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minimum stock size threshold (MSST).
NMFS informed the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council that they
must take action to end overfishing
immediately on this stock and
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild it.
NMFS has determined that the Gulf of
Mexico greater amberjack is subject to
overfishing. This determination is based
on the most recent assessment (SEDAR
33 Update), finalized in 2016, using data
through 2015. This assessment supports
a finding of subject to overfishing
because the current estimate of F is
above the MFMT. This stock remains
overfished because the spawning stock
biomass estimate is less than the MSST.
NMFS informed the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council that they
must take action to end overfishing
immediately on this stock and
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild it.
NMFS has determined that
Northwestern Atlantic witch flounder is
still overfished and the overfishing
status is unknown. The assessment peer
review panel for this stock rejected the
most recent benchmark assessment,
finalized in 2017, using data through
2015. However, this stock is at historical
low levels and other signs of poor stock
condition support this stock remaining
listed as overfished. Lack of similar
reliable indicators for overfishing status
support changing the overfishing status
of this stock to unknown. NMFS has
notified the New England Fishery
Management Council that they must
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild this
stock.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Non-Commercial
Permit and Reporting Requirements in
the Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish
Fishery
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
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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 November 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725–
5175 or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart C,
require that all participants (including
vessel owners, operators, and crew) in
the boat-based non-commercial
bottomfish fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone around the main
Hawaiian Islands obtain a federal
bottomfish permit. This collection of
information is needed for permit
issuance, to identify actual or potential
participants in the fishery, determine
qualifications for permits, and to help
measure the impacts of management
controls on the participants in the
fishery. The permit program is also an
effective tool in the enforcement of
fishery regulations and serves as a link
between the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665 require that
all vessel owners or operators in this
fishery submit a completed logbook
form at the completion of each fishing
trip. These logbook reporting sheets
document the species and amount of
species caught during the trip. The
reporting requirements are crucial to
ensure that NMFS and the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) will be able to monitor the
fishery and have fishery-dependent
information to develop an Annual Catch
Limit for the fishery, evaluate the
effectiveness of management measures,
determine whether changes in fishery
management programs are necessary,
and estimate the impacts and
implications of alternative management
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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: 0648–0577.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or small
businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes per paper permit application; 5
minutes per online permit application;
2 hours per appeal of denied permit; 20
minutes per trip report logsheet.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 98.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,850 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.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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).
Title: Alaska Interagency Electronic
Reporting System (IERS).
OMB Control Number: 0648–0515.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 206.
Average Hours per Response: 35
minutes for a tLandings landing report;
30 minutes for catcher/processor
eLandings landing report; 18 minutes
for active response and 5 minutes for
inactive response for pilot catcher vessel
trawl electronic logbook (eLog); 15
minutes for active response and 5
minutes for inactive response for
catcher vessel eLog, catcher/processor
eLog and mothership eLog; 15 minutes
for eLandings registration; 10 minutes
for eLandings/seaLandings landing
report; and 20 minutes for at-sea
response; and 10 minutes for shoreside
and stationary floating processor
response for eLandings/seaLandings
production report.
Burden Hours: 22,850.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a current information
collection.
eLandings, seaLandings, and
tLandings are data entry components of
the Alaska Interagency Electronic
Reporting System (IERS), which is a
collaborative program run by the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Alaska Regional Office, the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G), and the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC). eLandings,
seaLandings, and tLandings provide the
Alaska fishing industry with a
consolidated electronic means of
reporting production and landings of
commercial fish and shellfish to
multiple management agencies with a
single reporting system. NMFS collects
groundfish harvest and production data
for fishery management plan species in
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
ADF&G collects harvest data for
groundfish species taken in State of
Alaska waters and has responsibility for
some fisheries in the EEZ, such as
lingcod and black rockfish. ADF&G and
NMFS cooperatively manage the Crab
Rationalization Program fisheries in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area. NMFS and IPHC
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and sablefish in both State waters and
in the EEZ.
eLandings is a web-based application
used by vessels and processors to report
groundfish, crab, Pacific halibut, and
sablefish production and landings data.
Processors with limited internet access,
such as the at-sea fleet, use eLandings
client desktop software named
seaLandings, provided by NMFS, and
submit the required reports as email
attachments or via direct transmit over
the Internet. Once data are entered and
submitted, the User must print daily
through eLandings each landing report,
production report, logbook report, and if
an IFQ delivery, each IFQ receipt. The
parties to the information must
acknowledge the accuracy of the printed
reports by signing them and entering the
date signed. In addition, the User must
make the printed copies available upon
request of NMFS observers and
authorized officers.
tLandings is a software application for
tender vessels that records landings data
on a USB flash drive and creates a
printable fish ticket. The fish ticket is
printed on board the tender vessel and
signed by the delivering catcher vessel
operator. When the tender vessel
delivers to the shoreside processor, the
shoreside processor uploads the landing
information on the USB flash drive into
eLandings.
Some of the benefits of IERS include
improved data quality, automated
processing of data, improved process for
correcting or updating information,
availability of more timely data for
fishery managers, and reduction of
duplicative reporting of similar
information to multiple agencies.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Daily 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: September 22, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Board of Visitors, United States
Military Academy (USMA)
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of committee meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Under the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972, the Government in the Sunshine
Act of 1976, the Department of Defense
announces that the following Federal
advisory committee meeting will take
place.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held on
Friday, October 20, 2017, Time 10:00
a.m.–12:00 p.m. Members of the public
wishing to attend the meeting will be
required to show a government photo ID
upon entering West Point in order to
gain access to the meeting location. All
members of the public are subject to
security screening.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Haig Room, Jefferson Hall, West
Point, New York 10996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Deadra K. Ghostlaw, the Designated
Federal Officer for the committee, in
writing at: Secretary of the General Staff,
ATTN: Deadra K. Ghostlaw, 646 Swift
Road, West Point, NY 10996; by email
at: deadra.ghostlaw@usma.edu or BoV@
usma.edu; or by telephone at (845) 938–
4200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
committee meeting is being held under
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150. The USMA BoV
provides independent advice and
recommendations to the President of the
United States on matters related to
morale, discipline, curriculum,
instruction, physical equipment, fiscal
affairs, academic methods, and any
other matters relating to the Academy
that the Board decides to consider.
Purpose of the Meeting: This is the
2017 Annual Meeting of the USMA
BoV. Members of the Board will be
provided updates on Academy issues.
Agenda: Introduction; Board Business;
Superintendent Topics (Mission, Vision,
Priorities); Accreditation; Strategic
Imperative 1—Develop Leaders of
Character: Academic Individual
Advanced Development (AIAD),
Military Individual Advanced
Development (MIAD), Semester Abroad;
Strategic Imperative 2—Foster
Relevance and Preeminence: Build
DATES:

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