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an agency cannot capture reliable 

fingerprints. This section also 

specifies a mandatory asymmetric 

card authentication key as part of PIV 

logical credentials and adds an 

optional On-card biometric 

comparison as a means of performing 

card activation and PIV 

authentication mechanism. The 

section includes hooks for additional 

keys if they are needed for secure 

messaging. In addition, NIST 

proposes that specific key references 

and their use will be defined in a 

future special publication. 

—Section 4.1.7.1 is modified to allow a 

PIN or equivalent verification data 

(e.g., biometric data) to activate a PIV 

Card to perform privileged operations. 

The requirement that all PIV System 

cryptographic modules be tested and 

validated to FIPS 140–2 Security 

Level 2 (logical) or Security Level 3 

(physical) is not changed. 

—Section 4.3 is modified to make the 

NACI Indicator optional and to 

deprecate its use. The NACI Indicator 

originally was included in the PIV 

Authentication Certificate to inform 

relying systems that the background 

investigation had not been completed 

before issuing the PIV Card. Since the 

issuance of FIPS 201–1, timely 

completion of background 

investigations has improved, online 

status checking services are now 

available, OPM requirements for 

background investigations have been 

revised, and OMB reporting 

requirements are in place. These 

improvements provide sufficient 

controls to make the need for storing 

NACI Indicator on the PIV Card 

optional and to deprecate its use. 

—Section 4.3 is modified to add an 

option to include country(ies) of 

citizenship of Foreign Nationals in the 

PIV Authentication Certificate. This 

change reflects the desirability of 

electronically reading the affiliation of 

Foreign Nationals. 

—Section 4.5.3 is added to allow a 

possible future inclusion of an 

optional ISO/IEC 24727 profile that 

enables middleware a degree of 

independence from credential 

interfaces and vice versa and thus 

provides adaptability and resilience to 

PIV card evolution. 

—Sections 6.2.2, 6.2.3.1, and 6.2.3.2 are 

modified to remove the qualifier 

‘‘(Optional)’’ from the requirement for 

signature verification and certificate 

path validation in the CHUID, BIO, 

and BIO–A authentication 

mechanisms. These signature 

verification and path validation 

functions would be mandatory under 

FIPS 201–2 to achieve the 

authentication assurance confidence 

levels shown in Tables 6–2 and 6–3. 

—Section 6.2.5 and 6.2.6 are added to 

provide authentication mechanisms 

based on optional PIV data elements. 

Specifically, an On-card biometric 

comparison authentication 

mechanism is added in Section 6.2.5 

and a symmetric card authentication 

key authentication mechanism is 

added in Section 6.2.6. 

—Appendix A is removed. 

FIPS 201–1 and Draft FIPS 201–2 are 

available electronically from the NIST 

Web site at: http://csrc.nist.gov/ 

publications/fips/index/html. 

NIST will hold a public workshop on 

Draft FIPS 201–2 on Monday and 

Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 2011 at NIST 

in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The 

workshop may also be attended 

remotely via webcast. The agenda, 

webcast and related information for the 

public workshop will be available 

before the workshop on the NIST 

Computer Security Resource Center 

Web site at http://csrc.nist.gov. This 

workshop is not being held in 

anticipation of a procurement activity. 

Anyone wishing to attend the workshop 

in person, must pre-register at http:// 

www.nist.gov/allevents.cfm by close of 

business Monday, April 11, 2011, in 

order to enter the NIST facility and 

attend the workshop. In accordance 

with the Information Technology 

Management Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. 

L. 104–106) and the Federal Information 

Security Management Act of 2002 

(FISMA) (Pub. L. 107–347), the 

Secretary of Commerce is authorized to 

approve Federal Information Processing 

Standards (FIPS). Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, 

entitled ‘‘Policy for a Common 

Identification Standard for Federal 

Employees and Contractors’’, dated 

August 27, 2004, directed the Secretary 

of Commerce to promulgate, by 

February 27, 2005, ‘‘ * * * a Federal 

standard for secure and reliable forms of 

identification (the ‘Standard’) * * * ,’’ 

and further directed that the Secretary 

of Commerce ‘‘shall periodically review 

the Standard and update the Standard 

as appropriate in consultation with the 

affected agencies.’’ 

E.O. 12866: This notice has been 

determined not to be significant for 

purposes of E.O. 12866. 

Dated: February 17, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5259 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Marianas Trench 

Marine National Monument Knowledge 

and Attitudes Survey 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 9, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Stewart Allen, (808) 944– 

2186 or Stewart.Allen@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

President George W. Bush established 

the Marianas Trench Marine National 

Monument (Monument) on January 6, 

2009, by Presidential Proclamation 

8335. The monument includes 

approximately 95,216 square miles 

within three units in the Mariana 

Archipelago. The Mariana Trench Unit 

is almost 1,100 miles long and 44 miles 

wide and includes only the submerged 

lands. The Volcanic Unit consists of 

submerged lands around 21 undersea 

mud volcanoes and thermal vents along 

the Mariana Arc. The Islands Unit 

includes only the waters and submerged 

lands of the three northernmost Mariana 

Islands: Farallon de Pajaros or Uracas; 

Maug; and Asuncion, below the mean 

low water line. Within the Islands Unit 

of the monument, commercial fishing is 

prohibited but sustenance, recreational, 

and traditional indigenous fishing can 

be allowed on a sustainable basis. 

The Secretary of the Interior has 

management responsibility for the 

monument, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Commerce who, through 


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the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), has primary 

responsibility for managing fisheryrelated activities. These agencies are 

required to consult with the Secretary of 

Defense, the United States (U.S.) Coast 

Guard, and the Government of the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands in managing the monument. A 

subsequent Secretary of the Interior 

action on January 16, 2009, delegated 

management responsibilities for the 

monument to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service through, and placed two of the 

units (the Mariana Trench and Volcanic 

Units) within, the National Wildlife 

Refuge System as the Mariana Trench 

and Mariana Arc of Fire National 

Wildlife Refuges. 

Management activities are anticipated 

to include public education programs 

and public outreach regarding the coral 

reef ecosystem and related marine 

resources and species of the monument 

and efforts to conserve them; traditional 

access by indigenous persons, for 

culturally significant subsistence, 

cultural and religious uses within the 

monument; a program to assess and 

promote monument-related scientific 

exploration and research, tourism, and 

recreational and economic activities and 

opportunities in the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); a 

process to consider requests for 

recreational fishing permits in certain 

areas of the Islands Unit, based on an 

analysis of the likely effects of such 

fishing on the marine ecosystems of 

these areas, sound professional 

judgment that such fishing will not 

materially interfere with or detract from 

the fulfillment of the purposes of this 

proclamation, and the extent to which 

such recreational fishing shall be 

managed as a sustainable activity; 

programs for monitoring and 

enforcement necessary to ensure that 

scientific exploration and research, 

tourism, and recreational and 

commercial activities do not degrade the 

monument’s coral reef ecosystem or 

related marine resources or species or 

diminish the monument’s natural 

character. 

The Human Dimensions Research 

Program at NOAA Fisheries Pacific 

Islands Fisheries Science Center is 

initiating a survey to support 

development of a management plan for 

the Monument. Designation of the 

Monument was accompanied by social 

debate over the merits of designation, 

the economic benefits, increased 

Federal management in the archipelago, 

the impacts to fishermen and fishing 

communities, and other effects. Now 

that the Monument has been established 

and management planning is beginning, 

there is a need for research to define 

CNMI and Guam residents’ management 

preferences and perceptions of effects so 

this information is available to managers 

as they develop and begin to implement 

the plan. The survey contains questions 

on awareness, knowledge, and attitudes 

regarding the Monument, preferences 

for management and scientific research, 

and level of interest in becoming 

involved in Monument management 

and outreach activities. Additional 

questions include experiences with and 

attitudes toward existing uses of coastal 

and marine resources, to provide a 

context for interpreting responses 

regarding the Monument. 

II. Method of Collection 

Data will be collected through a 

telephone survey of a random sample of 

adult members of Guam and CNMI 

households. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

800. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 267. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5150 Filed 3–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[0648–XA239] 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS, has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

application contains all the required 

information and warrants further 

consideration. The subject EFP would 

allow commercial fishing vessels to 

conduct fishing operations that are 

otherwise restricted by the regulations 

governing the fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States. Regulations 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

require publication of this notification 

to provide interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on applications 

for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 23, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by e-mail to 

NERO.EFP@noaa.gov. Written 

comments should be sent to Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on the REDNET EFP.’’ 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Travis Ford, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9233, fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maine 

Department of Marine Resources (DMR) 

has submitted an EFP application for 

five vessels participating in a study 

titled, ‘‘REDNET: A Network to 

Redevelop a Sustainable Redfish 

(Sebastes fasciatus) Trawl Fishery in the 

Gulf of Maine (GOM)’’. This project is 

funded by the Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center’s (NEFSC) Cooperative 

Research Program. The primary 

objective of this study is to devise 

strategies and means to efficiently 

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