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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 72 / Friday, April 16, 2021 / Notices

Tuesday, May 4, 2021; 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
EDT

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The Committees will review and hold
discussions on Tier 1 of the Council’s
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)
Control Rule, including the Scope of
Work, presentations, and background
materials.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021; 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
EDT
The Committees will review National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Policy
Document: Determination of Best
Scientific Information Available (BSIA)
in the Southeast Region. A presentation
on Gulf Gray Triggerfish Age Validation
Challenges and Recommendations will
be given, followed by the Committees
receiving public comment, and then
discussion of Other Business items.
—Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will be broadcast via
webinar. You may register for the
webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org
and clicking on the SSC meeting on the
calendar.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on
www.gulfcouncil.org as they become
available.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Scientific and Statistical Committees for
discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting.
Actions of the Scientific and Statistical
Committee will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the
agenda and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take-action to
address the emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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Dated: April 13, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Socioeconomics of Coral
Reef Conservation
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 January 25,
2021 (86 FR 6876) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef
Conservation.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0646.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 9,840.
Average Hours per Response: 20
minutes (0.33 hours).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,280
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
the revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection under
OMB Control Number 0648–0646. The
information collection is part of the
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
(NCRMP), which was established by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef
Conservation Program (CRCP) under the
authority of the Coral Reef Conservation
Act of 2000. The CRCP was created to
safeguard and ensure the welfare of the
coral reef ecosystems along the
coastlines of America’s states and
territories. In accordance with its
mission goals, NOAA developed a
survey to track relevant information
regarding each jurisdiction’s population,
social and economic structure, the
benefits of coral reefs and related
habitats, the impacts of society on coral

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reefs, and the impacts of coral
management on communities. The
survey is repeated in each jurisdiction
every five to seven years in order to
provide longitudinal data and
information for managers to effectively
conserve coral reefs for current and
future generations.
The purpose of this information
collection is to obtain human
dimensions information from residents
in the seven United States (U.S.)
jurisdictions containing coral reefs:
Florida, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI),
Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, American Samoa,
Guam, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Specifically, NOAA is seeking
information on the behaviors and
activities related to coral reefs, as well
as information on perceptions of coral
reef conditions and attitudes toward
specific reef conservation activities.
Each survey has a core set of questions
that are the same for all jurisdictions to
allow for information to be tracked over
time. To account for geographical,
cultural and linguistic differences
between jurisdictions, the survey
questions include items that are specific
to the local context and developed
based on jurisdictional partner
feedback.
We intend to use the information
collected through this instrument for
research purposes, as well as for
measuring and improving the results of
our reef protection programs. Because
many of our efforts to protect reefs rely
on education and changing attitudes
toward reef protection, the information
collected will allow CRCP to ensure that
programs are designed appropriately at
the start, future program evaluation
efforts are as successful as possible, and
outreach efforts are targeting the
intended recipients with useful
information.
Pursuant to a request from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), this
collection of information is being
revised to restructure these surveys as a
hybrid-generic collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Every 5–7 years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Coral Reef
Conservation Act of 2000.
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

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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 0648–0646.
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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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act Provisions; General
Provisions for Domestic Fisheries;
Application for Exempted Fishing
Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit renewal
application from the Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries contains all
of the required information and
warrants further consideration.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of
this notice to provide interested parties
the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: [email protected].
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on AOLA Larval Lobster EFP.’’ If you
cannot submit a comment through this
method, please contact Allison Murphy
at (978) 281–9122, or email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Murphy, Fishery Policy Analyst,
978–281–9122, allison.murphy@
noaa.gov.

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The
Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries (MA DMF) submitted a
complete application on March 17, 2021
for an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to
conduct a lobster abundance survey that
Federal regulations would otherwise
restrict. The purpose of this study is to
provide fishery-independent data on
lobster growth and abundance in
Massachusetts state waters of statistical
areas 514 and 538. This EFP would
authorize up to seven vessels to conduct
larval sampling in Lobster Conservation
Management Area 1 and 2. A map of
this area is available at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/
lobster-management-areas.
For this project, MA DMF is
requesting exemptions from the
following Federal lobster regulations:
1. Gear specification requirements to
allow for the use of traps without escape
vents (50 CFR 697.21(c)(1) for Lobster
Management Area 1 and § 697.21(c)(2)
for Area 2);
2. Trap limit requirements to allow for
trap limits to be exceeded (§ 697.19(a)
for Area 1 and § 697.19(b) for Area 2);
3. Trap tag requirements to allow for
alternatively-tagged traps (§ 697.19(i));
4. Minimum and maximum carapace
length requirements to allow sub-legal
and over-sized lobsters to be landed for
research purposes (§§ 697.20(a)(2) and
697.20(b)(2) for Area 1, and
§§ 697.20(a)(3) and 697.20(b)(3) for Area
2);
5. V-notch possession requirement to
allow landing of females for research
purposes (§ 697.20(g)(1) for Area 1 and
§ 697.20(g)(3) for Area 2); and
6. Berried female possession
requirement to allow landing of eggbearing female lobsters for research
purposes (§ 697.20(d)(1)and(3)).
This survey has occurred annually
since 2006 in Massachusetts state
waters. The EFP would authorize up to
seven participating vessels to deploy
three standard and three ventless traps
per six-pot trawl. Stations would be
sampled twice per month from June
through October 2020. Sampling trips
would occur after a soak time of
approximately 3 days and at least one
MA DMF scientist would be on board
for the sampling trips. MA DMF
personnel would not be on board when
traps are baited and deployed. All gear
would be Atlantic Large Whale Take
Reduction Plan compliant. Survey traps
will be separate from each vessel’s
commercial lobster traps and would be
tagged as, ‘‘MADMF Research Traps.’’
All catch during sampling trips would
be retained temporarily to collect
biological data. MA DMF staff may
collect lobster and/or Jonah crab,

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including undersized, oversized,
v-notched, and egg-bearing lobsters.
Collected samples would be used for
research projects on growth and
maturity. No catch from the
experimental trips would be landed for
sale.
If approved, MA DMF may request
minor modifications and extensions to
the EFP throughout the study. EFP
modifications and extensions may be
granted without further notice if they
are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any
fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity
would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 13, 2021.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Recording Assignments
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, invites
comments on the extension and revision
of an existing information collection:
0651–0027 (Recording Assignments).
The purpose of this notice is to allow 60
days for public comment preceding
submission of the information collection
to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before
June 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027
SUMMARY:

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