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under the Act, and such other matters
as the Secretary refers to them for
review and advice.
Matters To Be Considered: Board
members will discuss and vote on Guam
Sea Grant’s Institutional Status. https://
seagrant.noaa.gov/About/AdvisoryBoard.
Eric Locklear,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/Administrative
Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB629]

Marine Mammals; File No. 25498
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
permit amendment.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
Titan Productions, Limited, 51–55
Whiteladies Road Bristol, BS8 2LY,
United Kingdom (Responsible Party:
Lucy Meadows), has applied for an
amendment to Commercial and
Educational Photography Permit No.
25498.

SUMMARY:

Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
January 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available upon written
request via email to
[email protected].
Written comments on this application
should be submitted via email to
[email protected]. Please
include File No. 25498–01 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth
the specific reasons why a hearing on
this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject amendment to Permit No. 25498
is requested under the authority of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and

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importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
Permit No. 25498, issued on April 13,
2021 (86 FR 26014), authorizes the
permit holder to film the natural
behaviors of California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus), gray whales
(Eschrichtius robustus), and killer
whales (Orcinus orca) as part of a
wildlife documentary about the marine
life along the Pacific Coast. Filming may
occur topside from the vessel,
underwater, and via an unmanned
aircraft system in the waters of
California and Alaska. The permit
holder is requesting the permit be
amended to authorize (1) a new filming
area in Southern California waters; (2)
an increase in the number of gray
whales targeted for filming from 352 to
428 whales annually and California sea
lions that may be opportunistically
filmed from 70 to 105 sea lions annually
for the new filming area; (3) the use of
divers when filming gray whales
underwater; and (4) the use of a towed
camera when filming killer whales
underwater. The permit would remain
valid through December 31, 2022.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: December 7, 2021.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, 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; Northeast Multispecies
Amendment 16
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

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The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. 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 February 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0605 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 Claire
Fitz-Gerald, Fishery Policy Analyst,
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office, (978) 281–9255, and [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for the revision and
extension of a current information
collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), the Secretary of Commerce
has the responsibility for the
conservation and management of marine
fishery resources. We, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA) National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), and the Regional
Fishery Management Councils are
delegated the majority of this
responsibility. The New England
Fishery Management Council (Council)
develops management plans for fishery
resources in New England.
In 2010, we implemented a new suite
of regulations for the Northeast (NE)
multispecies fishery through
Amendment 16 to the NE Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This
action updated status determination
criteria for all regulated NE multispecies
or ocean pout stocks; adopted
rebuilding programs for NE multispecies
(groundfish) stocks newly classified as
being overfished and subject to
overfishing; revised management
measures, including significant
revisions to the sector management

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measures (established under
Amendment 13) necessary to end
overfishing, rebuild overfished
regulated NE multispecies and ocean
pout stocks, and mitigate the adverse
economic impacts of increased effort
controls. It also implemented new
requirements under Amendment 16 for
establishing acceptable biological catch,
annual catch limits (ACLs), and
accountability measures for each stock
managed under the FMP, pursuant to
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Sectors are a management tool in the
NE groundfish fishery. A sector consists
of three or more limited access NE
multispecies vessel permits, with
distinct ownership, who voluntarily
enter into a contract to manage their
fishing operations and to share liability.
A sector is granted an annual allocation
of most stocks of fish managed by the
NE Multispecies FMP. In return for
increased operational flexibility, such as
exemptions from certain effort controls
and the ability to pool and trade quota,
sectors have additional reporting and
monitoring requirements. The sector
reporting and monitoring requirements,
as established by Amendment 16 and
revised by subsequent framework
adjustments to the NE Multispecies
FMP, are contained within this
information collection.
This revision incorporates a number
of recent changes. Amendment 16
required sectors to develop and fund an
independent third-party at-sea
monitoring (ASM) program.
Amendment 16 allowed sectors to use
electronic monitoring (EM) instead of
human monitors to meet ASM
requirements, provided that the Greater
Atlantic Regional Administrator deemed
it sufficient. Using the authority and
process granted to the agency in
Amendment 16, NMFS announced its
determination that sectors may use EM
to meet monitoring requirements (86 FR
16686; March 31, 2021). To implement
this change, we are proposing to collect
additional data elements necessary to
support an electronic monitoring
program. Specifically, we propose to
require the development and
submission of vessel monitoring plans
and trip-level feedback reports, both of
which are critical for accurate catch data
and management of ACLs. We also
propose to require the collection of
information related to the purchase and
installation of EM equipment. This is
necessary for NMFS to reimburse
industry’s ASM costs as directed and
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In 2020, the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
established a new requirement that
vessels fishing in the NAFO Regulatory
Area must submit daily catch reports via
a vessel monitoring system (VMS) and
NMFS implemented this requirement to
ensure compliance with NAFO
reporting requirements. Daily VMS
catch reports allow for near real-time
quota monitoring and are necessary for
the management of ACLs.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents must submit either
paper forms via postal service, or
electronic forms submitted via the
internet or a vessels’ VMS.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0605.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,309.
Estimated Time per Response: Sector
operations plan and membership list
updates, 110 hours; Monitoring service
provider initial application, 10 hours;
Monitoring service provider response to
application disapproval, 10 hours; Data
entry for sector discard monitoring
system, 3 minutes; Sector weekly catch
report, 4 hours; Sector annual report, 10
hours; Notification of expulsion from a
sector, 30 minutes; Request to transfer
Annual Catch Entitlement (ACE), 5
minutes; Request to lease days-at-sea
(DAS), 5 minutes; request to downgrade
DAS baseline, 5 minutes; VMS area and
DAS declaration, 5 minutes; VMS triplevel catch report; VMS daily catch
reports when fishing in multiple broad
stock areas, 15 minutes; Daily VMS
catch reports when fishing in the U.S./
Canada Management Area and Closed
Area II Special Access Programs (SAP),
15 minutes; Daily VMS catch reports
when fishing in the Regular B DAS
Program, 15 minutes; Pre-trip hail
report, 2 minutes; Trip-end hail report,
15 minutes; Pre-Trip Notification
System notification, 2 minutes; Vessel
notification of selection for ASM
coverage, 5 minutes; at-sea monitor
deployment report, 10 minutes; ASM
and EM service provider catch report to
NMFS upon request, 5 minutes; at-sea
monitor or electronic monitoring staff
report of harassment, safety concerns,
and other issues, 30 minutes; at-sea and
EM service provider contracts upon
request, 30 minutes; ASM and EM
service provider information materials
upon request, 30 minutes; EM vessel

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monitoring plan development and
submission, 2 hours; EM vessel
feedback letters, 30 minutes; EM
equipment installation, 16 hours; EM
equipment purchase and installation
reimbursement form, 30 minutes; Office
of Law Enforcement debriefing of at-sea
monitors and electronic monitoring
staff, 2 hours; ASM Database and Data
Entry Requirements, 0 minutes; DAS
Transfer Program, 5minutes;
Submission of Proposed SAPs, 20 hours;
NAFO Reporting Requirements, 23
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 73,198.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $10,632,454 in recordkeeping
and reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the NMFS 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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