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privileged evidence that is relevant to
the subject matter of the NIST
investigation described in this notice.
Such evidence may be submitted to the
address contained in this section.
Confidential information will only be
accepted pursuant to an appropriate
nondisclosure agreement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Howard Harary, Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Mail Stop 8600,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8600,
telephone number (301) 975–5900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The National
Construction Safety Team Act (‘‘Act’’),
Public Law 107–231, codified at 15
U.S.C. 7301 et seq., was enacted to
provide for the establishment of
investigative teams (‘‘Teams’’) to assess
building performance and emergency
response and evacuation procedures in
the wake of any building failure that has
resulted in substantial loss of life or that
posed significant potential of substantial
loss of life. The purpose of
investigations by Teams is to improve
the safety and structural integrity of
buildings in the United States. As stated
in the statute, a Team shall (1) establish
the likely technical cause or causes of
the building failure; (2) evaluate the
technical aspects of evacuation and
emergency response procedures; (3)
recommend, as necessary, specific
improvements to building standards,
codes, and practices based on the
findings made pursuant to (1) and (2);
and recommend any research and other
appropriate actions needed to improve
the structural safety of buildings, and
improve evacuation and emergency
response procedures, based on the
findings of the investigation. In
addition, NIST has promulgated
regulations implementing the Act. The
regulations are found at 15 CFR part
270.
NIST sent a preliminary
reconnaissance team to collect
information and data related to the
hurricane that made landfall in the U.S.
territory of Puerto Rico on September
20, 2017. Based on the
recommendations of the preliminary
reconnaissance team and evaluation of
the criteria listed in the regulations
implementing the Act, specifically in 15
CFR 270.102, on February 28, 2018, the
Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST),
United States Department of Commerce,
established a Team to study building
performance and emergency response
and evacuation during Hurricane Maria.
The Team may include members who
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who are not Federal employees. Team
members who are Federal employees are
governed by the Federal conflict of
interest laws. Team members who are
not Federal employees will be Federal
government contractors, and conflicts of
interest related to their service on the
Team will be governed by FAR Subpart
9.5, Organizational and Consultant
Conflicts of Interest, which will be
incorporated by reference into all such
contracts.
Members of the public are encouraged
to submit to the Team non-privileged
data and artifacts that are relevant to the
subject matter of the NIST investigation
described in this notice. Such data and
artifacts may be submitted to the
address contained in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice. Confidential
information will only be accepted
pursuant to an appropriate
nondisclosure agreement.

Working Group formed as a result of the
2015 biological opinion on effects of the
Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian
Islands groundfish fisheries on shorttailed albatross. The working group is
tasked with reviewing information for
mitigating effects of the groundfish
fisheries on short-tailed albatross and
other seabirds. The workgroup will hold
an in-person meeting in Juneau, Alaska
on March 20 and 21, 2018. Meeting
topics include the use of EM to report
seabird bycatch and a discussion on the
challenges of quantifying seabird
bycatch in trawl fisheries. NMFS will
keep the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) apprised
of the working group’s activities and
any resulting recommendations for
methods to reduce seabird bycatch. Any
changes to seabird avoidance
regulations are expected to follow the
standard Council process.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 7301 et seq., 15 CFR
part 270.

Special Accommodations

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
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Administration
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This workshop will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Anne Marie Eich,
907–586–7172, at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: February 23, 2018.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Groundfish
and Halibut Seabird Working Group;
Public Meeting

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

NMFS Alaska Groundfish and
Halibut Seabird Working Group will
meet to discuss use of electronic
monitoring (EM) to report seabird
bycatch and a discussion on the
challenges of quantifying seabird
bycatch in the trawl fisheries.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
March 20, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
and on March 21, 2018, from 8 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., Alaska Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the NMFS Alaska Regional Office
located at 709 W 9th St., Room 445C,
Juneau, AK. Photo identification is
required to enter this facility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Marie Eich, 907–586–7172.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird

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).
Title: National Centers for
Environmental Information Send2NCEI
Web Application.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0024.
Form Number(s): NOAA 24–13.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 300.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 300.

AGENCY:

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Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
When creating a Request to Archive
oceanographic data or information at the
United States (U.S.) National Centers for
Environmental Information (NCEI),
well-organized and complete metadata
describing those data are needed for
long term understanding and use of
those data. The Send2NCEI web
application provides a web-based form
for easily collecting required and
optional descriptive metadata to
describe oceanographic data in a way
that supports Executive Order 12906
and structures those metadata to
conform to the internationally used ISO
19115 Geospatial Metadata suite of
standards. Descriptive metadata informs
the suitability of data for use by future
data users and should provide critical
context about how data were collected,
what techniques and measurements
were made, and data quality
characterizations. Information about the
data provider or other individuals is
only used by NCEI to contact the data
provider with questions about
submitted data, about the status of the
data in the archival process, and to
provide appropriate scientific
recognition and attribution for
submitted data. Send2NCEI will be used
by earth, ocean, and atmospheric
scientists and their data managers.
Affected Public: Not for profit
institutions; state, local or tribal
governments; business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
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 23, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG047

Marine Mammals; File No. 21321
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
Pacific Whale Foundation (300 Ma’alaea
Rd., Suite 211, Wailuku, HI 96793;
Responsible Party: Stephanie Stack) has
applied in due form for a permit to
conduct research on false killer whales
(Pseudorca crassidens).
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
March 30, 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. 21321 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:
Courtney Smith 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 requests a five-year
research permit to assess the
distribution, abundance, social
organization, population structure,
population size, foraging, reproduction,
movements, habitat use, body condition,
and behavior of false killer whales
(including the endangered Main
Hawaiian Islands insular false killer
whale distinct population segment)
within near- and off-shore waters of the
Maui 4-island region (Hawaii).
Researchers would closely approach
false killer whales by vessel and
unmanned aerial surveys for up to 520
annual harassment takes.
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 23, 2018.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Ocean and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Coral Reef
Conservation Program Survey
National Ocean and
Atmospheric Administration,
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 of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 30, 2018.
SUMMARY:

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