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Seattle, Washington. The NDP provides
the guidelines, policy, and training for
all NOAA Divers, which includes all
NOAA employees who dive, as well as
contractors and volunteers, among
others, who conduct diving operations.
With more than 300 divers, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) has the largest
complement of divers of any civilian
federal agency. NOAA Divers conduct
operations in our nation’s waters and
beyond in support of NOAA’s scientific
research and operations. They are called
upon to work in various conditions
ranging from the warm, clear waters of
a marine sanctuary, to the cold, murky
waters of a commercial harbor. The
tasks NOAA Divers complete are as
varied as the waters they dive in, with
most divers supporting projects and
research of the National Ocean Service
(NOS), the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), and the Office of
Marine and Aviation Operations
(OMAO).
NOAA Divers are required to
maintain a high level of proficiency,
both in practice (in the water) and in
theoretical understanding (academic
learning) in order to continue to dive at
NOAA. In addition, NOAA Divers must
maintain medical fitness to dive and are
required to send their diving equipment
out for maintenance as scheduled. If
requirements are not met, divers may
become unauthorized to dive or
suspended. In order to become NOAA
Divers, candidates must first submit a
diving physical to the NOAA Diving
Medical Officers to determine if they are
medically fit to dive. After that, divers
must complete medical documentation
annually to maintain authorization to
dive. To maintain fitness to dive, it is
imperative that divers recognize the
need for a continual and aggressive
exercise program that exceeds basic
health maintenance standards.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 29 CFR Subpart T,
Commercial Diving Operations.
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

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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD463]

North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of hybrid meeting.
AGENCY:

The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Social
Science Planning Team (SSPT) will
meet in Anchorage, AK. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, November 3, 2023, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
a hybrid meeting. The in-person
component of the meeting will be held
at the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council office, 1007 W 3rd
Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501.
If you are attending virtually, join the
meeting online through the link at at
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/3017.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
Instructions for attending the meeting
via video conference are given under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Marrinan, Council staff; phone:
(907) 271–2809; email: sarah.marrinan@
noaa.gov. For technical support, please
contact our admin Council staff, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Agenda
Friday, November 3, 2023
The SSPT agenda will meet to discuss
research priorities, and other business.
The agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted https://
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3017 prior to the meeting, along with
meeting materials.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online
using a computer, tablet, or smart
phone, or by phone only. Connection
information will be posted online at:
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/3017.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted
electronically to https://
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/
3017.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 16, 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; Basic Requirements for
Special Exception Permits and
Authorizations To Take, Import, and
Export Marine Mammals, Threatened
and Endangered Species, and for
Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal
Inventory Under Section 104 of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Fur
Seal Act, and/or Section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act
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 28,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

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Title: Basic Requirements for Special
Exception Permits and Authorizations
to Take, Import, and Export Marine
Mammals, Threatened and Endangered
Species, and for Maintaining a Captive
Marine Mammal Inventory Under
section 104 of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act, the Fur Seal Act, and/or
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0084.
Form Number(s): NOAA FORMs 89–
880, 89–881, and 89–882.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 423.
Average Hours per Response: The
estimated average amount of time it
takes to complete each information
collection instrument is as follows.
Scientific research and enhancement
permit applications, 50 hours; public
display permit applications, 50 hours;
protected species parts applications, 20
hours; photography permit applications,
10 hours; General Authorization Letters
of Intent, 10 hours; major permit
modification requests, 35 hours; minor
permit modification requests, 3 hours;
scientific research permit reports, 12
hours; scientific research parts only
permit reports, 8 hours; General
Authorization reports, 8 hours; public
display permit reports, 2 hours;
photography permit reports, 2 hours;
public display inventory reporting, 2
hours; and general record keeping, 2
hours per each type.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,568.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of
Protected Resources, Permits and
Conservation Division is proposing an
extension of the currently approved
information collection OMB Control
Number 0648–0084. The information
collection request (IRC) is under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), the Fur Seal
Act (FSA), and the Endangered Species
Act (ESA). This information collection
applies to certain protected species for
which NMFS is responsible: cetaceans
(whales, dolphins and porpoises) and
pinnipeds (seals and sea lions); and, for
ESA scientific research and
enhancement permits: smalltooth
sawfish, sea turtles (in water), sturgeon
(Atlantic and shortnose), and certain
foreign ESA-listed species. This
information collection may be used for
future ESA-listed species.
The MMPA, FSA, and ESA prohibit
‘‘take’’ (e.g., to harass or harm), import,
and export of marine mammals and
endangered and threatened species,
with limited exceptions. Pursuant to
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10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA, individuals,
business or other for-profit
organizations, not-for-profit institutions,
and government agencies may obtain
special exception permits to take,
import, or export marine mammals or
endangered or threatened species for
scientific research or enhancement
purposes. Section 104 of the MMPA also
provides for Letters of Confirmation
under a General Authorization for
scientific research; permits for
commercial and educational
photography of marine mammals; and
permits for capture and/or import of
marine mammals for public display.
Persons or institutions seeking to take,
import, or export protected species must
apply for a permit or authorization and
demonstrate the statutory and regulatory
requirements are met. The regulations
pertaining to permits and associated
reporting under the MMPA and FSA are
at 50 CFR part 216; the regulations for
permit requirements under the ESA are
at 50 CFR part 222. The required
information in this collection is used by
NMFS to make the determinations
required by the MMPA, FSA, ESA, and
their implementing regulations prior to
issuing a permit or authorization; to
establish appropriate conditions; to
evaluate the impacts on protected
species; and, to ensure compliance with
the Acts.
Information required includes the
name, affiliation, contact information
and qualifications of the applicant and
others listed on the application; the
purpose of the request; the species, age,
sex, and number of animals; the
proposed methods and mitigation to
minimize impacts to the species; a
description of the impacts to the species
and environment; and the requested
time frame of the permit. Permit and
authorization holders must submit
reports on the activities they carry out.
The MMPA requires NMFS to
maintain an inventory of marine
mammals in public display facilities
and for those facilities to report certain
information to NMFS via the National
Inventory of Marine Mammals (NIMM).
The NIMM forms include an
institutional contact form, a marine
mammal data sheet (MMDS), and a
transfer/transport notification form.
Inventory information required by the
MMPA includes the animal’s name or
other identification; sex; birth date; date
animal enters and leaves a collection;
source of the animal (e.g., stranding);
where an animal is transferred or
transported; and date and cause of death
(when determined). Exporting facilities
must provide documentation to NMFS
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in the United States. The NIMM forms
facilitate compliance with MMPA
reporting requirements and allow NMFS
to keep NIMM up to date. Based on
public comment on the previous PRA
notice, we simplified the blank MMDS
to only include information necessary
for reporting a birth, release, or death,
and included definitions for the fields
on the MMDS. We are not proposing
any changes to the MMDS or the other
NIMM forms at this time.
NMFS had originally proposed to
provide additional guidance to improve
the reasonableness of our applicant’s
take estimates and the accuracy of their
subsequent reporting. However, we are
no longer proposing those changes due
to resource limitations at this time. We
plan to work on developing additional
take guidance for permit applicants as
time and resources allow.
Affected Public: Individuals; Business
or other for-profit organizations; Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Frequency: Permit applications, once
every five or ten years; permit reports,
annually or more frequently if incidents
occur; amendments and modifications
to permits, as frequently as requested by
permit holders; public display inventory
reporting, 15 days prior to transporting
or transferring marine mammals and 30
days after the date of birth or death of
a marine mammal.
Respondent’s Obligation: Public
display forms are mandatory; permit
applications are required to receive a
permit.
Legal Authority: MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.), FSA (16 U.S.C. 1151 et
seq.), and ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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 0648–0084.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023–23250 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am]
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