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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 79 / Monday, April 25, 2016 / Notices

information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Region Crab Economic
Data Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0518.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 99.
Average Hours Per Response: Annual
catcher vessel economic data report
(EDR), 40 hours; annual catcher/
processor EDR, 20 hours; annual
processor EDR, 16 hours; EDR
certification only, 2 hours; verification
of data, 8 hours.
Burden Hours: 2,624.
Needs and Uses: The Crab
Rationalization (CR) Program is a
limited-access system that allocates crab
managed under the Fisheries
Management Plan (FMP) among
harvesters, processors, and coastal
communities. The CR Program currently
includes a comprehensive economic
data collection program requiring
participants to complete annual
Economic Data Reports (EDRs). These
EDRs are intended to aid the North
Pacific Fisheries Management Council
and NMFS in assessing the success of
the CR Program and developing
amendments to the FMP to mitigate any
unintended consequences of the CR
Program.
Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission (PSMFC) is the Data
Collection Agent for the CR Program.
The CR Crab EDR program collects
annually reported cost, revenue,
ownership, and employment data from
harvest and processing sector
participants in the CR fisheries. This
information is necessary to monitor and
assess the economic effects of the CR
program and support rigorous economic
analysis to promote the goals and
objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
Participation in the CR Crab EDR
program is mandatory under Federal
fisheries regulations 50 CFR part 680.6
for all active vessel and processing
sector participants in the CR Program
fisheries.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
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Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: April 20, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; National Estuaries
Restoration Inventory
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 24, 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 Julia Royster, Office of
Habitat Conservation, Restoration
Center, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, 20910, (301) 427–8686, or
Julia.Royster@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Collection of estuary habitat
restoration project information (e.g.,
location, habitat type, goals, status,
monitoring information) will be
undertaken in order to populate a
restoration project database mandated

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by the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000.
The database is intended to provide
information to improve restoration
methods, provide the basis for required
reports to Congress, and track estuary
habitat acreage restored. Estuary habitat
restoration project information will be
submitted by habitat restoration project
managers and will be accessible to the
public via Internet for data queries and
project reports.
The collection method has been
revised to only include paper or
electronic forms instead of web-based
data entry forms, as maintaining the
web-based data entry option is not costeffective.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0479.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Non-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
32.
Estimated Time per Response: Data
entry of new projects, 4 hours; updates
to existing projects, 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 103.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $100 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.

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 79 / Monday, April 25, 2016 / Notices
Dated: April 19, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.

Snake River (SR); threatened upper
Willamette River (UWR).
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened
LCR; threatened UCR; threatened SR;
threatened UWR; threatened middle
Columbia River (MCR).
Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened
Columbia River (CR).
Coho salmon (O. kisutch): Threatened
LCR.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

Authority

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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Applications for four new
scientific research permits and four
permit renewals.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received eight scientific
research permit application requests
relating to Pacific salmon, steelhead,
and eulachon. The proposed research is
intended to increase knowledge of
species listed under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) and to help guide
management and conservation efforts.
The applications may be viewed online
at: https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/
preview_open_for_comment.cfm.
DATES: Comments or requests for a
public hearing on the applications must
be received at the appropriate address or
fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later
than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on
May 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
applications should be sent to the
Protected Resources Division, NMFS,
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments
may also be sent via fax to 503–230–
5441 or by email to nmfs.nwr.apps@
noaa.gov (include the permit number in
the subject line of the fax or email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–231–
2314), Fax: 503–230–5441, email:
Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). Permit
application instructions are available
from the address above, or online at
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species are
covered in this notice:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): Endangered upper
Columbia River (UCR); threatened
Lower Columbia River (LCR); threatened

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Scientific research permits are issued
in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and
regulations governing listed fish and
wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).
NMFS issues permits based on findings
that such permits: (1) Are applied for in
good faith; (2) if granted and exercised,
would not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species that are the subject
of the permit; and (3) are consistent
with the purposes and policy of section
2 of the ESA. The authority to take
listed species is subject to conditions set
forth in the permits.
Anyone requesting a hearing on an
application listed in this notice should
set out the specific reasons why a
hearing on that application would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such
hearings are held at the discretion of the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NMFS.
Applications Received
Permit 1560–3R
The United States Geological Survey
(USGS) has requested a permit to
annually take juvenile and adult LCR
Chinook and coho, CR chum, and MCR
steelhead while conducting research
designed to (1) determine the diversity
and distribution of fish species in the
White Salmon River and tributaries, (2)
compare populations of salmonids in
the White Salmon and tributaries to predam removal levels, (3) contribute to
complimentary efforts by WDFW to
characterize life history, genetics, and
fish health of Chinook stocks in the
lower White Salmon River. The USGS
would capture fish by using a screw trap
and backpack electrofishing equipment.
Captured fish would be anesthetized,
measured, weighed, and inspected for
external diseases. Researchers would
take fin clips of some captured fish in
order to collect genetic tissues. Some
juvenile fish would be PIT tagged to
determine smolt trap efficiency and
provide life history information through
recaptures and detections at Bonneville
Dam as juveniles or adults. The
researchers would avoid adult
salmonids, but some may be
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of sampling. The researchers do not
expect to kill any listed salmonids but
a small number may die as an
unintended result of the research
activities.
Permit 15549–2R
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission (CRITFC) is seeking a fiveyear permit to expand on and extend
work previously conducted under other
research permits (Permits 1532 and
15549). The research would take place
in Satus, Ahtanum, Naches, and
Toppenish Creeks in Washington State.
The researchers wish to take juvenile
MCR steelhead during the course of
research designed to determine the
fishes’ freshwater movements and
examine how those movements are
affected by the area’s substantially
altered hydrograph. They would also
collect baseline information on stock
status and yearly abundance and seek to
determine whether repeat spawners
from a kelt reconditioning program are
successfully reproducing.
The fish would be captured using
screw traps and backpack electrofishing
equipment. They would then be
anesthetized and measured. Some
would be tissue-sampled for DNA and
some would receive passive integrated
transponder (PIT) tags. The information
gathered would be used to determine
the fishes’ movements and abundance
and monitor the ongoing status of the
various MCR steelhead populations in
the Yakima River subbasin. The
research would benefit the fish by
helping managers determine the
effectiveness of current recovery
measures and design new ones where
needed. The CRITFC does not plan to
kill any of the fish being captured, but
a few may die as an unintentional result
of the research.
Permit 16122–2R
The Colville Confederated Tribes
(CCT) are seeking a five-year permit to
take juvenile UCR steelhead in the
Okanogan River, Washington. The
purpose of the research is to monitor
steelhead populations in the basin. The
researchers are seeking to estimate
natural production and productivity and
calculate annual population estimates,
egg-to-emigrant survival, and emigrantto-adult survival rates. The population
estimates would be used to evaluate the
effects of supplementation programs in
the Okanogan River Basin and provide
managers with the data they need to
determine spawning success. The
research would benefit the fish by
giving state and Federal managers
information on UCR steelhead status
and the degree to which they are being

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