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be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Ave.,
Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401)
732–6000; fax: (401) 732–0261.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Advisory Panel will review the
general workload for 2016 based on
Council priorities and will discuss
recommendations for the Committee
and Council to consider for setting
overall five year research priorities. The
Advisory Panel will also review
outcomes from the recent scallop
workshop and may discuss
recommendations for the Committee
and Council to consider in future
actions. The Advisory Panel will review
a work plan for the required five year
report that will evaluate the limited
access general category IFQ program.
Other business may be discussed.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Coast
Groundfish Rationalization
Sociocultural Study
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing

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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 May 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 Suzanne Russell, Human
Dimensions Team, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd.
East, Seattle, WA 98112, (206) 860–3274
or Suzanne.russell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

2015/2016. The data collected will
provide updated and more
comprehensive descriptions of the
industry as well as allow for analysis of
changes the rationalization program
may create in the fishery. The
measurement of these changes will lead
to a greater understanding of the social
impacts the management measure may
have on the individuals in the fishery.
To achieve these goals, it is critical to
continue data collection for comparison
to previously collected data and
establish a time-series which will
identify changes over the long term.
Analysis can also be correlated with any
regulatory adjustments due to the
upcoming five-year review of the
program. This study will continue data
collection efforts to achieve the stated
objectives.
This study is managed by the Human
Dimensions Team, Ecosystem Science
Program, Conservation Biology Division,
Northwest Fisheries Science Center,
National Marine Fisheries Service,
Seattle, WA.

I. Abstract
This request is for revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection. The revision
consists of minor changes to the
information collection tool.
Historically, changes in fisheries
management regulations have been
shown to result in impacts to
individuals within the fishery. An
understanding of social impacts in
fisheries—achieved through the
collection of data on fishing
communities, as well as on individuals
who fish—is a requirement under
several federal laws. Laws such as the
National Environmental Protection Act
and the Magnuson Stevens Fishery
Conservation Act (as amended 2007)
describe such requirements. The
collection of this data not only helps to
inform legal requirements for the
existing management actions, but will
inform future management actions
requiring equivalent information.
Literature indicates fisheries
rationalization programs have an impact
on those individuals participating in the
affected fishery. The Pacific Fisheries
Management Council implemented a
rationalization program for the Pacific
Coast Groundfish limited entry trawl
fishery in January 2011. This research
aims to continue to study the
individuals in the affected fishery over
the long term. Data collection will shift
from a timing related to changes in the
catch share program design elements to
a five-year cycle. In addition, the study
will compare results to previous data
collection efforts in 2010, 2012, and

II. Method of Collection
Verbal communication and
collaboration with key informants, focus
groups, paper surveys, electronic
surveys, and in person interviews will
be utilized in combination to obtain the
greatest breadth of information as
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0606.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions.
State, local and tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Time per Response:
Surveys and focus groups, 1 hour each
and interviews, 30 minutes each.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 750.
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

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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.

posted on the Council’s Web site at
www.mafmc.org. Public access to the
webinar will also be provided at the
Council’s offices located at 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE.

Dated: March 1, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.

Dated: March 2, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 29, 2016, beginning at
10 a.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Webinar connection details
will be available at: http://
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to discuss
issues related to the specification of
ABC for blueline tilefish for federal
waters off the Northeastern United
States north of the Virginia-North
Carolina border. The Council anticipates
that additional SSC discussion may be
necessary following the SSC meeting
currently scheduled for March 15–16,
2016 in Baltimore, MD. Information
about the joining the webinar will be

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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.

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Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection 3038–0104, Exemption for
Swaps Between Affiliates
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed collection of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are required
to publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment. This notice solicits
comments on reporting requirements
relating to Commission regulation 50.52
(Exemption for swaps between
affiliates).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Exemption for swaps
between affiliates,’’ and Collection
Number 3038–0104 by any of the
following methods:
• The Agency’s Web site, at http://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Web site.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Portal.
Please submit your comments using
only one method.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments will be
posted as received to http://
www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter A. Kals, Division of Clearing and
Risk, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC
20581, (202) 418–5466; email: pkals@
cftc.gov and refer to OMB Control No.
3038–0104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection
of information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the Commission is
publishing notice of the proposed
extension of the collection of
information listed below.
Title: Exemption for Swaps Between
Affiliates (OMB Control No. 3038–
0104). This is a request for extension of
a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Section 2(h)(1)(A) of the
Commodity Exchange Act requires
certain entities to submit for clearing
certain swaps if they are required to be
cleared by the Commission. Rule 50.52
permits certain affiliated entities to elect
not to clear certain inter-affiliate swaps
that otherwise would be required to be
cleared, provided that they meet certain
conditions. The rule further requires the
reporting of certain information if the
exemption is elected. This collection
pertains to information the Commission
needs to monitor use of the exemption
and assess market risk in connection
therewith. An agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

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