Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2011 / Notices 18535 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The review panel (Panel) for 

assessment methods for data-poor 

species will hold a work session that is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The Review of Assessment 

Methods for Data-Poor Species will be 

held beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April 

25, 2011 and end at 5:30 p.m. or as 

necessary to complete business for the 

day. The Panel will reconvene on 

Tuesday, April 26 and will continue 

through Friday, April 29, 2011 

beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 5:30 

p.m. each day, or as necessary to 

complete business. The Panel will 

adjourn on Friday, April 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Review of Assessment 

Methods for Data-Poor Species will be 

held at the Santa Cruz Laboratory of the 

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, 

CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420–3900. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council), 

7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 

Fisheries Science Center; telephone: 

(541) 961–8475; or Mr. John DeVore, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Review of Assessment 

Methods for Data-Poor Species is to 

review assessment methods for use on 

data-poor or data-limited stocks in the 

Pacific Council’s Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) and provide a 

list of endorsed methods to the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council. Stock 

assessment methods including 

Depletion-Corrected Average Catch 

(DCAC) and Depletion-Based Stock 

Reduction Analysis (DB–SRA) will be 

reviewed at the meeting. Several 

developments of these methods have 

been proposed, which could raise stocks 

from Category 3 (catch-based only) to 

Category 2 in the Groundfish FMP tier 

system. Category 2 stocks are those 

where a basic assessment model is fit to 

trend information. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the Panel. The Panel’s role 

will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the Pacific Council at 

its June meeting in Spokane, WA. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the Panel participants for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal Review Panel action 

during this meeting. Panel action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed 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 Panel participants’ intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. 

Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 30, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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General Advisory Committee and 

Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to 

the U.S. Section to the Inter-American 

Tropical Tuna Commission; Meeting 

Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a meeting 

of the General Advisory Committee 

(GAC) to the U.S. Section to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission 

(IATTC) on May 26, 2011, and a meeting 

of the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee 

(SAS) on May 25, 2011. Meeting topics 

are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The meeting of the SAS will be 

held on May 25, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. PDT (or until business is 

concluded), and the meeting of the GAC 

will be held on May 26, 2011, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT (or until business is 

concluded). 

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held 

in the Large Conference Room (Room 

370) at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center, 3333 North Torrey Pines 

Court, La Jolla, California, 92037–1023. 

Please notify Heidi Hermsmeyer prior to 

May 6, 2011, of your plans to attend 

either meeting, or interest in a 

teleconference option. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Hermsmeyer, Southwest Region, 

NMFS at Heidi.Hermsmeyer@noaa.gov, 

or at (562) 980–4036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Tuna Conventions 

Act, as amended, the Department of 

State has appointed a General Advisory 

Committee (GAC) and a Scientific 

Advisory Subcommittee (SAS) to the 

U.S. Section to the IATTC. The U.S. 

Section consists of four U.S. 

Commissioners to the IATTC and a 

representative of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of State for Oceans and 

Fisheries. The GAC and SAS support 

the U.S. Section to the IATTC in an 

advisory capacity; in particular, they 

provide advice on the development of 

U.S. policies, positions, and negotiating 

tactics. NOAA Fisheries Southwest 

Regional office administers the GAC and 

SAS in cooperation with the 

Department of State. The next annual 

meeting of the IATTC is scheduled for 

June 29–July 8, 2011, in La Jolla, CA. 

For more information on this meeting, 

please visit the IATTC’s Web site: 

http://www.iattc.org/HomeENG.htm. 

Meeting Topics 

The SAS meeting topics will include, 

but are not limited to, the following: (1) 

Relevant stock status updates, including 

yellowfin, bigeye, skipjack, and albacore 

tunas; (2) updates on bycatch mitigation 

measures; (3) evaluation of the IATTC’s 

recommended conservation measures, 

U.S. proposals, and proposals from 

other IATTC members; (4) input to the 

GAC; and (5) other issues as they arise. 

The GAC meeting topics will include, 

but are not limited to, the following: (1) 

Relevant stock status updates, including 

yellowfin, bigeye, skipjack, and albacore 

tunas; (2) U.S. regulatory changes that 

could affect tuna fisheries in the eastern 

Pacific Ocean; (3) updates on 

international agreements that could 

affect the IATTC; (4) the upcoming 

meeting of the five tuna regional fishery 

management organizations (also known 

as Kobe III); (5) the status of U.S 

legislation to implement the Antigua 

Convention; (6) outcomes of the IATTC 

Capacity Working Group meeting; (7) 

input from the SAS; (8) input and 

advice from the GAC on issues that may 

arise at the upcoming 2011 IATTC 

meetings, including the IATTC’s 

recommended conservation measures, 

potential U.S. proposals, and potential 

proposals from other IATTC members; 

and (9) other issues as they arise. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

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18536 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2011 / Notices 

1The Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on this 

collection of information was published on January 

11, 2011. 76 FR 1603. 

2Letter dated March 14, 2011, from trade 

associations comprising the ‘‘Not-for-Profit Electric 

End User Coalition’’ (Coalition). The Coalition 

challenged the CFTC’s estimates with respect to the 

number and diversity of affected entities. In 

response to this comment, the Commission has 

revised its estimates; these revisions are reflected in 

the instant notice as well as in the ICR forwarded 

to OMB. 

3Public Law 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). 

4 76 FR 1603, 1604. 

5See CFTC NPRM: End-User Exception to 

Mandatory Clearing of Swaps, 75 FR 80747, 80756 

(Dec. 23, 2010). The Commission estimates that 

there are approximately 30,000 end users who are 

counterparties to a swap in a given year. While it 

is possible that the number of end users having preenactment swap transactions to report will be 

significantly lower, the 30,000 figure is the more 

conservative estimate. 

6 76 FR 1603, 1604. The estimated average hourly 

burden was estimated at .5 hours. 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Heidi Hermsmeyer 

at (562) 980–4036 by May 6, 2011. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 29, 2011. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (PRA), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 4, 2011. 

For Further Information or a Copy 

Contact: Susan Nathan, Senior Special 

Counsel, Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5133; e-mail: 

snathan@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from OMB for each collection 

of information they collect or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register for each proposed 

collection of information before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. Accordingly, on January 11, 

2011 the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (Commission or CFTC) 

published such a notice in the Federal 

Register, in connection with a recently 

adopted interim final rule for reporting 

pre-enactment swap transactions.1 The 

comment period closed on March 14, 

2011; one comment was received.2

OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, 

which implement provisions of the 

PRA, further require that on or before 

the date of submission to OMB of an 

ICR, an agency shall publish in the 

Federal Register a notice stating that 

OMB approval is being sought and 

requesting that comments be submitted 

to OMB within 30 days of the notice’s 

publication. An agency may not conduct 

or sponsor, and a person is not required 

to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. Accordingly, the 

Commission has submitted a request to 

OMB for approval of a collection of 

information for 17 CFR part 44—Interim 

Final Rule for Reporting Pre-Enactment 

Swap Transactions. The Commission is 

requesting a 3-year term of approval for 

this information collection activity. 

Abstract: Section 729 of the Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act (Dodd-Frank Act) 3 required the 

Commission to adopt, within 90 days of 

enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, an 

interim final rule for the reporting of 

swap transactions entered into before 

July 21, 2010 whose terms had not 

expired as of that date (‘‘pre-enactment 

unexpired swaps’’). Pursuant to this 

mandate, the CFTC adopted an interim 

final rule requiring specified parties to 

pre-enactment unexpired swap 

transactions to report certain 

information related to those transactions 

to a swap data repository (SDR) or to the 

Commission by a compliance date to be 

established in reporting rules required 

under Section 2(h)(5) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (CEA), or within 60 days 

after an appropriate SDR becomes 

registered under Section 21 of the CEA 

and commences operations, whichever 

occurs first. An interpretative note to 

the rule advises that, in order to comply 

with the reporting provisions of the 

rule, reporting parties that may be 

required to report to an SDR or to the 

CFTC will need to preserve information 

related to the terms of such swaps. 

The Commission initially estimated 

that approximately 1,800 entities would 

be affected by this rule. That number 

was based on the current estimate of the 

number of swap dealers (250), major 

swap participants (50) and other 

counterparties (1,500).4 Because the 

Commission has not heretofore 

regulated the swap market, it has not 

previously collected data to support its 

estimate. In its comment letter, the 

Coalition correctly observed that this 

estimate did not take into account 

roughly 2,900 members of the Coalition. 

Moreover, the Commission has 

estimated that there are roughly 30,000 

non-financial entities engaging in swap 

transactions 5 (including the Coalition 

members) which may be subject to the 

requirements of the interim final rule. 

Accordingly, the initial estimate of 

1,800 affected entities has been revised 

to 32,000. 

Because the interim final rule requires 

only that affected entities maintain data 

in its current form, and imposes no 

collection, manipulation, compilation or 

reporting of the data, the Commission 

initially estimated that the hourly 

burden would be de minimis.6 The 

Coalition suggests that the burden to be 

measured is not the time it would take 

each affected entity to advise its 

employees to retain particular records, 

but would also include time spent in 

reviewing, interpreting and analyzing 

the CEA, the Commission’s jurisdiction 

over pre-enactment unexpired swaps, 

and the relevance of the interim final 

rule to the particular industry. Finally, 

the Coalition notes that the burden to 

‘‘collect and retain’’ records is only a 

first step; should the Commission 

require any manipulation, compilation 

or interpretation of the data the burden 

will be significantly higher. The 

Commission has considered these 

comments and for the following reasons 

has concluded that its estimate is not 

inconsistent with the burden imposed 

by the interim final rule. The rule 

requires merely that affected parties 

retain data related to swap transactions 

to the extent that and in whatever form 

they currently keep such data until such 

time as permanent rules governing data 

recordkeeping and reporting are 

proposed and adopted by the 

Commission. None of the activities cited 

by the Coalition are contemplated by the 

interim final rule. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average .5 hours per response. This 


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