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deep as part of 2020 scallop 

specifications. Additionally, they will 

discuss potential elements of an action 

to mitigate impacts on yellowtail 

flounder. The panel will also discuss 

potential approaches to evaluate the 

scallop rotational management program. 

Other business may be discussed as 

necessary. 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s 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 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: December 21, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

41st Meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef 

Task Force; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Coral Reef Conservation 

Program, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting, notice 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

and the U.S. Department of Interior will 

hold a public meeting of the 41st U.S. 

Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF). 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

Thursday, February 21, from 8:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. with an opportunity to 

provide public comments. Written 

comments must be received on or before 

January 30, 2019. For specific the date, 

time, and location of the public meeting, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the USCRTF by any of the following 

methods: 

Public Meeting and Oral Comments: 

A public meeting will be held in 

Washington DC. For the specific 

location, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Written Comments: Please direct 

written comments to Jennifer Koss, 

NOAA, USCRTF Steering Committee 

Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef 

Conservation Program, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/OCM, Silver Spring, MD 

20910 or via email to Jennifer.Koss@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering 

Committee Point of Contact, NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305 

East-West Highway, N/OCM, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910 at (301) 533–0777 or 

Liza Johnson, USCRTF Executive 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, 

MS–3530–MIB, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208– 

5004 or visit the USCRTF website at 

http://www.coralreef.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting provides a forum for 

coordinated planning and action among 

federal agencies, state and territorial 

governments, and nongovernmental 

partners. Registration is requested for all 

events associated with the meeting. This 

meeting has time allotted for public 

comment. All public comments must be 

submitted in written format. A written 

summary of the meeting will be posted 

on the USCRTF website within two 

months of occurrence. For information 

about the meeting, registering and 

submitting public comments, go to 

http://www.coralreef.gov. Commenters 

may address the meeting, the role of the 

USCRTF, or general coral reef 

conservation issues. Before including 

your address, phone number, email 

address, or other personally identifiable 

information in your comments, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment, including personally 

identifiable information, may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personally identifiable 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. Established by Presidential 

Executive Order 13089 in 1998, the 

USCRTF mission is to lead, coordinate 

and strengthen U.S. government actions 

to better preserve and protect coral reef 

ecosystems. Co-chaired by the 

Departments of Commerce and Interior, 

USCRTF members include leaders of 12 

federal agencies, seven U.S. states and 

territories and three freely associated 

states. 

You may participate and submit oral 

comments at the public meeting. The 

public meeting occurs annually in 

Washington DC, and is scheduled as 

follows: 

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. 

Location: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1201 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, Room 

1151. 

Written comments must be received 

on or before January 30, 2019. 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Nicole R. LeBoeuf, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean 

Services and Coastal Zone Management, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Economic Value of the 

Reduction in the Risk of Whale Strikes 

in the Channel Islands National Marine 

Sanctuary. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0729. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

minutes per on-site interview of 

passengers, 20 minutes per importancesatisfaction mail back and 20 minutes 

for the expenditure mail back. 

Burden Hours: 367. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

NOAA is sponsoring a class project at 

the Bren School of Management & 

Science at the University of California, 

Santa Barbara to estimate the market 


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and non-market economic values 

associated with the reduction in risk of 

whale strikes by different scenarios of 

changes in traffic lanes and/or vessel 

speeds for major commercial vessels 

operating in the region of southern 

California where the Channel Islands 

National Marine Sanctuary is located. 

The required information is to 

conduct surveys of the for hire 

operations that take people out for nonconsumptive recreation to watch whales 

or other wildlife to obtain total use by 

type of activity (e.g. whale watching, 

and other wildlife observation) and the 

spatial use by type of activity. 

Information will also be obtained on 

costs-and-earnings of the operations and 

demographic information on owner/ 

captains and crews. Surveys will also be 

conducted of the passengers aboard the 

for hire operation boats to obtain their 

market and non-market economic use 

values for the reduction in the risk of 

whale strikes. Additional information 

will be obtained on importancesatisfaction ratings of key natural 

resource attributes, facilities and 

services along with demographic 

profiles of passengers. 

Note: We have completed the for-hire 

operations survey and one season of the 

Passenger Survey. We need to complete 

the second season of the Passenger 

Survey. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 21, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Economic Expenditure Survey 

of Golden Crab Fishermen in the U.S. 

South Atlantic Region. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0631. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 9. 

Average Hours per Response:1. 

Burden Hours: 9. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

proposes to collect economic 

information from golden-crab landing 

commercial fishermen in the United 

States (U.S.) South Atlantic region. The 

data gathered will be used to evaluate 

the likely economic impacts of 

management proposals. In addition, the 

information will be used to satisfy legal 

mandates under Executive Order 12898, 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species 

Act, and the National Environmental 

Policy Act, and other pertinent statues. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Once every 4 years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 21, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Economic Value of Nonconsumptive Recreation Use from those 

Accessing the Monterey Bay National 

Marine Sanctuary via For Hire 

Operation Boats. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0726. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,050. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours 

per for hire operation, 20 minutes per 

on-site interview of passengers, 20 

minutes per importance-satisfaction/ 

knowledge, attitudes & perceptions mail 

back, and 20 minutes for the 

expenditure mail back. 

Burden Hours: 733. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The collection 

was approved three years ago but had 

not begun. 

The required information will be 

obtained through surveys of the for hire 

operations that take people out for nonconsumptive recreation to obtain total 

use by type of activity and the spatial 

use by type of activity. Information will 

also be obtained on costs-and-earnings 

of the operations, knowledge, attitudes 

& perceptions of sanctuary management 

strategies and regulations, and 

demographic information on owner/ 

captains and crews. Surveys will also be 

conducted of the passengers aboard the 

for hire operation boats to obtain their 

market and non-market economic use 

values for non-consumptive recreation 

use and how those value change with 

changes in natural resource attribute 

conditions and user characteristics. 

Additional information will be obtained 

on importance-satisfaction ratings of key 

natural resource attributes, facilities and 

services, knowledge, attitudes and 

perceptions of management strategies 

and regulations, and demographic 

profiles of passengers. This survey was 

not started during the 2015–2018 OMB 

approval period. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: One time. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 


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