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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 175 / Thursday, September 10, 2015 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

II. Method of Collection

ACTION:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

The economic surveys will be
conducted via in-person interviews with
fishing vessel owners and operators.

SUMMARY:

Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Cost-Earnings
Surveys of American Samoa Longline
Fishery
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 9,
2015.

DATES:

Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Minling Pan, National
Marine Fisheries Service, (808) 725–
5349 or Minling.Pan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) proposes to collect information
about annual base fishing expenses in
the American Samoa longline fishery
with which to conduct economic
analyses that will improve fishery
management in those fisheries; satisfy
NMFS’ legal mandates under Executive
Order 12866, the Magnuson-Steven
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species
Act, and the National Environmental
Policy Act; and quantify achievement of
the performances measures in the NMFS
Strategic Operating Plans. Respondents
will include longline fishers in
American Samoa and their participation
in the economic data collection will be
voluntary.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (request for a
new information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
22.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: September 4, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

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Notice; request for comments.

The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. This
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
four commercial fishing vessels to fish
outside of the limited access sea scallop
regulations in support of study
investigating the effect different dredge
tow cable scope ratios have on dredge
pitch and catch rates using the Turtle
Deflector Dredge and Low Profile
Dredge designs.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 25, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘DA15–065
CFF Dredge Design Study EFP.’’
• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘DA15–065 CFF Dredge Design Study
EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannah Jaburek, Fisheries Management
Specialist, 978–282–8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA has
preliminarily awarded the Coonamesset
Farm Foundation (CFF) a grant through
the 2015 Saltonstall Kennedy grant
program, in support of a project titled
‘‘Improving an Ecosystem Friendly
Scallop Dredge.’’ To conduct this
research, CFF submitted a complete
application for an EFP on August 6,
2015. The project would look at the
effect different scope ratios have on
dredge pitch and catch rates using the
Turtle Deflector Dredge (TDD) and Low
Profile Dredge (LPD) designs. The
project would also utilize an underwater
camera attached to the dredge frames to
capture fish dredge interactions.
CFF is requesting exemptions that
would allow four commercial fishing
vessels be exempt from the Atlantic sea
scallop days-at-sea (DAS) allocations at
50 CFR 648.53(b); crew size restrictions
at § 648.51(c); and rotational closed area
exemptions for Closed Area I at
§ 648.58(a), Closed Area II at § 648.58(b),

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