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Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
Highly Migratory Species Management
Division, and Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. Participants include:
data collectors and database managers;
stock assessment scientists, biologists,
and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion for the
meeting are as follows: discuss any
leftover data issues that were not
cleared up during the data process;
answer any questions that the analysts
have; introduce/discuss model
development and model setup; and
determine if the model is ready to move
onto review.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice 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
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notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 22, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
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; American Fisheries Act
Permits
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
(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 August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0393 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
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activities should be directed to Gabrielle
Aberle, National Marine Fisheries
Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668, or 907–586–7356.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is
requesting extension of a currently
approved information collection that
contains applications for permits and
transfers necessary for NMFS to manage
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) pollock fishery under the
American Fisheries Act (AFA).
NMFS manages the BSAI pollock
fishery under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and AFA (16 U.S.C.
1851). The regulations implementing
the AFA Program are at 50 CFR part
679, subpart F. The reporting
requirements at 50 CFR part 679 form
the basis for this collection of
information.
The AFA was signed into law in
October 1998. The purpose of the AFA
was to tighten U.S. ownership standards
that had been exploited under the Antireflagging Act, and to provide the BSAI
pollock fleet the opportunity to conduct
their fishery in a more rational manner
while protecting non-AFA participants
in the other fisheries. The AFA
established sector allocations in the
BSAI pollock fishery, determined
eligible vessels and processors, allowed
the formation of cooperatives, set limits
on the participation of AFA vessels in
other fisheries, and imposed special
catch weighing and monitoring
requirements on AFA vessels.
Any vessel used to engage in directed
fishing for a non-western Alaska
community development quota (nonCDQ) allocation of pollock in the Bering
Sea and any shoreside processor,
stationary floating processor, or
mothership that receives pollock
harvested in a non-CDQ directed
pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must
have a valid AFA permit on board the
vessel or at the facility location at all
times while non-CDQ pollock is being
harvested or processed.
Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA
mothership, and AFA inshore
processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery
had a one-time application deadline of
December 1, 2000, and were issued with
an indefinite expiration date. Therefore,
except for participants that require
annual or replacement permits, all AFA
entities required to have a permit are
already permitted.

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The type of information collected in
this collection includes information on
the applicants, transferors, transferees,
permits, vessels, and Chinook salmon
PSC transfer data. This information
collection contains the following AFA
permitting and transfer requirements:
• The AFA Permit: Rebuilt,
Replacement, or Removed Vessel
Application is submitted by an owner of
an AFA vessel to notify NMFS the
vessel has been rebuilt; to request an
AFA permit for a replacement catcher
vessel, catcher/processor, or
mothership; or to request removal of an
AFA catcher vessel that is a member of
an inshore cooperative and assign its
catch history to another vessel or vessels
in the same cooperative.
• The Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is
submitted annually by each AFA
inshore catcher vessel cooperative to
obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel
Cooperative Permit and identify the
vessels and processors that will be
participating in the BSAI pollock fishery
prior to the start of each fishing year.
• The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification is submitted by an
AFA inshore cooperative that intends to
contract with a non-member vessel to
harvest a portion of the cooperative’s
annual pollock allocation to notify
NMFS of vessels that might be reporting
with an alternative cooperative ID.
• The Application for Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon Prohibited Species Catch (PSC)
Allocation is submitted by an entity
representing the catcher/processor
sector or the mothership sector to
request approval to receive transferable
Chinook salmon PSC allocations on
behalf of members of the sector. Once
approved, an entity is not required to
reapply for or renew its status. Entities
sometimes submit amendments to
update contact and other information
related to the entity and its members.
• The Application for Transfer of
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC
Allocations is submitted by an
authorized representative of the catcher/
processor sector, the mothership sector,
an inshore cooperative, or a CDQ group
to transfer Chinook salmon PSC
allocations to another entity’s account.
II. Method of Collection
The information is collected primarily
by mail, fax, and delivery. The
Application for Transfer of Bering Sea
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations and
the Application for Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon PSC Allocation may be
submitted online through eFISH on the
NMFS Alaska Region website at https://

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alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/
login. The applications are available as
fillable PDFs on the NMFS Alaska
Region website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
american-fisheries-act-pollockapplications-and-forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0393.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
27.
Estimated Time per Response: AFA
Permit: Rebuilt, Replacement, or
Removed Vessel Application, 1 hour;
Application for Transfer of Bering Sea
Chinook Salmon PSC Allocations, 1
hour; Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit, 2
hours; AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification, 4 hours;
Application for Approval as an Entity to
Receive Transferable Chinook Salmon
PSC Allocation, 8 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 251 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $420 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery and Conservation Act;
American Fisheries Act.
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,
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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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0112]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
2023–24 Data Collection Revision
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 27,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this
link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’
under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then
check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public
Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov
provides two links to view documents
related to this information collection
request. Information collection forms
and instructions may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Information
Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting
statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by
clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
SUMMARY:

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