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Additional Action Team meetings and
plenary webinar dates and times will
publish in a subsequent issue in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be
held via webinar and are open to
members of the public. Webinar
registration is required and registration
links will be posted to the Citizen
Science program page of the Council’s
Web site at www.safmc.net.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science
Program Manager, SAFMC; phone (843)
302–8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10;
fax: (843) 769–4520; email:
amber.vonharten@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to
schedule changes, the scheduled
meeting of the Council’s Citizen Science
Finance and Infrastructure Action Team
originally scheduled for Thursday,
November 9, 2017 at 2 p.m. is
rescheduled for Wednesday, November
29, 2017 at 1 p.m. The original notice
for that meeting published in the
Federal Register on October 16, 2017
(82 FR 48063). The Council will also
hold another meeting of the Council’s
Citizen Science Finance and
Infrastructure Action Team on
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 1
p.m.
The Council created a Citizen Science
Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The
Council appointed members of the
Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to
five Action Teams in the areas of
Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/
Topics Management, Finance and
Infrastructure, and Communication/
Outreach/Education to develop program
policies and operations for the Council’s
Citizen Science Program.
The Finance and Infrastructure Action
Team will meet to continue work on
developing recommendations on
program policies and operations to be
reviewed by the Council’s Citizen
Science Committee. Public comment
will be accepted at the beginning of the
meeting.
Items to be addressed during these
meetings:
1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms
of Reference
2. Other Business
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
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directed to the council office (see
3 days prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES)

Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 7, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; NOAA Customer
Surveys
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 of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 12, 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 Sarah Brabson, NOAA Office
of the Chief Information Officer, (301)
628–5751 or sarah.brabson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved generic information
collection.
This collection follows the guidelines
contained in the OMB Resource Manual
for Customer Surveys. In accordance
with Executive Order 12862, the
National Performance Review, and good
management practices, NOAA offices
seek approval to continue to gather
customer feedback on services and/or
products, which can be used in
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modification and prioritization. Under
this generic clearance, individual offices
would use approved questionnaires and
develop new questionnaires, as needed,
by selecting subsets of the approved set
of collection questions and tailoring
those specific questions to be
meaningful for their particular
programs. These proposed
questionnaires would then be submitted
to OMB using a fast-track request for
approval process, for which separate
Federal Register notices are not
required. Surveys currently being
conducted include Web site satisfaction
surveys, Weather Service product
surveys and National Marine Sanctuary
participation surveys.
The generic clearance will not be used
to survey any bodies NOAA regulates
unless precautions are taken to ensure
that the respondents believe that they
are not under any risk for not
responding or for the contents of their
responses; e.g., in no survey to such a
population will the names and
addresses of respondents be required.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected via mail,
email or online.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0342.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; not-for-profit institutions;
state, local or tribal government;
business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
24,000.
Estimated Time per Response:
Response times averages 5–10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 22,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 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

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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: November 7, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–24470 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Chinook
Salmon Economic Data Report (EDR)
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 of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 12, 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 Scott Miller, (907) 586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) manages the Bering Sea pollock
fishery under the American Fisheries
Act (AFA) (16 U.S.C. 1851). AFA fishing
vessels harvest pollock in the Bering Sea
pollock fishery using pelagic (midwater) trawl gear, which consists of
large nets towed through the water by
the vessel. At times, Chinook salmon
and pollock occur in the same locations

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in the Bering Sea; consequently,
Chinook salmon are incidentally caught
in the nets as pollock is harvested. This
incidental catch is called bycatch and is
also called prohibited species catch
(PSC).
The Chinook Salmon Economic Data
Report (Chinook Salmon EDR) Program
provides NMFS and the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council)
with data to evaluate the effectiveness of
Chinook salmon bycatch management
measures for the Bering Sea pollock
fishery that were implemented under
Amendment 91 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (75 FR 53026, August
30, 2010). The EDR consists of three
data collections that are submitted
annually by owners and operators of
catcher vessels, catcher/processors,
motherships, and the Western Alaska
Community Development Quota
Program groups qualified to participate
in the Bering Sea pollock fishery (50
CFR 679.65). The Chinook Salmon EDR
Program also includes a means for
NMFS to verify the data submitted in
these three collections.
NMFS and the Council use the
information to determine the
effectiveness of the Incentive Plan
Agreement (IPA), the IPA incentives, the
PSC limits, and the performance
standard in terms of minimizing salmon
bycatch in times of high and low levels
of salmon abundance. NMFS and the
Council also use the data to evaluate
how Amendment 91 affects where,
when, and how pollock fishing and
salmon bycatch occur and to study and
verify conclusions drawn by industry in
the IPA annual reports.
II. Method of Collection
The Compensated Transfer Report,
Vessel Fuel Survey, and Vessel Master
Survey are completed and submitted
annually using a data reporting web
application on the Pacific States Marine
Fisheries Commission Web site at
https://www.psmfc.org//chinookedr/.
Data for the Chinook EDR Verification/
Audit are submitted by email,
electronically, fax, or mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0633.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
133.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours for Compensated Transfer Report;

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4 hours each for Vessel Fuel Survey,
Vessel Master Survey; and Chinook EDR
Verification/Audit.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,168.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $4,631 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: November 7, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Committee to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 9
a.m.
SUMMARY:

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