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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Notices
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streamed on the Disney+ platform. To
allow for scheduling changes, the
permit would be valid until May 31,
2021.
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: February 2, 2021.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska American Fisheries
Act Reports
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on October 21,
2020, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0401.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].

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Number of Respondents: 11.
Average Hours per Response: AFA
Cooperative Contract 8 hours; AFA
Annual Cooperative Report 16 hours;
Incentive Plan Agreement amendment
50 hours; IPA Annual Report 80 hours;
IPA administrative appeals 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 486
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska
Region, is requesting extension of a
currently approved information
collection for American Fisheries Act
reporting requirements.
NMFS manages the groundfish
fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area in the
Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska.
The North Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) prepared the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (FMP) under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and other
applicable laws. Regulations
implementing the FMP are at 50 CFR
part 679.
The Bering Sea pollock fishery is
managed under the American Fisheries
Act (AFA). The purpose of the AFA was
to tighten U.S. ownership standards for
U.S. fishing vessels under the Antireflagging Act and to provide the Bering
Sea pollock fleet the opportunity to
conduct its fishery in a more rational
manner while protecting non-AFA
participants in the other fisheries. The
AFA established sector allocations in
the Bering Sea pollock fishery,
determined eligible vessels and
processors, allowed the formation of
cooperatives, set limits on the
participation of AFA vessels in other
fisheries, and imposed special catch
weighing and monitoring requirements
on AFA vessels.
This information collection contains
the annual and periodic reporting
requirements for AFA cooperatives.
These requirements include reports
about on-going fishing operations of the
cooperatives and reports specifically
focused on efforts to minimize salmon
bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery. These reporting requirements
are located at 50 CFR 679.21 and 679.61.
This information is used to manage
the BS pollock fishery, to evaluate the
salmon bycatch management measures,
and to provide the public with
information about how the program
operates and information about bycatch
reduction under this program. This
information collection provides the
Council and NMFS with information
about the organization and fishing

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operations of the AFA cooperatives,
allocations to the AFA cooperatives, and
the effectiveness of the Chinook salmon
and chum salmon bycatch management
measures. This information is necessary
to ensure long-term conservation and
abundance of salmon and pollock,
maintain a healthy marine ecosystem,
and provide maximum benefit to
fishermen and communities that depend
on salmon and pollock.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually, On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits, Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, American Fisheries Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0401.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Application Forms for
Membership on a National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on

SUMMARY:

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