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Coral Reef Conservation Program

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 159 / Friday, August 16, 2024 / Notices
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 12, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–18350 Filed 8–15–24; 8:45 am]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Coral Reef Conservation
Program
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 April 30,
2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Coral Reef Conservation
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0448.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a current
information collection.

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Number of Respondents: 49.
Average Hours per Response: 13.7.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1004.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision to an approved collection of
information and new information
collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.,
and implementing regulations at 5 CFR
part 1320. The Coral Reef Conservation
Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq., has
been amended since the last approval
and the revised requirements for
information collection are outlined
below.
The Coral Reef Conservation Act was
enacted to conserve and restore the
condition of United States coral reef
ecosystems challenged by natural and
human-accelerated changes; to promote
the science-based management and
sustainable use of coral reef ecosystems
to benefit local communities and the
Nation; to develop sound scientific
information on the condition of coral
reef ecosystems, continuing and
emerging threats to such ecosystems,
and the efficacy of innovative tools,
technologies, and strategies to mitigate
stressors and restore such ecosystems; to
assist in the preservation of coral reefs
by supporting science-based, consensusdriven, and community-based coral reef
management by covered States (Florida,
Hawaii, and the territories of American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the United States Virgin
Islands) and covered Native entities (an
Indian Tribe, the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands, the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, or a Native Hawaiian
organization with interests in a coral
reef ecosystem); to provide financial
resources, technical assistance, and
scientific expertise to supplement,
complement, and strengthen
community-based management
programs and conservation and
restoration projects of non-Federal reefs;
to establish a formal mechanism for
collecting and allocating monetary
donations from the private sector to be
used for coral reef conservation and
restoration projects; to support rapid,
effective, and science-based assessment
and response to exigent circumstances
that pose immediate and long-term
threats to coral reefs; and to serve as a
model for advancing similar
international efforts to monitor,
conserve, and restore coral reef
ecosystems.
Under section 6406 of the Act (Block
Grants), covered States are responsible
for documenting and reporting the
State’s use of Federal funds received
under the Act; and expenditures of nonFederal funds made in furtherance of

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coral reef management and restoration
as the NOAA Administrator
(Administrator) deems appropriate. The
Administrator is responsible for
providing guidance on the proper
documentation of expenditures.
Under section 6410 of the Act (Ruth
D. Gates Coral Reef Conservation Grant
Program), the NOAA Administrator, and
subject to the availability of
appropriations, is authorized to provide
up to $3,500,000 annually (per section
6414(c)) in grants for coral reef
conservation projects.
Under section 6405 of the Act,
Federal agencies, covered State or
County resource management agencies,
and/or covered Native entities may form
and chair stewardship partnerships to
further community-based stewardship
of coral reefs. The NOAA Administrator
is responsible for identifying
ecologically significant coral reef units
that stewardship partnerships may be
focused on and adjudicating multiple
applicants for stewardship of the same
of overlapping reef units to ensure no
geographic overlap in representation
among stewardship partnerships.
The match waiver requests and
request for written comments are being
removed from this collection as they are
no longer applicable. The match waiver
requests may still be made under Ruth
D. Gates but are not expected and not
requested of applicants. They were
included in the original because all
territories (5) requested a match waiver,
however, their awards are now located
in Block Grants, and there is no
matching requirement. The Ruth D.
Gates application process now requires
‘‘evidence of support for the project by
appropriate representatives of States
. . . in which the project will be
conducted’’ on the front end.
Additionally, the Performance
Progress Report (PPR) from collection
0648–0718 is being added to this
collection so that all program
requirements are under a single control
number. The PPR will be removed from
0648–0718 at the next renewal period.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; nonprofit,
nongovernmental, and not-for-profit
institutions; state or local government;
institutions of higher education; and
regional fishery management councils
established under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.).
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits for grant-related
collections, or voluntary for coral reef
stewardship partnership submissions.

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Legal Authority: The Coral Reef
Conservation Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C.
6401 et seq.,
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 0648–0448.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024–18385 Filed 8–15–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene one webinar meeting of its
Groundfish Management Team (GMT)
and one webinar meeting of its
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP).
The meetings will discuss items on the
Pacific Council’s September 2024
meeting agenda. These meetings are
open to the public.
DATES: The GAP online meeting will be
held on Thursday, September 5, 2024,
from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Pacific time. The
GMT meeting will be held on Tuesday,
SUMMARY:

September 10, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m., Pacific time. The scheduled
ending times for these meetings are an
estimate. Each meeting will adjourn
when business for the day is completed.
ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to attend
the meeting and system requirements
will be provided in the meeting
announcements on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Phillips, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; todd.phillips@noaa.gov,
telephone: (503) 820–2426.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the GAP webinar
held on September 5, 2024 and the GMT
webinar held on September 10, 2024 is
to prepare for the Pacific Council’s
September 2024 meeting agenda items.
The advisory bodies are expected to
primarily discuss groundfish-related
matters during this webinar. As time
allows, they may potentially discuss
ecosystem, Pacific halibut, and
administrative matters on the Pacific
Council agenda as well.
Detailed agendas for the webinars will
be available on the Pacific Council’s
website prior to the meetings. The GAP
and GMT may also address other
assignments relating to groundfish
management. No management actions
will be decided by the GMT and GAP.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.

Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 12, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–18335 Filed 8–15–24; 8:45 am]
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Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice; issuance of a permit
amendment.

ACTION:

Notice is hereby given that a
permit amendment has been issued to
the following entity under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

SUMMARY:

The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Skidmore; at (301) 427–8401.
Notice
was published in the Federal Register
on the date listed below that a request
for a permit amendment had been
submitted by the below-named
applicant. To locate the Federal
Register notice that announced our
receipt of the application and a
complete description of the activities, go
to https://www.federalregister.gov and
search on the permit number provided
in table 1 below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMIT AMENDMENT
Permit No.

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Applicant

Previous Federal Register
notice

27514–01 .......

0648–XD927 ..

Heather E. Liwanag, Ph.D., California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Avenue,
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.

89 FR 36765, May 3, 2024 ...

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July 11, 2024


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