60-day FRN

32790

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 18, 2017 / Notices

would be physically or chemically
restrained; measured and weighed; have
a variety of samples taken, including:
blood, skin, blubber, and mucus
membrane swabs; and have tracking or
data recording instruments attached. For
proposed take numbers by species and
location and details on sampling
methodologies, see the application. The
applicant has requested authorization
for the unintentional research related
mortality of up to four animals of each
species annually.
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: July 12, 2017.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–15039 Filed 7–17–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Recreational
Angler Survey of Sea Turtle
Interactions
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 September 18,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental

sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

17:47 Jul 17, 2017

Jkt 241001

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 Melissa Cook, NOAA’s
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Science
Center (SFSC), 3209 Frederic Street,
Pascagoula, MS, 39567, (228) 549–1628,
or melissa.cook@noaa.gov, or Ellen
Keane, NOAA’s NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA,
01930, (978) 282–8476, or ellen.keane@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY 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.

I. Abstract
NOAA NMFS would like to conduct
an intercept survey to assess the extent
of interactions between recreational
anglers on piers and other shore-based
fishing structures, and sea turtles. This
survey will also assess the feasibility of
an intercept survey for this purpose in
terms response rates and data collection.
The survey will be administered on
piers and other fixed structures
nationwide, but focused within NOAA
Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region and
Southeast Region, and will survey
approximately 36,000 individual
recreational fishermen. The respondents
will be verbally asked a series of
questions, no longer than 5 minutes,
and the interviewer will record answers.

Dated: July 12, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.

II. Method of Collection
The survey will be implemented
through verbal interviews.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
36,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/recording
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information

PO 00000

Frm 00006

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

[FR Doc. 2017–14964 Filed 7–17–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 17–33]

Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of an
arms sales notification.

SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217 or
Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107; DSCA/
DSA–RAN.
This
36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of
section 155 of Public Law 104–164
dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Transmittal
17–33 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: July 13, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.

E:\FR\FM\18JYN1.SGM

18JYN1