60-day FRN

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 26, 2024 / Notices

ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
Highly Migratory Species Management
Division, and Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. Participants include:
data collectors and database managers;
stock assessment scientists, biologists,
and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations;
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
Federal agencies.
The items of discussion at the SEDAR
95 Atlantic Migratory Cobia Indices
Webinar II are as follows: review
available indices of abundance and
provide recommendations for their use
in the assessment.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
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
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.

VerDate Sep<11>2014

18:15 Jun 25, 2024

Jkt 262001

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 21, 2024.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–13998 Filed 6–25–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

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; Coastal and Marine
Ecological Classification Standard
Solicitation for Revisions
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
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before August 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0799 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Matt
Dornback, Environmental Scientist,
NOAA Office for Coastal Management,
1305 East West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD
20910, 302–648–5717, and
matt.dornback@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

PO 00000

Frm 00014

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

53395

I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an
approved information collection.
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management
(OCM) is proposing a renewal for
information collection that allows
interested parties to submit requests for
revisions to update the Coastal and
Marine Ecological Classification
Standard (CMECS). CMECS was
approved by the Federal Geographic
Data Committee (FGDC) in August 2012
and provides a national standard for
consistent descriptions of coastal and
marine ecological features. The FGDC
requires periodic reviews and
maintenance of federal standards.
Collection of information from users is
critical to this process.
The primary uses of CMECS are in
mapping and classifying the geological,
physical, biological, and chemical
components of the environment. Among
other applications, the CMECS
framework can be used to integrate data
from disparate sources, facilitate
comparisons among sites, and organize
data for regional assessment. Since its
publication in 2012, the CMECS has
been used to characterize habitats
ranging from coastal wetlands and
estuaries to the deep ocean and at local
to global scales. Benefits of CMECS
include: data collected by different
sensors and methods can be integrated
into a single database; all the physical,
biological, and chemical-forcing
functions that collectively determine a
habitat type can be captured; and the
system has the flexibility to
accommodate new units as additional
information becomes available.
The CMECS was developed as a
dynamic standard to allow periodic
revisions to continue to meet the needs
of the user community and as such, the
CMECS can be updated to accommodate
the requirements of evolving scientific
practices, technology, and coastal and
marine resource management. The
review process allows the CMECS to
retain its consistency, credibility, and
rigor through periodic reviews and an
orderly, authoritative, and transparent
updating process as required by the
Federal Geographic Data Committee.
Anyone can propose changes, which
can include minor edits, such as
grammatical or typographical
corrections, clarifications of definitions
and meaning, or more substantial
changes to the hierarchy within
components. We are soliciting
recommendations for revisions to the
CMECS through a form to be posted on
the CMECS website. All
recommendations collected will be
reviewed and revisions will be made to

E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM

26JNN1

53396

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 26, 2024 / Notices

the CMECS to reflect those
recommendations found to be valuable
for implementation of the CMECS and
supportive of the user community
needs.
Information is compiled quarterly by
the CMECS Implementation Working
Group, an interagency group of CMECS
technical experts. This information is
used to assess needs for revisions to the
CMECS. Information is not
disseminated to the public.

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.

II. Method of Collection

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.

This information is collected by an
electronic form posted on the CMECS
website. However, we also accept paper
format for anyone unable to access the
form through the internet. Some follow
up interviews may occur to better
understand recommendations as
needed.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0799.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Extension of
current information collection.)
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The FGDC requires
periodic reviews and maintenance of
federal standards. Collection of
information from users is critical to this
process.

ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1

IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
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

VerDate Sep<11>2014

18:15 Jun 25, 2024

Jkt 262001

[FR Doc. 2024–14005 Filed 6–25–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XE012]

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Coastal Pelagic Species
Fishery; Applications for Exempted
Fishing Permits; 2024–2025 Fishing
Year
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application;
request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Regional Administrator,
West Coast Region, NMFS, has made a
preliminary determination that two
exempted fishing permit (EFP)
applications warrant further
consideration. Both applications are
from the California Wetfish Producers
Association (CWPA) and request an
exemption from the expected
prohibition on primary directed fishing
for Pacific sardine during the 2024–2025
fishing year to collect Pacific sardine as
part of industry-based scientific
research. NMFS requests public
comment on the applications.
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2024–0058, by the following
method:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
public comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Visit https://
www.regulations.gov and type NOAA–
NMFS–2024–0058 in the Search box.
Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete
the required fields, and enter or attach
SUMMARY:

PO 00000

Frm 00015

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

your comments. The EFP applications
will be available under Supporting and
Related Materials through the same link.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on https://www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Davis, West Coast Region, NMFS,
(323) 362–2126, katie.davis@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Approving
the EFP applications would be
authorized under the Coastal Pelagic
Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) and regulations at 50 CFR
600.745, which allow NMFS Regional
Administrators to authorize EFPs for
fishing activities that would otherwise
be prohibited.
At its April 2024 meeting, the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council)
recommended that NMFS approve two
EFP applications for the 2024–2025
Pacific sardine fishing year. Both
applications are from the CWPA and are
renewal requests for an exemption from
the expected prohibition on primary
directed fishing for Pacific sardine
during the 2024–2025 fishing year; the
purpose of the requests are to collect
Pacific sardine as part of industry-based
scientific research. The Council
considered these EFP applications
concurrently with the 2024–2025
annual harvest specifications for Pacific
sardine because Pacific sardine catch
under each EFP would be accounted for
under the proposed 2024–2025 annual
catch limit (ACL), which is 6,005 metric
tons (mt). A summary of each EFP
application is provided below:
(1) Request renewal of exempted
fishery permit (EFP) to allow take of
Pacific sardine in point sets in 2024–
2025 in support of the CPS–NCA
research program: The CWPA submitted
a renewal application for their CPS
Nearshore Cooperative Survey (NCS)
program. The purpose of this EFP
project is to collect data for estimating
CPS biomass in shallow waters that are
not accessible to NOAA ships. The
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife, in partnership with the CWPA,
has been conducting aerial surveys to

E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM

26JNN1