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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2024 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Convention Vessel
Information Family of Forms
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 6, 2024,
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: Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Convention Vessel
Information Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0595.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[Revision and extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 226.
Average Hours per Response: 3.5 total
hours. 2 hours for Foreign EEZ form, 1
hour for WCPFC Area Endorsement
form, and 0.5 hour for Request for IMO
Ship Identification Number.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 44
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision and extension of the current
information collection. The revision
will include the following: A section at
the beginning of the Area Endorsement
form, paper, and online format, was
added for vessel IMO numbers to be
included, alongside the Official Number
and Vessel Name sections.
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) administers regulations that
implement decisions of the Commission
for the Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(WCPFC or Commission). The
regulations require for the owners or
operators of U.S. vessels to (1) apply for

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and obtain a WCPFC Area Endorsement
if the vessel is used for fishing for
highly migratory species (HMS) on the
high seas in the WCPFC area (or
Convention Area) (50 CFR 300.212), (2)
complete and submit a Foreign
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Form if
the vessel is used for fishing for HMS in
the Convention Area in areas under the
jurisdiction of any nation other than the
United States (50 CFR 300.213), and (3)
request and obtain an IMO number if
the vessel is used for fishing for HMS on
the high seas or in areas under the
jurisdiction of any nation other than the
United States (50 CFR 300.217(c)).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Implementation Act (WCPFCIA); 16
U.S.C. 6901 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 0648–0595.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental 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
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to a Marine
Geophysical Survey of the Chain
Transform Fault in the Equatorial
Atlantic Ocean
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

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Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of
Columbia University (L–DEO) to
incidentally harass marine mammals
during survey activities associated with
a marine geophysical survey at the
Chain Transform Fault in the equatorial
Atlantic Ocean.
DATES: The authorization is effective
from September 27, 2024 through
September 26, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-research-and-otheractivities. In case of problems accessing
these documents, please call the contact
listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
proposed or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA
is provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of the species or stocks for

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