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proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: November 15, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Analysis of and
Participation in Ocean Exploration
Video Products
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: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before January 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via internet at
PRAcomments@doc.gov). All comments
received are part of the public record.
Comments will generally be posted
without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.

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SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
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directed to Christopher ‘‘J’’ Dunn, LTJG/
NOAA. NOAA Office of Ocean
Exploration and Research, 215 South
Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882;
401–874–6478; christopher.dunn@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This request is for a revision of an
existing information collection.
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration
and Research (OER) is the only federal
organization dedicated to ocean
exploration. By using unique
capabilities in terms of personnel,
technology, infrastructure, and
exploration missions, OER is reducing
unknowns in deep-ocean areas and
providing high-value environmental
intelligence needed by NOAA and the
nation to address both current and
emerging science and management
needs. Our expertise, work products,
and services generally fall into the areas
of expedition planning and operations;
marine archaeology; coastal and ocean
mapping; science; technology; data
management; and education.
Since the inception of NOAA’s
exploration program in 2001, OER data
management has been guided by the
2000 President’s Panel Report
recommendations which prioritized
rapid and unrestricted data sharing as
one of five critical exploration program
components. More recently, Public law
111–11 [Section XII Ocean Exploration]
reinforced and expanded OER data
management objectives, continuing to
stress the importance of sharing unique
exploration data and information to
improve public understanding of the
oceans, and for research and
management purposes.
Telepresence satellite communication
from the ship to shore brings the
unknown ocean to the screens of both
scientists and the general public in their
homes, schools or offices in near real
time. With technology constantly
evolving it is important to address the
needs of the shore-based scientists and
public to maintain a high level of
participation. We use voluntary surveys
to identify the needs of users of data and
best approaches to leverage expertise of
shore-based participants for meaningful
public engagement focused on ocean
exploration.
This information collection consists
of four forms. (1) Sailing Contact
Information (new). This form is sent to
the few scientists that directly sail on
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The
ship’s operational officer needs certain
information such as: If a sailing
individual has securely submitted their

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proper medical documents to NOAA’s
Office of Marine and Aviation
Operations, if the person is up to date
with required security documents such
as a passport, if the ship is traveling to
a foreign port, or any dietary restrictions
so that the person will be served food
that is safe. (2) Okeanos Explorer
Participation Assessment. This
voluntary form is sent to the scientists
that sailed on any Okeanos Explorer
cruise funded by NOAA’s Office of
Ocean Exploration and Research to
record any feedback they wish to
provide to the office about their
experience. The office uses their
feedback in assessments for improving
the utility and experience of these
scientific guests sailing on the Okeanos
Explorer. (3) EX Collaboration Tools
Feedback (new). This voluntary form is
sent to members of the marine scientific
community at the beginning of a fiscal
year to ask if members would like to
participate in any of the upcoming
cruises and to what degree, such as
simply asking to be included in emailed
updates or if they want to be on a direct
line to the ship for remotely operated
vehicle dive operations. (4) Citizen
Scientist. This voluntary form is
available to general members of the
public and is used for members to
improve the annotation efforts when
watching short video clips of 30 seconds
to 5 minutes.
II. Method of Collection
Information is only collected via
online form.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0748.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions;
Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 166 hours.
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

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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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Shark Management Measures;
2020 Research Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
applications.
AGENCY:

NMFS announces its request
for applications for the 2020 shark
research fishery from commercial shark
fishermen with directed or incidental
shark limited access permits. The shark
research fishery allows for the collection
of fishery-dependent and biological data
for future stock assessments and to meet
the research objectives of the Agency.
The only commercial vessels authorized
to land sandbar sharks are those
participating in the shark research
fishery. Shark research fishery
permittees may also land other large
coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal
sharks (SCS), smoothhound, and pelagic
sharks. Commercial shark fishermen
who are interested in participating in
the shark research fishery need to
submit a completed Shark Research
Fishery Permit Application in order to
be considered.
DATES: Shark Research Fishery
Applications must be received no later
than December 23, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please submit completed
applications to the HMS Management
Division at:

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• Mail: Attn: Lauren Latchford or
Delisse M Ortiz, HMS Management
Division (F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
• Email: NMFS.Research.Fishery@
noaa.gov.
For copies of the Shark Research
Fishery Permit Application, please write
to the HMS Management Division at the
address listed above, call (301) 427–
8503 (phone), or email a request to
NMFS.Research.Fishery@noaa.gov.
Copies of the Shark Research Fishery
Application are also available at the
HMS website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-highlymigratory-species-permits-andreporting-forms. Additionally, please be
advised that your application may be
released under the Freedom of
Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Lauren Latchford
at (301) 427–8503 (phone) or Delisse
Ortiz at (240) 681–9037 or email
NMFS.research.fishery@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Atlantic shark fisheries are managed
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act). The 2006 Consolidated HMS
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as
amended, is implemented by
regulations at 50 CFR part 635.
The shark research fishery was
established, in part, to maintain time
series data for stock assessments and to
meet NMFS’ research objectives. Since
the shark research fishery was
established in 2008, the research fishery
has allowed for: The collection of
fishery-dependent data for current and
future stock assessments; the operation
of cooperative research to meet NMFS’
ongoing research objectives; the
collection of updated life-history
information used in the sandbar shark
(and other species) stock assessment;
the collection of data on habitat
preferences that might help reduce
fishery interactions through bycatch
mitigation; evaluation of the utility of
the mid-Atlantic closed area on the
recovery of dusky sharks and collection
of hook-timer and pop-up satellite
archival tag information to determine atvessel and post-release mortality of
dusky sharks; and collection of sharks to
determine the weight conversion factor
from dressed weight to whole weight.
The shark research fishery allows
selected commercial fishermen the
opportunity to earn revenue from selling
additional sharks, including sandbar
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shark research fishery are authorized to
land sandbar sharks subject to the
sandbar quota available each year. The
base quota is 90.7 metric tons (mt)
dressed weight (dw) per year, although
this number may be reduced in the
event of overharvests, if any. The
selected shark research fishery
permittees will also be allowed to land
other LCS, SCS, smoothhound, and
pelagic sharks consistent with any
restrictions established on their shark
research fishery permit. Generally, the
shark research fishery permits are valid
only for the calendar year for which
they are issued.
The specific 2020 trip limits and
number of trips per month will depend
on the availability of funding, number of
selected vessels, the availability of
observers, the available quota, and the
objectives of the research fishery, and
will be included in the permit terms at
time of issuance. The number of
participants in the research fishery
changes each year. In 2019, five
fishermen were chosen to participate.
From 2008 through 2019, there has been
an average of seven participants each
year with the range from five to eleven.
The number of trips allowed per month
can change, but in the last few years this
number has remained constant with
partipating vessels on average been able
to take one trip per month. However, the
number of trips taken per month are
limited by the scientific and research
needs of the Agency and the number of
NMFS-approved observers available.
Participants may also be limited on the
amount of gear they can deploy on a
given set (e.g., number of hooks and
sets, soak times, length of longline).
These limits may change both between
years and during the year depending on
research goals and bycatch limits.
In the 2019 fishing season, NMFS
split 90 percent of the sandbar and LCS
research fishery quotas equally among
selected participants, with each vessel
allocated 16.3 mt dw (35,992 lb dw) of
sandbar shark research fishery quota
and 9.0 mt dw (19,841 lb dw) of other
LCS research fishery quota. The
remaining quota was held in reserve to
ensure the overall sandbar and LCS
research fishery quotas were not
exceeded. NMFS also established a
regional dusky bycatch limit, which was
implemented in 2013, specific to this
small research fishery, where once three
or more dusky sharks were brought to
the vessel dead in any of four regions
across the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
through the entire year, any shark
research fishery permit holder in that
region was not able to soak their gear for
longer than 3 hours. If, after the change
in soak time, there were two additional

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