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October 17, 2016, by a revised version
that we have deemed adequate and
complete based on our implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 216.104.
The requested regulations would
establish a framework for authorization
of incidental take by Level A and Level
B harassment through Letters of
Authorization (LOAs). Following
development of the ITRs,
implementation could occur via
issuance of LOAs upon request from
individual industry applicants planning
specific geophysical survey activities.
Specified Activities
The application describes geophysical
survey activity, conducted by industry
operators in OCS waters of the GOM
within BOEM’s GOM planning areas
(i.e., the Western, Central, and Eastern
Planning Areas). Geophysical surveys
are conducted by industry operators to
characterize the shallow and deep
structure of the OCS, including the
shelf, slope, and deepwater ocean
environment, in order to obtain data for
hydrocarbon exploration and
production, aid in siting oil and gas
structures and facilities, identify
possible seafloor or shallow-depth
geologic hazards, and locate potential
archaeological resources and benthic
habitats that should be avoided.
Deep penetration seismic surveys,
used largely for oil and gas exploration
and development and involving a vessel
or vessels towing an airgun or array of
airguns that emit acoustic energy pulses
through the overlying water and into the
seafloor, are one of the most extensive
survey types and are expected to carry
the greatest potential for effects to
marine mammals. Non-airgun high
resolution geophysical surveys are used
to detect and monitor geohazards,
archaeological resources, and certain
types of benthic communities.

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Information Solicited
Interested persons may submit
information, suggestions, and comments
concerning BOEM’s request (see
ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all
relevant information, suggestions, and
comments related to the request during
the development of proposed
regulations governing the incidental
taking of marine mammals, as
appropriate.
Dated: December 14, 2016.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Southeast Region
Permit Family of Forms
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), 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 (PRA) of
1995.

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 21,
2017.

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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Adam Bailey, NMFS
Southeast Regional Office (SERO), 263
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701, phone: 727–824–5305, or email:
adam.bailey@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
This request is for a renewal with
revisions to the existing reporting
requirements approved under the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Control Number 0648–0205, Southeast
Region Permit Family of Forms. The
SERO Permits Office administers
Federal fishing permits in the United
States (U.S.) exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of
Mexico (Gulf), and South Atlantic under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1801. The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to revise parts of the current
collection-of-information approved
under OMB Control Number 0648–0205.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Southeast Region manages the
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Gulf, and South Atlantic under the
fishery management plans (FMPs) for
each region. The regional fishery
management councils prepared the
FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. The regulations
implementing the FMPs, including
those that have reporting requirements,
are at 50 CFR part 622.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form
the basis for this collection of
information. The NMFS Southeast
Region requests information from
fishery participants. This information,
upon receipt, results in an increasingly
more efficient and accurate database for
management and monitoring of the
Federal fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf,
and South Atlantic.
The SERO Permits Office proposes to
revise the collection-of-information
approved under OMB Control Number
0648–0205. NMFS proposes to revise
the Federal permit applications for
Vessels Fishing in the EEZ (Vessel EEZ),
Harvest of Aquacultured Live Rock in
the EEZ, Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish
in the South Atlantic States (Wreckfish),
and the Annual Dealer permit.
The purpose of revising certain
Southeast Region permit application
forms is to better comply with National
Standard 4 (NS4) of the MagnusonStevens Act, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (RFA) and the Small Business
Administration’s regulations
implementing the RFA, Executive Order
12898, and the ‘‘fairness and equitable
distribution’’ provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, including NS4
and section 303(b)(6).
The SERO Permits Office also
proposes to split the single application
form, Federal Permit Application for the
Harvest of Aquacultured Live Rock, into
two application forms, Federal Permit
Application for New Permit for the
Harvest of Aquacultured Live Rock
(Aquacultured Live Rock New Permit)
and Federal Permit Application to
Renew Permit for the Harvest of
Aquacultured Live Rock (Aquacultured
Live Rock Permit Renewal).
The Aquacultured Live Rock New
Permit includes the collection of data
previously collected via a separate form,
Aquaculture Site Evaluation Report,
among other revisions. The proposed
revisions to establish the Aquacultured
Live Rock New Permit application do
not affect the time burden for applicants
for new sites or new permit holders, but
should clarify the application process
for most applicants of new sites. The
application form for the Aquacultured
Live Rock Permit Renewal does not
include the Aquaculture Site Evaluation
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Rock Permit Renewal form does include
other clarifying revisions. NMFS does
not anticipate these revisions to both
forms will materially change the time
burden to the applicants.
The proposed revisions to the
specified application forms are
administrative and generally divide
existing data fields into smaller parts to
gather information that is more specific.
NMFS intends the revisions to make the
requested information clearer and easier
to understand, and therefore,
applications may require less time to
complete in some cases. Additionally,
NMFS removed some data fields that
were collecting less meaningful data.
NMFS estimates that the proposed
revisions would not change the annual
number of respondents or responses, or
annual costs to affected permit
applicants from estimates in the
currently approved collection. Across
the application forms, NMFS estimates
these revisions would increase the
overall time burden.
In addition to the proposed revisions
above, NMFS also increases its
estimated time burden for the Vessel
Permit Transfers and Notarizations form
and the Annual Landings Report for
Gulf of Mexico Shrimp form to more
accurately account for the time required
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II. Method of Collection
Respondents complete applications
on paper forms, and then can either
mail or bring applications to the SERO
Permits Office. Online application
renewals are currently available only for
some of the permits included on the
Federal Permit Application for Vessels
Fishing in the Exclusive Economic
Zone. The SERO Permits Office can mail
applications and instructions or they
can be downloaded from the SERO
Permits Office Web site at
sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/permits.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0205.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,909.
Estimated Time per Response:
• Dealer Permit Application, 30
minutes;
• Vessel EEZ Permit Application,
including Golden Tilefish Endorsement
and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 40
minutes;
• Wreckfish Permit Application, 40
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• Vessel Operator Card Application
for Dolphin/Wahoo or Rock Shrimp, 21
minutes;
• Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters
Vessel Permit Application, 30 minutes;
• Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit
Notification, 12 minutes;
• Notifications of Authorization for
Retrieval of Lost or Stolen Traps (golden
crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny
lobster), 13 minutes;
• Vessel Permit Transfers and
Notarizations, 10 minutes;
• Annual Landings Report for Gulf of
Mexico Shrimp, 20 minutes;
• International Maritime Organization
(IMO) Number Registration, 30 minutes;
• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—New Permit—Deposit
Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 5 minutes; Site
Evaluation Report, 20 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, including Site
Evaluation Report, 50 minutes; and
• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting
and Reporting—Renew Permit—Deposit
Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of
Intent to Harvest, 5 minutes; Federal
Permit Application, 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 7,940.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $483,828 in recordkeeping or
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: December 15, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a webinar meeting.
AGENCY:

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will hold a
meeting of its Pulley Ridge Working
Group via webinar.
DATES: The webinar will convene on
Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 10 a.m. to
12 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
via webinar.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council;
morgan.kilgour@gulfcouncil.org,
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Wednesday, January 4, 2017; 10 a.m.–
12 p.m., EST:
Agenda: The working group will
discuss available information about
Pulley Ridge and potential boundary
modifications to the existing habitat
area of particular concern.
—Meeting Adjourns—
You may register for Pulley Ridge
Working Group webinar on January 4,
2017 at: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
3018060841235901185.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
Council’s file server. To access the file
server, the URL is https://
public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/
index.cgi or go to the Council’s Web site
and click on the FTP link in the lower
left of the Council Web site (http://
www.gulfcouncil.org). The username
and password are both ‘‘gulfguest’’.
Click on the ‘‘Library Folder’’ then
scroll down to ‘‘Pulley Ridge Working
Group Jan 2017’’.
The meeting will be webcast over the
internet. A link to the webcast will be
available on the Council’s Web site,
http://www.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Working Group for discussion, in
SUMMARY:

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