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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 159 / Friday, August 16, 2024 / Notices
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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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; Application for Commercial
Fisheries Authorization Under Section
118 of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act
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 May 2, 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.

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Title: Application for Commercial
Fisheries Authorization under Section
118 of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0293.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of existing collection.)
Number of Respondents: 100.
Average Hours per Response: Initial
registration 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 25
hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
an extension of a currently approved
collection. Section 118 of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
requires any commercial fisherman
operating in Category I and II fisheries
to register for a certificate of
authorization that will allow the
fisherman to take marine mammals
incidental to commercial fishing
operations. Category I and II fisheries
are those identified by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the MMPA
List of Fisheries as having either
frequent or occasional takings of marine
mammals. All states have integrated the
NMFS registration process into the
existing state fishery registration process
and vessel owners do not need to file a
separate federal registration. If
applicable, vessel owners will be
notified of this simplified registration
process when they apply for their state
or Federal permit or license. A valid
certificate of authorization protects the
vessel owner from prosecution under
the MMPA for violation of the
moratorium on taking marine mammals.
The information needed to register or
update a commercial fishery
authorization is found at 50 CFR 229.4.
There are no revisions to this
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: One time for initial
registration. Then only on an as needed
if vessel owners’ contact or vessel
information changes after initial
registration.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
lawfully take marine mammals’
incidental to fishing operations.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.; MMPA.
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

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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 0648–0293.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Modification to the Special
Use Permit (SUP) Category for the
Continued Presence of Commercial
Submarine Cables Within the National
Marine Sanctuary System
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

NOAA hereby gives public
notice that ONMS is modifying the
special use permit (SUP) category for
the continued presence of commercial
submarine cables on or within a
national marine sanctuary’s submerged
lands so that, for a two-year period, the
SUP category does not apply to
commercial submarine cables in any
new sanctuaries designated after August
16, 2024. In addition, NOAA is seeking
public comment on the use of the SUP
category for the continued presence of
commercial submarine cables, potential
modifications to the SUP category, and
input on developing an updated policy
and permit guidance document for
submarine cable projects. This
temporary suspension affords NOAA
time to consider and respond to public
comment, evaluate the need for
updating the SUP category and permit
guidance document, publish a draft
update of the SUP category and/or the
permit guidance document for further
public comment, and finalize any
updates to the SUP category and/or
permit guidance document, if needed.
During this temporary two-year
suspension, NOAA will not require or
issue SUPs for the continued presence
of commercial submarine cables on or
within the submerged lands of any new
sanctuaries designated after August 16,

SUMMARY:

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