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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Economic Impacts of Hawaii
Reef Diving and Snorkeling.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 4,150.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes.
Burden Hours: 692.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new collection of information.
The objective of the survey will be to
understand divers’ and snorkelers’
expenditures associated with
recreational coral reef diving activities
in Hawaii. The survey will also collect
information on divers’ attitudes,
preferences, and concerns about
recreational diving and coral reefs
health in Hawaii. We are conducting
this survey to improve our
understanding of divers’ expenditure
patterns and to estimate the economic
impact of coral reef related spending.
Results of the survey will be used to
inform coastal resource management
planning and establish a baseline for
outreach and education. The
expenditure survey is also expected to
provide useful information for local
economic and business interests. A
similar survey (OMB Control No. 0648–
0746) was implemented in south Florida
and was successfully completed in
November 2017.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
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 21, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG028

Marine Mammals; File No. 21238
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
the Center for Whale Research
(Responsible Party: Kenneth Balcomb
III), 355 Smuggler’s Cove Road, Friday
Harbor, WA, 98250, has applied in due
form for a permit to conduct research on
marine mammals.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
March 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 21238 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include the File No. in the subject line
of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan or Amy Hapeman,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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
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et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant proposes to take 19
species of cetaceans and four species of
pinnipeds primarily in the inland
marine waters of Washington State, may
also include territorial waters up to 200
miles offshore of Oregon, California, and
Alaska. The ESA listed species include
blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B.
physalus), (Megaptera novaeangliae),
North Pacific right (Eubalaena
japonica), sperm (Physeter
macrocephalus), and Southern Resident
killer (Orcinus orca) whales, and the
Western stock of Steller sea lions
(Eumetopias jubatus). The primary
objective of the research is to monitor
the population size, demographics,
range, movement, social structure,
health, and body condition of Southern
resident killer whales, and secondarily,
to monitor the population size and
demographics of other marine mammals
in the study area. Research activities
would include manned and unmanned
aerial surveys and vessel surveys for
counts, photography, photoidentification, video recording,
observation, passive acoustic recording,
and opportunistic sampling of sloughed
skin, feces, and predation remains. The
permit would expire five years after the
date of issuance.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: February 21, 2018.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 Region Logbook and
Activity Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0213.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 445.
Average Hours 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.
Burden Hours: 15,654.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
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
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
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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.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Daily.
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 21, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Permits for
Incidental Taking of Endangered or
Threatened Species
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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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 April 30, 2018.
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 pracomments@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Celeste Stout, (301) 427–
8436 or Celeste.Stout@NOAA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposed
prohibitions against the taking of
endangered species. In 1982, Congress
revised the ESA to allow permits
authorizing the taking of endangered
species incidental to otherwise lawful
activities. The corresponding
regulations (50 CFR part 222.222)
established procedures for persons to
apply for such a permit. In addition, the
regulations set forth specific reporting
requirements for such permit holders.
The regulations contain three sets of
information collections: (l) Applications
for incidental take permits, (2)
applications for certificates of inclusion,
and (3) reporting requirements for
permits issued. Certificates of inclusion
are only required if a general permit is
issued to a representative of a group of
potential permit applicants, rather than
requiring each entity to apply for and
receive a permit.
The required information is used to
evaluate the impacts of the proposed
activity on endangered species, to make
the determinations required by the ESA
prior to issuing a permit, and to
establish appropriate permit conditions.
When a species is listed as threatened,
section 4(d) of the ESA requires the
Secretary to issue whatever regulations
are deemed necessary or advisable to
provide for conservation of the species.
In many cases those regulations reflect
blanket application of the section 9 take
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