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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 101 / Thursday, May 27, 2021 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; West Coast Region Vessel
Identification Requirements
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 January 22,
2021, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: West Coast Region Vessel
Identification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0355.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,007.
Average Hours per Response: 45
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 151.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The success of fisheries management
programs depends significantly on
regulatory compliance. The vessel
identification requirement is essential to
facilitate enforcement. The ability to
link fishing (or other activity) to the
vessel owner or operator is crucial to
enforcement of regulations issued under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. A vessel’s official number is
required to be displayed on the port and
starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull,
and on a weather deck. It identifies each
vessel and should be visible at distances
at sea and in the air. Law enforcement
personnel rely on vessel marking
information to assure compliance with
fisheries management regulations.
Vessels that qualify for particular
fisheries are also readily identified, and
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enforcement. Cooperating fishermen
also use the vessel numbers to report
suspicious or non-compliant activities
that they observe in unauthorized areas.
The identifying number on fishing
vessels is used by the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United
States Coast Guard (USCG), and other
marine agencies in issuing regulations,
prosecutions, and other enforcement
actions necessary to support sustainable
fisheries behaviors as intended in
regulations. Regulation-compliant
fishermen ultimately benefit from these
requirements, as unauthorized and
illegal fishing is deterred, and more
burdensome regulations are avoided.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: SFD staff consulted with
various groundfish vessel captains
participating in various groundfish pot,
longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl
fisheries, and determined that gear and
vessel markings have a five-year life
span.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.
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 0648–0355.
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
Draft Revised Management Plan for the
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.

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Request for comments on draft
revised management plan.

ACTION:

The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
soliciting comments from the public
regarding a proposed revision of the
management plan for the Kachemak Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. A
management plan: Provides a
framework for the direction and timing
of a reserve’s programs; allows reserve
managers to assess a reserve’s success in
meeting its goals and to identify any
necessary changes in direction; and is
used to guide programmatic evaluations
of the reserve. Plan revisions are
required of each reserve in the National
Estuarine Research Reserve System at
least every five years. This revised plan
is intended to replace the plan approved
in 2012.
DATES: Comments must be received at
the appropriate address (see ADDRESSES)
on or before June 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The draft revised
management plan can be downloaded or
viewed at https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/
kachemak-bay-nerr-draft-managementplan. The document is also available by
sending a written request to the point of
contact identified below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION).
You may submit comments by:
Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments by email to
Bree.Turner@noaa.gov. Include
‘‘Comments on draft Kachemak Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan’’ in the subject line of
the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree
Turner of NOAA’s Office for Coastal
Management, by email at Bree.Turner@
noaa.gov or phone at (206) 526–4641.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise
the management plan for the research
reserve at least every five years. If
approved by NOAA, the Kachemak Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve’s
revised plan will replace the plan
previously approved in 2012.
The draft revised management plan
outlines the reserve’s: Strategic goals
and objectives; administrative structure;
programs for conducting research and
monitoring, education, and training;
resource protection plan; public access
and visitor use plans; consideration for
future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve
operations. In particular, this draft
revised management plan focuses on
changes to the Kachemak Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve’s
management issues and goals, which are
now: Understanding environmental
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