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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 40 / Thursday, March 2, 2017 / Notices

Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Application and Reports for
Registration as a Tanner Agent.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0179.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours per Response: 2 hours
each, for applications and reports.
Burden Hours: 24.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
exempts Alaskan natives from the
prohibitions on taking, killing, or
injuring marine mammals if the taking
is done for subsistence or for creating
and selling authentic native articles of
handicraft or clothing. The natives need
no permit, but non-natives who wish to
act as a tanner or agent for such native
products must register with NOAA and
maintain and submit certain records.
The information is necessary for law
enforcement purposes.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
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: February 24, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Title: Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 503.
Average Hours per Response: 90
minutes.
Burden Hours: 528, annualized.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection.
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Agreement of 2014 requires monitoring
of progress towards the environmental
literacy goal: ‘‘Enable students in the
region to graduate with the knowledge
and skills needed to act responsibly to
protect and restore their local
watersheds.’’ The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay
Program, will ask the state education
agencies for Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and
the District of Columbia to survey their
local education agencies (LEAs) to
determine: (1) LEA capacity to
implement a comprehensive and
systemic approach to environmental
literacy education, (2) student
participation in Meaningful Watershed
Educational Experiences during the
school year, (3) sustainability practices
at schools, and (4) LEA needs for
improving environmental literacy
education programming. LEAs
(generally school districts, in some cases
charter school administration) are asked
to complete the survey on the status of
their LEA on a set of key indicators for
the four areas listed above. One
individual from each LEA is asked to
complete this survey once every two
years.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Biennially.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
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: February 24, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE943

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Exempted Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

On November 16, 2016,
NMFS published a Notice of Intent
(NOI) announcing our intent to issue
exempted fishing permits (EFPs),
scientific research permits (SRPs),
letters of acknowledgement (LOAs), and
display permits for research regarding
highly migratory species (HMS) in 2017.
In the NOI, NMFS requested comments
regarding the issuance of EFPs and
LOAs for HMS research. In general,
EFPs and related permits would
authorize collection of a limited number
of tunas, swordfish, billfishes, and
sharks from Federal waters in the
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf
of Mexico for the purposes of scientific
data collection and public display.
Comments were accepted on the NOI
until December 16, 2016, and many of
the comments received were related to
white shark research and the need to
provide additional opportunity for
public review of such research before
permits are issued. In this notice, NMFS
summarizes public comments received
on the initial NOI, and announces the
receipt of applications for permits under
the EFP program to conduct research on
white sharks during 2017. NMFS invites
additional public comment on these
requests.

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
received on or before April 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by either of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.hms.efp2017@
noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the
following identifier: 0648–XE943.
• Mail: Craig Cockrell, Highly
Migratory Species Management Division
(F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Cockrell at (301) 427–8503. The
comments received on the NOI that
published in November 2016, the
Federal Register notice, and the
applications for EFPs received to date
may be found on the HMS Management
Division’s Web site at: http://
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