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update their own individual
information on the internet at http://
www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov. User
ID and user password are set-up with
initial Web registration or with a first
visit to the Web site.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individual beacon owners have access
to their database file and have the
ability to update or correct information.
Other issues are addressed by the
system manager who can be contacted at
the above address.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

The individual on whom the record is
maintained provides information to
NOAA by either the website or mail.
Existing registrations can be updated
according to the above processes, by a
phone call from the beacon owner, or by
rescue coordination center controllers
when updated information is collected
while processing a case.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

Management Act, the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Authorization Act, the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act, the
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act, International Fisheries
Regulations regarding U.S. Vessels
Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters,
and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
This new record system is necessary to
identify participants in the fisheries and
to evaluate the qualifications of the
applicants.
To be considered, written
comments must be submitted on or
before May 19, 2008. Unless comments
are received, the new system of records
will become effective as proposed on
the date of publication of a subsequent
notice in the Federal Register.

DATES:

Comments may be mailed
to: Ted Hawes, Team Leader, Northeast
Permits Team, NOAA’s National Marine
Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional
Office, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930.

ADDRESSES:

Ted
Hawes, Team Leader, Northeast Permits
Team, NOAA’s National Marine
Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional
Office, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: April 11, 2003.
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–8241 Filed 4–16–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–HR–P

NMFS is
creating a new system of records for
permit and non-permit registrations for
use with a variety of fisheries
management programs. NMFS requires
the use of permits or registrations by
participants in U.S. federally regulated
fisheries. Information collections would
be requested from individuals under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, the High Seas Fishing Compliance
Act, the American Fisheries Act, the
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act, the Tuna Conventions
Act of 1950, the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Authorization Act, the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act, the
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act, and the Marine
Mammal Protection Act. The collection
of information is necessary to identify
participants in these fisheries and to
evaluate the qualifications of the
applicants. NMFS would collect
information from individuals in order to
issue, renew, or transfer fishing permits
or to make non-permit registrations. The
authority for the mandatory collection
of the Tax Identification Number
(Employer Identification Number or
Social Security Number) is the Debt
Collection Improvement Act, 31 U.S.C.
7701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
[Docket No. 080404520–8522–01]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Department of Commerce.
Notice of a new Privacy Act
System of Records: COMMERCE/
NOAA–19, Permits and Registrations for
United States Federally Regulated
Fisheries.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Department of Commerce’s
(Department’s) proposal for a new
system of records under the Privacy Act.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) is creating a new
system of records for permits and nonpermit registrations for use with a
variety of fisheries management
programs. Information will be collected
from individuals under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act, the
American Fisheries Act, the Tuna
Conventions Act of 1950, the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

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SYSTEM NAME:

Permits and Registrations for United
States Federally Regulated Fisheries.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.
SYSTEM LOCATIONS:

NMFS Northeast Region, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
(includes Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Tuna Dealer permits).
NMFS Southeast Region, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(includes Atlantic HMS International
Trade Permit, shark and swordfish
vessel permits, shark and swordfish
dealer permits).
NMFS Northwest Region, Sustainable
Fisheries Division, 7600 Sand Point
Way NE., Bldg. #1, Seattle, WA 98115.
NMFS Southwest Region, 501 West
Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802.
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La
Jolla, CA 92037 (Pacific Highly
Migratory Species database only).
NMFS Pacific Islands Region, 1601
Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110,
Honolulu, HI 96814.
NMFS Alaska Region, 709 West Ninth
Street, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
NMFS Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East West Highway,
12th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(National Saltwater Angler Registry,
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act, and
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
harvesting permit data).
NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
P.O. Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, MS
39567 (Antarctic Marine Living
Resources import permit data).
NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
1315 East West Highway, Room 13130,
Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Atlantic HMS
Tuna vessel permits, HMS Angling
Permit, HMS Charter/headboat permits
database).
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Owners or holders of a permit or
registration as recognized by NMFS,
owner agents, vessel owners and/or
operators. Individuals who apply for
any permit, permit exception, permit
exemption or regulation exemption,
registration, dedicated access privilege
or fishing quota share either initially,
annually, or by transfer. Applicants
seeking permission to fish in a manner
that would otherwise be prohibited in
order to conduct experimental fishing.
Owners of processing facilities and/or
fish dealers. Permit qualifiers (persons
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qualification). Allocation assignees
under a Southeast Region individual
fishing quota.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
THIS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AND/OR
MAINTAINED BY ALL REGIONS AND DIVISIONS:

Current permit number, permit status
information, type of application, name
of applicant and of other individuals on
application (vessel owner(s), owner’s
agent, operator, dealer, corporation
members), and position in company (if
applicable), corporation name, date of
incorporation and articles of
incorporation (if applicable), date of
birth, address, telephone numbers
(business, cell and/or fax), U.S. Coast
Guard Certificate of Documentation
number or state vessel registration
number and date of expiration, Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS) activation
certification, vessel name, vessel
function, vessel characteristics (length,
breadth, external markings, hull or
superstructure color), gross and net
tonnage, type of construction, fuel
capacity and type, horsepower (engine,
pump), type of product storage. The Tax
Identification Number (TIN) (Employer
Identification Number (EIN) or Social
Security Number (SSN)) is required for
all permits, under the authority of the
Debt Collection Improvement Act
(DCIA), 31 U.S.C. 7701. The primary
purpose for requesting the TIN is for the
collection and reporting on any
delinquent amounts arising out of such
person’s relationship with the
government pursuant to the DCIA.
It is required in subsection (c)(1) that
each person doing business with NMFS
is to furnish their taxpayer identifying
number. For purposes of administering
the various NMFS fisheries permit and
registration programs, a person shall be
considered to be doing business with a
federal agency including but not limited
to if the person is an applicant for, or
recipient of, a federal license, permit,
right-of-way, grant, or benefit payment
administered by the agency or insurance
administered by the agency pursuant to
subsection (c)(2)(B) of the DCIA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AND/OR
MAINTAINED BY INDIVIDUAL REGIONS AND
DIVISIONS:

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Northeast Region
For transferable permits: Hair and eye
color, height and weight, ID-sized
photograph, medical records for
resolution of permit dispute,
enforcement actions, court and legal
documents, and permit sanction notices
filed by General Counsel, credit card
and/or checking account numbers,
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permit number specific to each limited
entry permit, baseline specifications on
limited entry permit, country, captain’s
license, State and Federal Dealer
Numbers (if applicable), coast on which
dealer does business, processing sector,
facilities where fish received, vessel
landing receipts and records, dealer
purchase receipts, bills of sale, type of
vessel registration, NMFS unique vessel
ID, year vessel built, hailing port,
hailing port state, principal port,
principal state, vessel operations type
(catching and/or processing: For at-sea
processing permit), fish hold capacity,
passenger capacity, VMS status, crew
size, fishery type, fishery management
plan and category, maximum days at
sea, quota allocation and shares,
regional fishery management
organization, species or species code,
type of gear, gear code and rank, buoy
and trap/pot color, number of tags
assigned to vessel, number of traps,
dredge size and number.
Southeast Region
Fee payment information, business
e-mail address, Web site, gender, hair
and eye color, height and weight, IDsized photograph, Dunn and Bradstreet
Corporation Number, NMFS internal
identification number, county, country,
marriage certificate, divorce decree,
death certificate, trust documents,
probated will, enforcement actions,
court and legal documents, and permit
sanction notices filed by General
Counsel, name of vessel permit
applicant if not owner, and relationship
to owner, type of vessel ownership,
captain’s license, original permit, permit
payment information, name of permit
transferor and number of permit before
transfer, permit and vessel sale price
(for permit transfers), date of permit
transfer signature, notarized sale and
lease agreement with lease start and end
dates if applicable, income or license
qualifier for certain fisheries, Income
Qualification Affidavit for income
qualified fisheries, U.S. importer
number, State and Federal Dealer
Numbers (if applicable), plant name and
operator, hull identification number,
hailing port and hailing port state, year
vessel built, location where vessel built,
fish hold capacity, live well capacity,
radio call sign, vessel communication
types and numbers, crew size, passenger
capacity, fishery type, quota shares,
vessel landing receipts and records, bills
of sale, processing facility where fish are
received, gear type, species/gear
endorsements, buoy/trap color code,
number of traps, trap tag number series,
trap dimensions, trap mesh size,
designated fishing zone, aquaculture
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deposited and harvested, value of
material, Highly Migratory Species
workshop certificate, informational
telephone calls recorded with member
of public’s knowledge, for customer
service evaluation and constituent
statement records.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Business e-mail, Web site, Dunn and
Bradstreet Corporation Number,
percent/rank of ownership interest,
lease start/end date, income or license
qualifier for certain fisheries, U.S.
Importer Number (dealers), State and
Federal Dealer Numbers (if applicable),
processing facility where fish are
received, type of vessel registration, hull
identification number, passenger
capacity, crew size, hailing port, hailing
port state, principal port, principal port
state, fish hold capacity, year vessel
built, fishery type, species or species
code, type of fishing gear, gear code.
Northwest Region
Fee payment information, business email address, NMFS internal
identification number, ownership rank
if applicable, permit payment
information, credit card and/or checking
account numbers, canceled checks, tax
returns, divorce decree, marriage
certificate, city and state where married,
death certificate, probated will, trust
documents, medical records for
emergency transfer of certain permits
only, enforcement actions, court and
legal documents, and permit sanction
notices filed by General Counsel, name
of permit transferor and number of
permit before transfer, period of permit
lease, permit price, location where
vessel built, fishery type, quota shares,
species and gear endorsements, gear
code, amount of landed fish or
processed fish product, operation as
mother ship with start and end date.
Southwest Region
Business e-mail address, applicant’s
name and relationship to owner or
owner manager if not owner or operator,
country, Dunn and Bradstreet
Corporation Number, other federal, state
and commercial licenses held by
operator, name of permit transferor and
number of permit before transfer, type of
vessel (commercial fishing, charter),
vessel photograph, hull identification
number, hailing port, hailing port state,
principal port, principal port state, year
vessel built, where vessel built,
maximum vessel speed, fish hold
capacity, processing equipment,
passenger capacity, crew size,
international radio call sign, Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS) status,
dolphin safety gear on board, previous

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vessel flag, previous vessel name and
effective dates, species/gear
endorsements, fishery type, type of
fishing gear, gear code, fishing status
(active or inactive), intent to make
intentional purse seine sets on marine
mammals, date, location, and provider
of most recent tuna purse seine marine
mammal skipper workshop.

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Pacific Islands Region
Photograph identification,
citizenship, credit card and/or checking
account numbers, cancelled checks,
owner of checking account from which
permit fees paid, enforcement actions,
court and legal documents, and permit
sanction notices filed by General
Counsel, name of permit transferor and
number of permit before transfer,
International Maritime Organization
number, NMFS vessel identification
number, international radio call sign,
year vessel built, location where vessel
built, fishery type, percent of ownership
interest, ownership and catch history as
basis for exemption eligibility, days at
sea allocations, quota shares, vessel
landing receipts and records, dealer
purchase receipts, bills of sale.
Alaska Region
Business e-mail address, country,
NMFS internal identification number,
citizenship, reference names, owner
beneficiary, death certificate, marriage
certificate, divorce decree, trust
documents, probated will, medical
information for emergency transfer of
certain permits only, enforcement
actions, court and legal documents, and
permit sanction notices filed by General
Counsel, credit card and/or bank
account numbers, canceled checks, tax
returns, name of Alaska Native tribe,
community of residence, fishery
community organization, community
governing body contact person,
nonprofit name, community represented
by nonprofit, cooperative representative,
percent of ownership interest, permit
restrictions, quota type, names of other
quota holders if affiliated with any
cooperative member receiving quota
against cap, names and relationship of
permit transferor and transferee, transfer
eligibility certificate, sector and region
before transfer, relationship of transferor
and transferee, reason for transfer,
broker’s name and fee, lien information
(if applicable), quota transfer costs,
permit financing source, permit fee,
sale/lease agreement, period of lease,
agreement to return shares (if
applicable), for crab rationalization:
affidavit that right of first refusal
contracts were signed, number of units
and pounds of fish transferred,
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processing plant name and
identification, operation type and
operator, type of vessel registration,
State of Alaska registration number,
NMFS vessel identification number,
hull identification number, hailing port
and hailing port state, numbers of
existing permits if applicable to current
application, documentation of loss or
destruction of a vessel, list of vessels in
a vessel cooperative, vessel operations
type in terms of catching and/or
processing, species/gear endorsements
for fisheries requiring vessel monitoring
systems, fishery type, species or species
code, fishery management plan, days at
sea allocations, quota shares, type of
fishing gear, gear code, vessel landing
receipts and records, bills of sale,
delivery receipts, dealer purchase
receipts, processing sector and facility
where fish are received, statement from
processor that there is a market for
rockfish received from applicant for
entry level harvester permit.
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act
Citizenship, internal identification
number, percent/rank of ownership
interest, hull identification number,
vessel photograph, type of vessel
registration, year vessel built, where
vessel built, fish hold capacity, hailing
port, hailing port state, crew size,
international radio call sign, previous
vessel flag, previous vessel name,
fishery type, fishery management plan,
regional fishery management
organization, type of fishing gear, gear
code.
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Nationality, type of vessel
(commercial fishing, charter), where
vessel built, year vessel built, fish hold
capacity, International Maritime
Organization number (if issued), vessel
communication types and serial
numbers, details of tamper-proof VMS
elements, ice classification, processing
equipment, international radio call sign,
foreign vessel flag, previous vessel flag,
previous vessel name, permit number of
supporting foreign vessel, crew size,
species code, type of fishing gear,
information on the known and
anticipated impacts of bottom trawling
gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems,
and the products to be derived from an
anticipated catch of krill.
National Saltwater Angler Registry
Program
Name, TIN, address, telephone
number, designation as owner or
operator of for-hire vessel, vessel name
and registration/documentation number
and a statement of the region(s) in
which the registrant fishes.

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AUTHORITIES FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (Magnuson-Stevens
Act); High Seas Fishing Compliance Act
of 1995, 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq;
International Fisheries Regulations:
Vessels of the United States Fishing in
Colombian Treaty Waters: 50 CFR
300.120; the American Fisheries Act,
Title II, Public Law No. 105–277; the
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act of 1993, 16 U.S.C.
5101–5108, as amended 1996; the Tuna
Conventions Act of 1950, 16 U.S.C. 951–
961; the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Authorization Act, 16 U.S.C., Chapter
16A; the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of
1982, 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. (Halibut
Act), the Antarctic Marine Living
Resources Convention Act of 1984, 16
U.S.C. 2431–2444; the Marine Mammal
Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361; and the
Debt Collection Improvement Act, 31
U.S.C. 7701.
PURPOSE(S):

This information will allow NMFS to
identify owners and holders of permits
and non-permit registrations, identify
vessel owners and operators, evaluate
requests by applicants and current
participants, or agency actions, related
to the issuance, renewal, transfer,
revocation, suspension or modification
of a permit or registration.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

These records may be disclosed as
follows.
1. In the event that a system of records
maintained by the Department to carry
out its functions indicates a violation or
potential violation of law or contract,
whether civil, criminal or regulatory in
nature and whether arising by general
statute or particular program statute or
contract, rule, regulation, or order
issued pursuant thereto, or the necessity
to protect an interest of the Department,
the relevant records in the system of
records may be referred to the
appropriate agency, whether federal,
state, local, or foreign, charged with the
responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting such violation or charged
with enforcing or implementing the
statute or contract, rule, regulation, or
order issued pursuant thereto, or
protecting the interest of the
Department.
2. A record from this system of
records may be disclosed in the course
of presenting evidence to a court,
magistrate, or administrative tribunal,
including disclosures to opposing

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counsel in the course of settlement
negotiations.
3. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to a Member of
Congress submitting a request involving
an individual when the individual has
requested assistance from the Member
with respect to the subject matter of the
record.
4. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to the Department of
Justice in connection with determining
whether the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) requires disclosure
thereof.
5. A record in this system will be
disclosed to the Department of Treasury
for the purpose of reporting and
recouping delinquent debts owed the
United States pursuant to the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996.
6. A record in this system may be
disclosed to the Department of
Homeland Security for the purpose of
determining the admissibility of certain
seafood imports into the United States.
7. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to a contractor of the
Department having need for the
information in the performance of the
contract but not operating a system of
records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C.
552a(m).
8. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to approved persons at
the state or interstate level within the
applicable Marine Fisheries
Commission for the purpose of comanaging a fishery or for making
determinations about eligibility for
permits when state data are all or part
of the basis for the permits.
9. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to the applicable
Fishery Management Council (Council)
staff and contractors tasked with the
development of analyses to support
Council decisions about Fishery
Management Programs.
10. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to the applicable
NMFS Observer Program for purpose of
identifying current permit owners and
vessels and making a random
assignment of observers to vessels in a
given fishing season.
11. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to the applicable
Regional or International Fisheries
Management Body for the purpose of
identifying current permit owners and
vessels pursuant to applicable statutes
or regulations and/or conservation and
management measures adopted by a
Regional or International Fisheries
Management Body, such as: the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, Commission for the
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Resources, Inter-American Tropical
Tuna Commission, International Pacific
Halibut Commission, and International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas.
12. A record in this system of records
may be disclosed to appropriate
agencies, entities, and persons when: (1)
It is suspected or confirmed that the
security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has
been compromised; (2) the Department
has determined that, as a result of the
suspected or confirmed compromise,
there is a risk of harm to economic or
property interests, identity theft or
fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or other systems
or programs (whether maintained by the
Department or another agency or entity)
that rely upon the compromised
information; and (3) the disclosure
made to such agencies, entities, and
persons is reasonably necessary to assist
in connection with the Department’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed compromise and prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Disclosure to consumer reporting
agencies pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12) may be made from this
system to ‘‘consumer reporting
agencies’’ as defined in the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) and
the Federal Claims Collection Act of
1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Computerized database; CDs; paper
records stored in file folders in locked
metal cabinets and/or locked rooms.
RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are organized and retrieved
by NMFS internal identification
number, name of entity, permit number,
vessel name or identification number, or
plant name. Records can be accessed by
any file element or any combination
thereof.
SAFEGUARDS:

The system of records is stored in a
building with doors that are locked
during and after business hours. Visitors
to the facility must register with security
guards and must be accompanied by
federal personnel at all times. Records
are stored in a locked room and/or a
locked file cabinet. Electronic records
containing Privacy Act information are
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password is issued to individuals as
authorized by authorized personnel.
All electronic information
disseminated by NOAA adheres to the
standards set out in Appendix III,
Security of Automated Information
Resources, OMB Circular A–130; the
Computer Security Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–
3 and 278g–4); and the Government
Information Security Reform Act, Public
Law 106–398; and follows NIST SP
800–18, Guide for Developing Security
Plans for Federal Information Systems;
NIST SP 800–26, Security SelfAssessment Guide for Information
Technology Systems; and NIST SP 800–
53, Recommended Security Controls for
Federal Information Systems.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

All records are retained and disposed
of in accordance with National Archive
and Records Administration regulations
(36 CFR Chapter XII, Subchapter B—
Records Management); Departmental
directives and comprehensive records
schedules; NOAA Administrative Order
205–01; and the NMFS Records
Disposition Schedule, Chapter 1500.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESSES:

Division Chief, Fisheries Statistics
Office, NMFS Northeast Region, NMFS
Northeast Region, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930.
Assistant Regional Administrator for
Operations, Management, and
Information Services, NMFS Southeast
Region, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
Permit Team Leader, NMFS
Northwest Region, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Bldg. #1, Seattle, WA 98115.
Assistant Regional Administrator and
Tuna Dolphin Policy Analyst, NMFS
Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802.
Information/Permit Specialist,
Sustainable Fisheries Division, NMFS
Pacific Islands Region, 1601 Kapiolani
Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814.
Regional Administrator, NMFS Alaska
Region, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau,
AK 99801.
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act:
Fishery Management Specialist, Office
of International Affairs (F/IA), NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 12604,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
AMLR harvesting permits: Foreign
Affairs Specialist for International
Science, NMFS Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East-West Highway,
Room 12350, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
AMLR dealer permits: Import Control
Officer, NMFS Office of Sustainable

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Fisheries, P.O. Drawer 1207, Pascagoula,
MS 39567.
National Saltwater Angler Registry:
Fish Biologist, Office of Science and
Technology, Fisheries Statistics
Division NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 12423, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information in this system will be
collected from individuals applying for
a permit or registration or from an entity
supplying related documentation
regarding an application, permit, or
registration.
EXEMPTION CLAIMS FOR SYSTEM:

None.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves
is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the national
or regional Privacy Act Officer:
Privacy Act Officer, NOAA, 1315
East-West Highway, Room 10641, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13706, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Northeast
Region, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Southeast
Region, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Northwest
Region, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Bldg.
#1, Seattle, WA 98115.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Southwest
Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard,
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Pacific
Islands Region, 1601 Kapiolani
Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814.
Privacy Act Officer, NMFS Alaska
Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802, or delivered to the Federal
Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau,
AK 99801.
Written requests must be signed by
the requesting individual. Requestor
must make the request in writing and
provide his/her name, address, and date
of the request and record sought. All
such requests must comply with the
inquiry provisions of the Department’s
Privacy Act rules which appear at 15
CFR part 4, Appendix A.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

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Requests for access to records
maintained in this system of records
should be addressed to the same address
given in the Notification section above.
Note: Complete records for jointly
owned permits are made accessible to
each owner upon his/her request.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Department’s rules for access, for
contesting contents, and appealing
initial determinations by the individual
concerned are provided for in 15 CFR
part 4, Appendix A.

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Dated: April 11, 2008.
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of
Information/Privacy Act Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XH25

Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Navy Training and
Research, Development, Testing, and
Evaluation Activities Conducted Within
the Southern California Range
Complex
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
letter of authorization; request for
comments and information.
AGENCY:

NMFS has received a request
from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for
authorization to take marine mammals
incidental to military readiness training
events and research, development,
testing and evaluation (RDT&E) to be
conducted in the Southern California
Range Complex (SOCAL) for the period
beginning January 2009 and ending
January 2014. Pursuant to the
implementing regulations of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
is announcing our receipt of the Navy’s
request for the development and
implementation of regulations
governing the incidental taking of
marine mammals and inviting
information, suggestions, and comments
on the Navy’s application and request.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than May 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3225. The mailbox address for
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providing email comments is
PR1.050107L@noaa.gov. NMFS is not
responsible for e-mail comments sent to
addresses other than the one provided
here. Comments sent via e-mail,
including all attachments, must not
exceed a 10–megabyte file size.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolie
Harrison, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 713–2289, ext. 166.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability
A copy of the Navy’s application may
be obtained by writing to the address
specified above (See ADDRESSES),
telephoning the contact listed above (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or
visiting the internet at: http://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. The Navy’s Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for SOCAL was made available to the
public on April 4, 2008, and may be
viewed at http://
www.socalrangecomplexeis.com/.
Because NMFS is participating as a
cooperating agency in the development
of the Navy’s DEIS for SOCAL, NMFS
staff will be present at the associated
public meetings and prepared to discuss
NMFS’ participation in the development
of the EIS as well as the MMPA process
for the issuance of incidental take
authorizations. The dates and times of
the public meetings may be viewed at:
http://www.socalrangecomplexeis.com/.
Background
In the case of military readiness
activities, sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D)
of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)
direct the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional taking of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued or,
if the taking is limited to harassment,
notice of a proposed authorization is
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
may be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have no more than a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s), will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of the
species or stock(s) for subsistence uses,
and that the permissible methods of
taking and requirements pertaining to
the mitigation, monitoring and reporting
of such taking are set forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as:
an impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably expected
to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely

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