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Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment had

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

File No.
16325–01 .......

0648–XB042

19425–01 .......

0648–XE009

19655 .............

0648–XF085

20315 .............

0648–XF215

Receipt of application
Federal Register notice

Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., Center for Coastal Studies, 5
Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02567.
Melissa McKinney, Ph.D., University of Connecticut,
3107 Horsebarn Hill Road, U–4210, Storrs, CT 06269.
Adam Pack, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200
West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720.
Kristen Hart, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast
Ecological Science Center, 3321 College Avenue,
Davie, FL 33314.

77 FR 12244; February 29,
2012.
82 FR 29277; June 28,
2017.
82 FR 3727; January 12,
2017.
82 FR 11181; February 21,
2017.

In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance of these permit was based on
a finding that such permits: (1) Were
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in Section 2 of the
ESA.
Authority: The requested permits
have been issued under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226), as applicable.

ACTION:

Dated: September 13, 2017.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.

I. Abstract

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Region
Logbook Family of Forms
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

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complete description of the research, go
to www.regulations.gov and search on
the permit number provided in the table
below.

Applicant

RIN

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been submitted by the below-named
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Notice.

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 November 20,
2017.
SUMMARY:

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 pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Vernon Shoemaker, (907)
586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

This request is for a revision/
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq. authorizes the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council to
prepare and amend fishery management
plans for any fishery in waters under its
jurisdiction. National Marine Fisheries
Service, Alaska Region (NMFS) manages
(1) the crab fisheries in the Exclusive
Economic Zone waters off the coast of
Alaska under the Fishery Management
Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Crab, (2) groundfish under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Groundfish of
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area, and (3) groundfish

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Permit or
amendment
issuance date
August 16, 2017.
August 17, 2017.
August 3, 2017.
August 11, 2017.

under the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. The
International Pacific Halibut
Commission (IPHC) and NMFS manage
fishing for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus
stenolepis) through regulations
established under the authority of the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.
The IPHC promulgates regulations
governing the halibut fishery under the
Convention between the United States
and Canada for the Preservation of the
Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific
Ocean and Bering Sea.
Vessels required to have a Federal
Fisheries Permit are issued free daily
fishing logbooks (DFLs) for harvesters
and daily cumulative production
logbooks (DCPL) for processors to record
groundfish, Crab Rationalization
Program crab, Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) halibut, IFQ sablefish, Western
Alaska Community Development Quota
Program halibut, and prohibited species
catch information. Catcher vessels
under 60 ft (18.3 m) length overall are
not required to maintain DFLs. Multiple
self-copy logsheets within each logbook
are available for distribution to the
harvester, processor, observer program,
and NOAA Office for Law Enforcement.
The longline or pot gear logbooks have
an additional logsheet for submittal to
the IPHC.
As electronic logbooks become
available, paper logbooks are
discontinued and removed from this
collection. The forms and DFL and
DCPL logsheets may be viewed on the
NMFS Alaska Region Home Page at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/
fisheries/rr-log.
In addition to the logbooks, this
collection includes the check-in/checkout reports for shoreside processors and
motherships, the product transfer
report, and the U.S. vessel activity
report.
The information collection currently
approved under OMB Control Number

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0648–0743 (Alaska Notification of Intent
to Process Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod)
will be merged into this collection.
Under that collection, the City Manager
of Adak and the City Administrator of
Atka notify NMFS of their city’s intent
to process Pacific cod in the upcoming
year.
II. Method of Collection
Paper logbooks and paper and
electronic reports are required from
participants. Methods of submittal
include mail, Internet, and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
The notification from the City
Manager of Adak and the City
Administrator of Atka of their city’s
intent to process Pacific cod must be
submitted by certified mail through the
United States Postal Service.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0213.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(revision/extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
606.
Estimated Time per Response: 35
minutes per active response and 5
minutes per inactive response for
Catcher Vessel Longline and Pot Gear
DFL; 18 minutes for active response and
5 minutes for inactive response for
Catcher Vessel Trawl Gear DFL; 7
minutes for Mothership Check-in/
Check-out Report; 50 minutes per active
response and 5 minutes per inactive
response for Catcher/processor Longline
and Pot Gear DCPL; 5 minutes for
Shoreside Processor Check-in/Check-out
Report; 20 minutes for Product Transfer
Report; 14 minutes for Vessel Activity
Report; and 30 minutes for Notification
of Intent to Process Aleutian Islands
Pacific Cod (currently approved under
0648–0743).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 15,692 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $9,536 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

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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.
Dated: September 14, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act Provisions; General
Provisions for Domestic Fisheries;
Application for Exempted Fishing
Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
renewal application from the
Commercial Fisheries Research
Foundation (CFRF) contains all of the
required information and warrants
further consideration. This permit
would exempt participating commercial
fishing vessels from Federal lobster
escape vent, trap limit, and trap tag
regulations, as well as restrictions on
temporary possession of egg-bearing and
v-notched female and sublegal-sized
juvenile lobsters, to facilitate research
on the abundance and distribution of
juvenile American lobster and Jonah
crab along the northwest Atlantic coast.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.

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Comments must be received on
or before October 4, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on CFRF Lobster Study Fleet EFP.’’
• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on CFRF Lobster Study
Fleet EFP.’’
• Fax: (978) 281–9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9180,
Cynthia.Hanson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commercial Fisheries Research
Foundation submitted a complete
application to renew an existing
Exempted Fishing Permit on August 10,
2017, to conduct fishing activities that
the regulations would otherwise restrict.
The EFP would authorize 18 vessels to
conduct a study using ventless traps to
survey the abundance and distribution
of juvenile American lobster and Jonah
crab in regions and times of year not
covered by traditional surveys. Overall,
this EFP proposes to use a total of 54
ventless lobster traps throughout lobster
management areas 2, 3, 4, and 5;
covering statistical areas 514, 515, 521,
522, 525, 526, 533, 534, 537, 538, 539,
541, 542, 543, 561, 562, 613, 615, 616,
622, 623, 624, 626, 627, 628, 629, 632,
633, 634, 636, 637, 638, and 640. Maps
depicting these areas are available on
request. The study is designed to aid
and inform management by addressing
the questions of changing reproduction
and recruitment dynamics of lobster,
and developing a foundation of
knowledge for the emergent Jonah crab
fishery.
Funding for this study has been
awarded through the Campbell
Foundation and the Saltonstall-Kennedy
Grants Program (Grant
#NA17NMF4270208). For this research,
CFRF is requesting exemptions from the
following Federal lobster regulations:
1. Gear specification requirements in
50 CFR 697.21(c) to allow for closed
escape vents and smaller trap mesh and
entrance heads;
2. Trap limit requirements, as listed in
§ 697.19, for areas 2, 3, 4 and 5, to be
exceeded by 3 additional traps per
fishing vessel for a total of 54 additional
traps;
3. Trap tag requirements, as specified
in § 697.19(j), to allow for the use of
untagged traps (though each
DATES:

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