to the October 8, 2020,
Federal Register notice (85 FR 65308)
for background information concerning
the IHA. The information in the notice
of issuance is not repeated here. As
published, the notice of issuance
contains errors which are corrected
here.

response to Comment 1 is corrected to
read as follows:
Comment 1: The Commission assesses
that ‘‘it is reasonable to conclude that
incidental taking of marine mammals
could occur’’ as a result of ;rsted’s
specified activity, while asserting that
the size of the Level B harassment zones
is overestimated. Given this, the
Commission states that the required
mitigation (e.g., implementation of
shutdown upon observation of marine
mammals within defined zones) would
‘‘minimize’’ the potential for marine
mammal takes to occur and, as a result,
states its belief that issuance of an IHA
for the proposed activities is
unnecessary.
Response: NMFS appreciates the
Commission’s consideration of the
proposed IHA and will consider the
Commission’s position in the future,
should further take authorization
requests be received for similar
activities. As it relates to this activity,
;rsted has requested the authorization
of take and NMFS has acted on that
request, as required by the MMPA. As
the Commission notes, it is reasonable
to conclude that incidental taking could
occur and, while NMFS shares the
opinion that the prescribed mitigation
may be effective in avoiding take for
these activities, we have evaluated and
authorized the take that could occur as
precautionarily requested by ;rsted. As
described herein, NMFS has issued the
requested IHA to ;rsted.
2. On page 63517 in the third column,
the final sentence is corrected to read as
follows:
As described above, NMFS has
determined that the likelihood of take of
any marine mammals in the form of
Level A harassment occurring as a result
of the surveys is so low as to be
discountable; therefore, we do not
authorize take of any marine mammals
by Level A harassment.
Dated: November 3, 2020.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Correction
1. In FR Doc. 2020–22307, on page
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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; Processed Products Family
of Forms
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 June 24th,
2020 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: Processed Products Family of
Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0018.
Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 88–
13, 88–13C.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 398.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes, Monthly Meat and Oil Report;
30 minutes, Annual Survey of Seafood
Processors.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 178.
Needs and Uses: This is a survey of
seafood and industrial fish processing
firms. Firms processing fish from certain
fisheries must report on their annual
volume, the wholesale value of
products, and monthly employment
figures. Data are used in economic
analyses to estimate the capacity and
extent to which processors utilize
domestic harvest. These analyses are
necessary to carry out the provision of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Form 88–13-Annual; Form
88–13c–Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
for some Federal Permit holders in the
Northeast, otherwise voluntary.

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Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
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 0648–0018.
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Interagency
Electronic Reporting System (IERS)
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 June 24,
2020 (85 FR 37877), during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Interagency Electronic
Reporting System (IERS).
OMB Control Number: 0648–0515.
Form Number(s): None.

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Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 206.
Average Hours per Response:
eLandings registration, 15 minutes;
electronic logbooks, 15 minutes;
shoreside processor production report,
10 minutes; at-sea processor production
report, 20 minutes; mothership landing
report, 10 minutes; out-of-state landing
report, 20 minutes; shoreside processor
and catcher processor, landing reports,
30 minutes each; tender landing report,
35 minutes; registered buyer and
registered crab receiver landing reports,
60 minutes each.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,271.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska
Regional Office, is requesting extension
of a currently approved information
collection for the Alaska Interagency
Electronic Reporting System (IERS).
IERS is a fisheries data collection
system that enables the management of
commercial fisheries off Alaska and is
supported through a partnership among
the NMFS Alaska Regional Office, the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G), and the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC). IERS
provides the Alaska fishing industry
with a consolidated, electronic means of
reporting commercial fish and shellfish
information to multiple management
agencies through a single reporting
system. The recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for IERS are
located at 50 CFR 679.5.
Users enter information into IERS
using three main components,
depending on their internet access and
transmission capability:
• eLandings provides web-based
access for shoreside and stationary
floating processors to submit landings
and production information and also by
some catcher/processors and
motherships who have access to the
internet to submit their data.
• seaLandings is a fishery harvest
reporting software program that
functions without constant internet
connectivity and is installed on
computer workstations. The
seaLandings interface targets at-sea
vessels with limited access to the web
(typically for catcher/processors and
motherships which report at sea).
Landings, production, and eLog
information can be sent from
seaLandings via direct transmission (a
report file is zipped up and sent over
the internet and processed behind the
scenes) or via email.
• tLandings is a USB-installed
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access can use to enter landings
information.
Through IERS, NMFS collects
information on landings, production,
and effort for groundfish and crab
species to support the agency’s
management responsibilities. IERS has
four main information collections:
Registration, landing reports,
production reports, and electronic
logbooks. Landing reports document the
harvest of fish and shellfish that is sold,
discarded, or retained by the fisherman.
Production reports provide information
on the amount of processed product that
is generated by processors. Logbooks
provide information about where and
when fishing effort occurs. NMFS uses
information collected in IERS for inseason and inter-season management
decisions that affect the fishery
resources and the fishing industry that
uses those resources.
Information collected through the
IERS promotes the goals and objectives
of fishery management plans, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, and
other applicable laws. Collecting
information from fishery participants is
necessary for successful management of
groundfish, crab, Pacific halibut, and
salmon resources.
Compared with paper forms and
conventional logbooks, IERS is a more
convenient, accurate, and timely
method of fisheries reporting. Benefits
of IERS include improved data quality,
automated processing of data, improved
process for correcting or updating
information, availability of more timely
data for fishery managers, and reduction
of duplicative reporting of similar
information to multiple agencies.
Additionally, IERS provides continuous
online access to individual accounts for
participants.
This renewal will incorporate the
change request associated with the rule
for Amendment 121 to Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area and Amendment 110
to Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (85 FR
41427, July 10, 2020). The rule
reclassifies sculpins as a non-target
ecosystem component (EC) species and
makes minor revisions to the
information collection requirements to
clarify the location of the species code
for sculpins in the tables to 50 CFR part
679 to note that sculpins should be
reported as non-target EC species rather
than target species
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion; Daily.

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