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Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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accessed via telephone by dialing 1–
800–832–0736 and entering room
number 5068609.
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
purpose of this meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to develop a fishery
performance report (FPR) for both
golden and blueline tilefish. The intent
of the FPR is to facilitate a venue for
structured input from the Advisory
Panel for the tilefish specifications
processes. The FPR will be used by the
MAFMC’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee and the Tilefish Monitoring
Committee when reviewing golden
tilefish specifications and setting
blueline tilefish specifications.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 8, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC’s)
Tilefish Advisory Panel will hold a
public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar, which can be accessed at:
http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/
tf2021ap/. Meeting audio can also be
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Protocol for Access to Tissue
Specimen Samples From the National
Marine Mammal Tissue Bank
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0468 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Stephen
Manley, Biologist, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, #13604, Silver Spring, MD
20910, (301)-427–8476,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 1989, the National Marine Mammal
Tissue Bank (NMMTB) was established
by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) Office of Protected
Resources (OPR) in collaboration with
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), Minerals
Management Service (MMS), and the
U.S. Geological Survey/Biological
Resources Division (USGS/BRD). The
NMMTB provides protocols, techniques,
and physical facilities for the long-term
storage of tissues from marine
mammals. Scientists can request tissues
from this repository for retrospective
analyses to determine environmental
trends of contaminants and other
substances of interest. Under 16 U.S.C.
1421f section 407(d)(1) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, the NMFS
must establish criteria for access to
marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB
and make those available for public
comment and review. This was
accomplished through the proposed rule
RIN 0648–AQ51, published on 11/12/
2002, and codified in 50 CFR 216.47.
The NMMTB collects, processes, and
stores tissues from specific indicator
species (e.g., Atlantic bottlenose
dolphins, Atlantic white sided
dolphins, pilot whales, harbor
porpoises), animals from mass
strandings, animals that have been

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obtained incidental to commercial
fisheries, animals taken for subsistence
purposes, biopsies, and animals from
unusual mortality events through two
projects, the Marine Mammal Health
and Stranding Response Program
(MMHSRP) and the Alaska Marine
Mammal Tissue Archival Project
(AMMTAP).
The purposes of this collection of
information are: (1) To enable NOAA to
allow the scientific community the
opportunity to request tissue specimen
samples from the NMMTB and, (2) to
enable the Marine Mammal Health and
Stranding Response Program
(MMHSRP) of NOAA to assemble
information on all specimens submitted
to the National Institute of Standards
and Technology’s Biorepository (NIST
Biorepository), which includes the
NMMTB.
This request is for revision and
extension of a current information
collection. Most revisions were
grammatical. However, two changes
were made to data fields in order to
streamline data collection. Specifically,
instead of relying on a ‘‘please specify’’
text field, more checkbox options have
been added to the ‘‘collection type’’
field, and the ‘‘method used to age’’
field on the National Marine Mammal
Tissue Bank Form. No changes have
been made to the National Marine
Mammal Tissue Bank Tissue Request
Form.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must complete a
specimen banking information sheet for
every sample submitted to the Bank.
Methods of submitting reports include
internet, mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms. Those
requesting samples send the
information, and their research findings,
mainly via email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0468.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(Revision and 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:
100 specimen submission forms (from
∼20 different organizations); 5 requests
for tissue samples.
Estimated Time Per Response:
Request for tissue sample, 2 hours.
Specimen submission form, 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $152.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Under 16 U.S.C.
1421f section 407(d)(1) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, the NMFS
must establish criteria for access to
marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB
and make those available for public
comment and review.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the
Beringia and Okhotsk Distinct
Population Segments of the Bearded
Seal
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year
review; request for information.
NMFS announces its intent to
conduct a 5-year review of the
threatened Beringia and Okhotsk
distinct population segments (DPSs) of
the Pacific bearded seal subspecies
Erignathus barbatus nauticus. NMFS is
required by the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to
ensure that listing classifications of
species are accurate. The 5-year review
must be based on the best scientific and
commercial data available at the time of
the review. We request submission of
any such information on these bearded
seal DPSs, particularly information on
their status, threats, and recovery, that
has become available since their listing
on December 28, 2012.
DATES: To allow us adequate time to
conduct this review, we must receive
your information no later than March
26, 2021. However, we will continue to
accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: Submit your information,
identified by docket number NOAA–
NMFS–2020–0030, by either of the
following methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter the above docket number for this
notice. Then, click on the Search icon.
On the resulting web page, click the
‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Mail: Submit written information to
Jon Kurland, Assistant Regional
Administrator for Protected Resources,
Alaska Region NMFS, Attn: Records
Office. Mail comments to P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
Instructions: NMFS may not consider
comments if they are sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the
comment period ends. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and NMFS will post the comments for
public viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender is
publicly accessible. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tammy Olson, NMFS Alaska Region,
907–271–2373, [email protected].
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