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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Public meeting; notice of agenda
change.

sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council, NEFMC)
will hold a three-day meeting to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
April 19, 20, and 21, 2016. It will start
at 9 a.m. on April 19, and at 8:30 a.m.
on both April 20th and 21st.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Mystic Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan
Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355;
telephone: (860) 572–0731, or online at
http://hiltonmystic.com/.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext.
113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice published on April 4,
2016 (81 FR 19136). This notice
publishes an additional item to the
agenda on April 21, 2016.

Dated: April 4, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

SUMMARY:

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Agenda
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The Council has added an additional
item to its existing agenda on the final
meeting day of its April 19–21, 2016
meeting.
Following a lunch break scheduled
for 12:30 p.m., on April 21st, the
Council has added consideration of a
change to the spiny dogfish trip limit.
Prior to taking any action, the NEFMC
will receive an overview on the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission’s
request for the increase.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; International
Dolphin Conservation Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before June 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: 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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to: Daniel Studt, (562) 980–
4073 or daniel.studt@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for revision of a
currently approved information
collection. The chain of custody
recordkeeping requirements approved
under an emergency revision per an
interim final rule filed on March 22,
2016 (81 FR 15444), will become a
permanent part of the collection.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) collects
information to implement the
International Dolphin Conservation
Program Act (Act). The Act allows entry
of yellowfin tuna into the United States
(U.S.), under specific conditions, from

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nations in the International Dolphin
Conservation Program that would
otherwise be under embargo. The Act
also allows U.S. fishing vessels to
participate in the yellowfin tuna fishery
in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
(ETP) on terms equivalent with the
vessels of other nations. NOAA collects
information to allow tracking and
verification of ‘‘dolphin-safe’’ and ‘‘nondolphin safe’’ tuna products from catch
through the U.S. market.
The regulations implementing the Act
are at 50 CFR parts 216 and 300. The
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR parts 216 and
300 form the basis for this collection of
information. This collection includes
permit applications, notifications, tuna
tracking forms, reports, and
certifications that provide information
on vessel characteristics and operations
in the ETP, the origin of tuna and tuna
products, chain of custody
recordkeeping requirements and certain
other information necessary to
implement the Act.
II. Method of Collection
Paper applications, other paper
records, electronic and facsimile
reports, and telephone calls or email
messages are required from participants.
Methods of submittal include
transmission of paper forms via regular
mail and facsimile as well as electronic
submission via email or an FTP site
(password protected).
III. Data
OMB Number: 0648–0387.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
279.
Estimated Time per Response: 35
minutes for a vessel permit application;
10 minutes for an operator permit
application, a notification of vessel
arrival or departure, a change in permit
operator; a notification of a net
modification or a monthly tuna storage
removal report; 30 minutes for a request
for a waiver to transit the ETP without
a permit (and subsequent radio
reporting) or for a special report
documenting the origin of tuna (if
requested by the NOAA Administrator);
10 hours for an experimental fishing
operation waiver; 15 minutes for a
request for a Dolphin Mortality Limit;
35 minutes for written notification to
request active status for a small tuna
purse seine vessel; 5 minutes for written

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notification to request inactive status for
a small tuna purse seine vessel or for
written notification of the intent to
transfer a tuna purse seine vessel to
foreign registry and flag; 60 minutes for
a tuna tracking form or for a monthly
tuna receiving report; 30 minutes for
IMO application or exemption request;
30 minutes for chain of custody
recordkeeping reporting requirement.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 248.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $4,578.
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: April 4, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE550

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.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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AGENCY:

The NMFS Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, has made a
preliminary determination that an
exempted fishing permit application
contains all of the required information

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and warrants further consideration. This
exempted fishing permit would allow a
commercial lobster fishing vessel in
collaboration with the University of
New England to conduct research on the
injury and mortality of Atlantic cod
caught as bycatch in lobster traps fished
in the Gulf of Maine.
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 a proposed exempted
fishing permit.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on 2016 UNE Atlantic Cod Bycatch from
Lobster Traps EFP.’’
• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
outside of the envelope ‘‘2016 UNE
Atlantic Cod Bycatch from Lobster
Traps EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid
Lichwell, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282–9112.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
University of New England (UNE)
submitted a complete application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to assess
injury and mortality of cod caught as
bycatch in lobster traps fished in the
Gulf of Maine (GOM). This EFP would
exempt a commercial lobster fishing
vessel from the prohibition on landing
Northeast (NE) multispecies established
under the Northeast Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) at 50
CFR 648.14(k)(1)(i)(B). The vessel would
also be exempt from the possession
limits and minimum size requirements
specified in 50 CFR part 648, subparts
B and D through O. The exemption from
the prohibition on landing NE
multispecies would allow the vessel to
retain cod to evaluate injuries resulting
from their catch. The possession limit
and minimum size requirement
exemptions would allow the vessel’s
crew to tag cod with acoustic
transmitters and collect biological data
before cod and other bycaught species
are returned to sea. The EFP would
allow these exemptions from May
through October 2016. The data from
this study are designed to provide
fisheries managers information on cod
discard mortality associated with the
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Bycatch Reduction Engineering program
funds this project.
If the EFP is approved, the
participating lobster vessel would
deploy 400 traps in statistical area 513.
Lobster traps would be hauled twice a
week for 24 weeks, with a soak time of
approximately 48–72 hours for each
trip. The crew of the vessel would
collect viability data for cod bycatch as
outlined in the research proposal. A
subsample (n = 100) of cod would be
tagged with acoustic transmitters and
released. The tagged cod would be
monitored by an array of 30 acoustic
receivers to evaluate acute and delayed
mortality in their natural environment.
Approximately 10 cod would be
retained and landed each month to
assess barotrauma and other physical
effects of their capture. UNE research
staff would accompany each trip in
which cod are tagged or retained as part
of the study. The vessel will retain the
previously mentioned 10 cod per
sampling month and all legal lobsters
will be retained and sold. All other
animals captured in the traps would be
returned to the sea as soon as possible.
If approved, the applicants may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFP throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions
may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope of the initially
approved EFP request. Any fishing
activity conducted outside the scope of
the exempted fishing activity would be
prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 4, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
[Docket ID: USAF–2016–HQ–0003]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
AGENCY:

Department of the Air Force,

DoD.
Notice to alter a System of
Records.

ACTION:

The Department of the Air
Force proposes to alter a system of
records notice, System Identifier, F036
AFMC D, entitled ‘‘Education/Training

SUMMARY:

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