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products derived from yellowfin tuna
harvested in the ETP by purse seine
vessels operating under Salvadoran
jurisdiction or exported from El
Salvador. Issuance of an affirmative
finding for El Salvador does not affect
implementation of an intermediary
nation embargo under 50 CFR
216.24(f)(9), which could apply to
exports from El Salvador. El Salvador’s
affirmative finding is effective for the
five-year period of April 1, 2018,
through March 31, 2023, subject to
subsequent annual reviews by NMFS.
Dated: May 24, 2018.
Chris Oliver,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice of Availability of a NOAA
Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study Draft Report and
Public Meeting
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a NOAA
Satellite Observing System Architecture
Study draft report; request for
comments; public meeting.
AGENCY:

In planning for the future
operational environmental satellite
system to follow the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite
System—R Series (GOES–R, S, T, and U)
and the Joint Polar Satellite System
(JPSS–1, 2, 3, and 4), beginning about
2028, NOAA has conducted a study of
the NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture (NSOSA). The
development of a future system presents
an opportunity to design a modern
architecture by broadly examining
instruments, services, platforms, and
orbits, driven by user needs, new
technology, and exploiting emerging
space business models. The NSOSA
study team developed and evaluated
nearly 100 architecture alternatives,
including partner and commercial
contributions that are likely to become
available. Through https://
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAANESDIS-2018-0053, the public can view
the NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study draft report, submit
ideas, review submissions from other
parties, and make comments.

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All comments are welcome. In
particular, NOAA would like comments
on the following areas:
Did NOAA consider a sufficiently
broad range of alternatives?
Are the opportunities that the analysis
identified as deserving of consideration
consistent with your knowledge of the
state of the space enterprise?
Are there outcomes or options that
you recommend for further analysis?
What suggestions do you have on
engagement with industry, including
innovative capability development
approaches, partnership opportunities,
and business models that may inform
NOAA’s path forward?
What suggestions do you have on
engagement with the academic and
research community and other
stakeholders to ensure NOAA makes the
best use of the outputs of this study?
NOAA previously discussed the
NSOSA study at the American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
in January 2018; these presentations are
available at https://ams.confex.com/
ams/98Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/
44459 and https://ams.confex.com/ams/
98Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/
44460. NOAA will continue to engage
the public regarding NOAA’s future
satellite architecture planning. NOAA
will use the results of this public
comment period and public event to
shape follow-on engagements.
DATES: Comments must be received by
5 p.m. on July 2, 2018. A meeting will
be held on June 21, 2018. For additional
details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. Additional
information as well as instructions on
how to submit comments can be found
at the following website: https://
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAANESDIS-2018-0053. The NOAA Satellite
Observing System Architecture Study
report can also be viewed here.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Becker, NESDIS Office of System
Architecture and Advance Planning
(OSAAP), U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service, Room 5450, 1335
East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD,
20910. (Phone: 301–713–7049,
kate.becker@noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NESDIS
will hold a public event to discuss the
NOAA Satellite Observing System
Architecture Study report on June 21,
2018, at 9:00 a.m. at the Silver Spring
Civic Building, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. This Community
Day will include a public session and
the opportunity for one-on-one meetings
with NESDIS. Further information and
registration is available at https://
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/nesdiscommunity-engagements or by
contacting OSAAP by mail, phone, or
email as listed above (see ADDRESSES).

You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NESDIS–2018–0053, by either of the
following methods:
Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=NOAA-NESDIS-2018-0053,
click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to:
Office of System Architecture and
Advance Planning, U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service, Room 5450, 1335
East-West Highway, Silver Spring MD,
20910.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NOAA. All comments
received are a part of the public record

Dated: May 24, 2018.
Karen St. Germain,
Director, Office of Systems Architecture and
Advance Planning NOAA Satellite and
Information Service.

ADDRESSES:

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; NOAA Satellite
Ground Station Customer
Questionnaire
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

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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 July 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 James McNitt at 301–817–
3842 or james.mcnitt@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection. NOAA asks people who
operate ground receiving stations that
receive data from NOAA satellites to
complete a questionnaire about the
types of data received, its use, the
equipment involved, and similar
subjects. Members of NOAA’s Direct
Broadcast User Groups are asked followup questions. The data obtained are
used by NOAA for short-term operations
and long-term planning. Collection of
this data assists us in complying with
the terms of our Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the World
Meteorological Organization: United
States Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) on area of
common interest (2008).

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II. Method of Collection
The information is collected via an
online questionnaire.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0227.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; business or other for-profit
organizations, individuals or
households; federal government; state,
local or tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in capital and recordkeeping/
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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
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: May 25, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding
annual renewals for Ecuador,
Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.
AGENCY:

The NMFS Assistant
Administrator (Assistant Administrator)
has issued affirmative finding annual
renewals for the Governments of
Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and
Spain (referred to hereafter as ‘‘The
Nations’’) under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA). These
affirmative-finding, annual renewals
will continue to allow the importation
into the United States of yellowfin tuna
and yellowfin tuna products harvested
in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
(ETP) in compliance with the
Agreement on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program (AIDCP) by purse
seine vessels operating under The
Nations’ jurisdiction or exported from
The Nations. NMFS bases the
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reviews of documentary evidence
submitted by the Governments of The
Nations and by information obtained
from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC).
DATES: These affirmative finding annual
renewals are effective for the one-year
period of April 1, 2018, through March
31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501
W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802. Phone: 562–980–
3264. Email: justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows
for importation into the United States of
yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
vessels in the ETP under certain
conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant
Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based
upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting
nation, the IATTC, or the Department of
State.
The affirmative finding process
requires that the harvesting nation is
meeting its obligations under the AIDCP
and its obligations of membership in the
IATTC. Every five years, the government
of the harvesting nation must request a
new affirmative finding and submit the
required documentary evidence directly
to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS reviews the
affirmative finding and determines
whether the harvesting nation continues
to meet the requirements. A nation may
provide information related to
compliance with AIDCP and IATTC
measures directly to NMFS on an
annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to
NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
finding determination without an
application from the harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be
terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant
Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no
longer being met or that a nation is
consistently failing to take enforcement
actions on violations, thereby
diminishing the effectiveness of the
AIDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding
process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f)(8),
the Assistant Administrator considered
documentary evidence submitted by the
Governments of The Nations and
obtained from the IATTC and has
determined that The Nations have met
the MMPA’s requirements to receive
affirmative finding annual renewals.

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