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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2018 / Notices
applicant. The applicant has withdrawn
the application from further
consideration.
Dated: December 4, 2018.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–26666 Filed 12–7–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Limits of
Application of the Take Prohibitions
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 February 8, 2019.
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 Gary Rule, NOAA Fisheries,
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd. Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232, (503) 230–5424 or
gary.rule@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Section 4(d) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et. seq.) requires the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to
adopt such regulations as it ‘‘deems
necessary and advisable to provide for
the conservation of’’ threatened species.
Those regulations may include any or
all of the prohibitions provided in
section 9(a)(1) of the ESA, which
specifically prohibits ‘‘take’’ of any

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endangered species (‘‘take’’ includes
actions that harass, harm, pursue, kill,
or capture). The first salmonid species
listed by NMFS as threatened were
protected by virtually blanket
application of the section 9 take
prohibitions. There are now 23 separate
Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of
west coast salmonids listed as
threatened, covering a large percentage
of the land base in California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. NMFS is
obligated to enact necessary and
advisable protective regulations. NMFS
makes section 9 prohibitions generally
applicable to many of those threatened
DPS, but also seeks to respond to
requests from states and others to both
provide more guidance on how to
protect threatened salmonids and avoid
take, and to limit the application of take
prohibitions wherever warranted (see 70
FR 37160, June 28, 2005, 71 FR 834,
January 5, 2006, and 73 FR 55451,
September 25, 2008). The regulations
describe programs or circumstances that
contribute to the conservation of, or are
being conducted in a way that limits
impacts on, listed salmonids. Because
we have determined that such
programs/circumstances adequately
protect listed salmonids, the regulations
do not apply the ‘‘take’’ prohibitions to
them. Some of these limits on the take
prohibitions entail voluntary
submission of a plan to NMFS and/or
annual or occasional reports by entities
wishing to take advantage of these
limits, or continue within them.
The currently approved application
and reporting requirements apply to
Pacific marine and anadromous fish
species, as requirements regarding other
species are being addressed in a
separate information collection.
II. Method of Collection
Submissions may be electronically or
on paper.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0399.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Federal government;
State, local, or tribal government;
business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
331.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours
for a diversion screening limit project;
20 hours for a road maintenance
agreement; 30 hours for an urban
development package; 20 hours for a
tribal plan; 10 hours for a fishery
harvest plan; 5 hours for a report of

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aided, salvaged, or disposed of
salmonids; 2 hours for research permits;
5 hours for artificial propagation plans;
and 2 hours for annual reports.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 935.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $580.
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: December 4, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG561

2019 Annual Determination To
Implement the Sea Turtle Observer
Requirement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is providing
notification that the agency will not
identify additional fisheries to observe
on the 2019 Annual Determination
(AD), pursuant to its authority under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA or Act).
Through the AD, NMFS identifies U.S.
fisheries operating in the Atlantic
Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific
Ocean that will be required to take
observers upon NMFS’ request. The
purpose of observing identified fisheries

SUMMARY:

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