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killer whales, humpback whales, and
other unauthorized species is 2,175 m;
• Prior to the start of pile driving for
the day, the PSOs must contact the Orca
Network to find out the location of the
nearest marine mammal sightings;
• WSDOT must submit a draft report
detailing all monitoring within 90
calendar days of the completion of
marine mammal monitoring or 60 days
prior to the issuance of any subsequent
IHA for this project, whichever comes
first;
• WSDOT must prepare and submit
final report within 30 days following
resolution of comments on the draft
report from NMFS;
• WSDOT must submit all PSO
datasheets and/or raw sighting data (in
a separate file from the Final Report
referenced immediately above); and
• WSDOT must report injured or
dead marine mammals.

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Comments and Responses
As noted previously, NMFS published
a notice of a proposed IHA (87 FR
48623, August 10, 2022) and solicited
public comments on both our proposal
to issue the initial IHA for the
Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal
Overhead Loading Replacement Project
and Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility
Slip F Improvement Project and on the
potential for a renewal IHA, should
certain requirements be met. During the
30-day public comment period, the
United States Geological Survey
provided a letter stating that it had no
comment. No other comments were
received on either the proposal to issue
the initial IHA for the WSDOT’s
construction activities or on the
potential for a renewal IHA.
Preliminary Determinations
The proposed renewal request
consists of a subset of activities
analyzed through the initial
authorization described above. In
analyzing the effects of the activities for
the initial IHA, NMFS determined that
the WSDOT’s activities would have a
negligible impact on the affected species
or stocks and that authorized take
numbers of each species or stock were
small relative to the relevant stocks (e.g.,
less than one-third the abundance of all
stocks). The mitigation measures and
monitoring and reporting requirements
as described above are identical to the
initial IHA.
NMFS has preliminarily concluded
that there is no new information
suggesting that our analysis or findings
should change from those reached for
the initial IHA. Based on the
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has determined the following: (1) the
required mitigation measures will effect
the least practicable impact on marine
mammal species or stocks and their
habitat; (2) the authorized takes will
have a negligible impact on the affected
marine mammal species or stocks; (3)
the authorized takes represent small
numbers of marine mammals relative to
the affected stock abundances; (4)
WSDOT’s activities will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on taking
for subsistence purposes as no relevant
subsistence uses of marine mammals are
implicated by this action, and (5)
appropriate monitoring and reporting
requirements are included.
Endangered Species Act
No incidental take of ESA-listed
species is proposed for authorization or
expected to result from this activity.
Therefore, NMFS has determined that
formal consultation under section 7 of
the ESA is not required for this action.
Proposed Renewal IHA and Request for
Public Comment
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
a renewal IHA to WSDOT for
conducting Bainbridge Island Ferry
Terminal Overhead Loading
Replacement Project (the Bainbridge
Project) in Bainbridge Island,
Washington, from September 16, 2023
through September 15 2024, provided
the previously described mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
are incorporated. A draft of the
proposed and final initial IHA can be
found at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. We
request comment on our analyses, the
proposed renewal IHA, and any other
aspect of this notice. Please include
with your comments any supporting
data or literature citations to help
inform our final decision on the request
for MMPA authorization.
Dated: July 20, 2023.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, 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; Processed Products Family
of Forms
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 September 25, 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–
0018 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 Veronica
Pereira, NOAA Fisheries Office of
Science and Technology, 1315 East
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910, (301) 427–8117,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for revision and
extension of a current information
collection. The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Fisheries Service annually collects
information from seafood and industrial
fishing processing plants on the volume
and value of their processed fishery
products and their monthly
employment figures. NOAA also
collects monthly production volume of
fish meal, oil, and solubles. The
information gathered is used by NOAA

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in the economic and social analyses
developed when proposing and
evaluating fishery management actions.
The data are also used in annual reports
such as Fisheries of the United States
and is provided to other agencies,
academia, and industry members as
needed and allowed through the
Magnuson Stevens Act.
This year, we are proposing to modify
the survey to allow respondents to mark
themselves as more than one type of
operation (i.e., Processor, wholesaler,
cold storage, and/or other) and we are
asking them to specify the number of
processing line workers they have, if
they are a processor.
II. Method of Collection
Responses are submitted by mail, via
postage-paid envelopes provided by
NOAA Fisheries. If preferred by the
processor, an electronically fillable pdf
can also be provided and transmitted
via encrypted messaging. Lastly, as an
alternative option, interested processors
can request an online account to our
Fisheries One Stop Shop (FOSS) portal
and enter and submit data
electronically.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0018.
Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 88–
13, 88–13C.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
revision of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
620.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 310 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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.
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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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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International Affairs; Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

NMFS announces a public
meeting of the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization Consultative
Committee. This meeting will help to
ensure that the interests of U.S.
stakeholders in the fisheries of the
Northwest Atlantic Ocean are
adequately represented at the Annual
Meeting of the Organization. Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee members and
all other interested U.S. stakeholders are
invited to attend.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held August
16, 2023, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.

DATES:

The meeting will be held at
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notify
Shannah Jaburek (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) by August 16,
2023, if you plan to attend the meeting
in person or remotely. The meeting will
be accessible by webinar—instructions
will be emailed to meeting participants
who provide notice.
ADDRESSES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shannah Jaburek, Shannah.jaburek@
noaa.gov, (978) 282–8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (NAFO) is a regional
fisheries management organization that
coordinates scientific study and
cooperative management of the fisheries
resources of the Northwest Atlantic
Ocean, excluding salmon, tunas/
marlins, whales and sedentary species.
NAFO was established in 1979 by the
Convention on Future Multilateral
Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries. The United States acceded to
the Convention in 1995, and has
participated actively in NAFO since that
time. In 2005, NAFO launched a reform
effort to amend the Convention in order
to bring the Organization more in line
with the principles of modern fisheries
management. As a result of these efforts,
the Amendment to the Convention on
Future Multilateral Cooperation in the
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries entered
into force in May 2017.
NAFO currently has 13 Contracting
Parties, including Canada, Cuba,
Denmark (in respect of Faroe Islands
and Greenland), European Union,
France (in respect of St. Pierre and
Miquelon), Iceland, Japan, Norway,
Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
16 U.S.C. 5607 provides that the
Secretaries of Commerce and State shall
jointly establish a NAFO Consultative
Committee (NCC) to advise the
Secretaries on issues related to the
NAFO Convention. Membership in the
NCC is open to representatives from the
New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils, the States
represented on those Councils, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, the fishing industry, the
seafood processing industry, and others
knowledgeable and experienced in the
conservation and management of
fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic
Ocean. NMFS, and the U.S. government
more generally, are committed to
advancing diversity, equity, inclusion,
and accessibility at all levels, including
within the communities we serve and
protect. Consistent with this
commitment, NMFS is taking steps
aimed at increasing the diversity of
stakeholder voices that represent the
United States in our international
fisheries engagements, including by
promoting greater diversity and
representation of underserved
communities in the pool of potential
candidates for appointment as NCC
members. Through this notice, NMFS is

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