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agencies and whose views and input
you believe you can share with the
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Individuals Selected for Committee
Membership
Upon selection and agreement to
serve on the United States Integrated
Ocean Observing System Advisory
Committee, one becomes a Special
Government Employee (SGE) of the
United States Government. An SGE is
an officer or employee of an agency who
is retained, designated, appointed, or
employed to perform temporary duties,
with or without compensation, for not
to exceed 130 days during any period of
365 consecutive days, either on a fulltime or intermittent basis. After the
membership selection process is
complete, applicants who are selected to
serve on the Committee must complete
the following actions before they can be
appointed as a Committee member:
(a) Background Check (on-line
Background Check process and
fingerprinting conducted through
NOAA Office of Human Capital
Services); and
(b) Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report: As an SGE, one is required to
file annually a Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report to avoid involvement
in a real or apparent conflict of interest.
One may find the Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report at the following
website: http://www.usoge.gov/forms/
form_450.aspx.
Privacy Act Statement
Authority. The collection of
information concerning nominations to
the IOOS AC is authorized under the
FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. and its
implementing regulations, 41 CFR part
102–3, and in accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
(Privacy Act) 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Purpose. The collection of names,
contact information, resumes,
professional information, and
qualifications is required in order for
the Under Secretary to appoint members
to the IOOS AC.
Routine Uses. NOAA will use the
nomination information for the purpose
set forth above. The Privacy Act of 1974
authorizes disclosure of the information
collected to NOAA staff for work-related
purposes and for other purposes only as
set forth in the Privacy Act and for
routine uses published in the Privacy
Act System of Records Notice
COMMERCE/DEPT–11, Candidates for
Membership, Members, and Former
Members of Department of Commerce
Advisory Committees, available at
https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/
PrivacyAct/SORNs/dept-11.html, and

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the System of Records Notice
COMMERCE/DEPT–18, Employees
Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices
of Other Agencies, available at https://
www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/
SORNs/DEPT-18.html.
Disclosure. Furnishing the
nomination information is voluntary;
however, if the information is not
provided, the individual would not be
considered for appointment as a
member of the IOOS AC.
Krisa M. Arzayus,
Deputy Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System Office, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–28125 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am]
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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; Implementation of Vessel
Speed Restrictions To Reduce the
Threat of Ship Collisions With North
Atlantic Right Whales
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 September
22, 2023 (88 FR 65367) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Implementation of Vessel Speed
Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of
Ship Collisions with North Atlantic
Right Whales.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0580.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,624.

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Average Hours per Response: Five
minutes for safety deviation logbook
entry; one hour for electronic survey;
two hours and 30 minutes for focus
groups.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 674.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is requesting
renewal of a currently approved
collection of information. On October
10, 2008, NMFS published a final rule
with regulations (0648–AS36)
implementing seasonal speed
restrictions along the east coast of the
U.S. to reduce the incidence and
severity of vessel collisions with
endangered North Atlantic right whales
(73 FR 60173). The final rule contained
a mandatory collection-of-information
requirement subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Specifically, 50
CFR 224.105(c) requires a logbook entry
to document that a deviation from the
speed limit was necessary for safe
maneuverability under certain
conditions. On November 18, 2021, the
information collection was revised to
include a voluntary survey of vessel
operators to evaluate their ability and
willingness to: (1) comply with North
Atlantic right whale mandatory speed
restrictions, and (2) cooperate with
voluntary speed reduction efforts to
protect North Atlantic right whales,
which are promoted through NMFS
outreach efforts. NOAA collects
information from two types of vessels
(pleasure yachts and large ocean-going
vessels) in two different areas of the
North Atlantic right whales’ range using
voluntary online surveys and small
focus groups. The surveys collect
information about vessel operators’ time
spent on the water, experience and
knowledge about large whales,
knowledge of North Atlantic vessel
strike reduction efforts, opinions about
these whales and conservation efforts,
and their preferred means of receiving
information. Results from this
information collection will be used to
develop effective outreach to these
vessel communities, with the long-term
goal of improving the communities’
compliance with mandatory measures
and cooperation with voluntary
measures that support North Atlantic
right whale vessel strike reduction
conservation efforts.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Logbook: As needed;
Surveys and Focus Groups: Once
Respondent’s Obligation: Logbook
entries are required to lawfully deviate
from the speed regulations; survey is
voluntary.

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Legal Authority: Endangered Species
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; and Marine
Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361
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 0648–0580.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023–28121 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Technology Advisory Committee
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) announces
that on January 8, 2024, from 12:30 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the
Technology Advisory Committee (TAC
or Committee) will hold an in-person
public meeting at the CFTC’s
Washington, DC headquarters with
options for the public to attend
virtually. At this meeting, the TAC will
discuss digital assets and blockchain
technology, cybersecurity, and emerging
and evolving technologies.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
January 8, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please note
that the meeting may end early if the
TAC has completed its business.
Members of the public who wish to
submit written statements in connection
with the meeting should submit them by
January 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581. You may submit public
comments, identified by ‘‘Technology
Advisory Committee,’’ through the

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CFTC website at https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Comments Online process
on the website. If you are unable to
submit comments online, contact
Anthony Biagioli, Designated Federal
Officer, via the contact information
listed below to discuss alternate means
of submitting your comments. Any
statements submitted in connection
with the committee meeting will be
made available to the public, including
publication on the CFTC website,
https://www.cftc.gov.

Dated: December 18, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

AGENCY:

Anthony Biagioli, TAC Designated
Federal Officer, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, 2600 Grand
Boulevard, Suite 210, Kansas City, MO
64108; (816) 960–7722; or abiagioli@
cftc.gov.

[FR Doc. 2023–28126 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
[Docket ID: USAF–2023–HQ–0016]

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Department of the Air Force,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 60-Day information collection
notice.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
United States Air Force (USAF)
announces a proposed public
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collection and seeks public
meeting will be open to the public with
comment on the provisions thereof.
seating on a first-come, first-served
Comments are invited on: whether the
basis. Members of the public may also
proposed collection of information is
listen to the meeting by telephone by
necessary for the proper performance of
calling a domestic or international toll
the functions of the agency, including
or toll-free number to connect to a live,
whether the information shall have
listen-only audio feed. Call-in
practical utility; the accuracy of the
participants should be prepared to
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
provide their first name, last name, and
proposed information collection; ways
affiliation.
to enhance the quality, utility, and
Domestic Numbers: +1 669 254 5252,
clarity of the information to be
+1 646 964 1167, +1 646 828 7666, +1
collected; and ways to minimize the
551 285 1373, +1 669 216 1590, +1 415
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
449 4000, 833 568 8864 (Toll Free), or
of automated collection techniques or
833 435 1820 (Toll Free).
International Numbers: Will be posted other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
at https://cftc-gov.zoomgov.com/u/
comments received by February 20,
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2024.
Call-In/Webinar ID: 161 668 0789.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
Pass Code/Pin Code: 339674.
identified by docket number and title,
Members of the public may also view
by any of the following methods:
a live webcast of the meeting via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
https://www.cftc.gov website. The
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
meeting agenda may change to
instructions for submitting comments.
accommodate other TAC priorities. For
Mail: Department of Defense, Office of
agenda updates, please visit https://
the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
www.cftc.gov/About/Advisory
for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and
Committees/TAC#:∼:text=
Transparency, Regulatory Directorate,
4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24,
The%20Technology
Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350–
%20Advisory%20Committee
1700.
%20(TAC,of%20technology
Instructions: All submissions received
%20in%20the%20markets.
must include the agency name, docket
After the meeting, a transcript of the
number and title for this Federal
meeting will be published through a
Register document. The general policy
link on the CFTC’s website, http://
for comments and other submissions
www.cftc.gov. Persons requiring special
from members of the public is to make
accommodations to attend the meeting
these submissions available for public
because of a disability should notify the viewing on the internet at http://
contact person above.
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(2).)

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