76536 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 230 / Monday, November 30, 2020 / Notices 

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 9 a.m. to 

11 a.m. HST 

7. Panel presentation on the review results 

and recommendations 

8. Questions to reviewers 

9. Adjourn 

Special Accommodations 

This virtual meeting will be accessible 

to people with disabilities. Please direct 

request for accommodations to the 

Council Office (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 days 

prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: November 24, 2020. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26317 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA684] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Bering 

Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan Climate 

Change Taskforce will meet December 

14, 2020 and December 16, 2020, via 

webconference. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, December 14, 2020, and 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, from 

12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Alaska Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

webconference. Join online through the 

link at https://meetings.npfmc.org/ 

Meeting/Details/1804. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting are given 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Diana Stram, Council staff; phone: (907) 

271–2809 and email: diana.stram@

noaa.gov. For technical support please 

contact our administrative staff; email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, December 14, 2020 and 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 

The agenda will include (a) draft 

Climate Change Taskforce workplan; (b) 

planning for future meetings and 

activities; and (c) other business. The 

agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at https:// 

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

1804 prior to the meeting, along with 

meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/1804. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

1804. 

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

Dated: November 24, 2020. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26318 Filed 11–27–20; 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; Alaska Region Permit Family 

of Forms 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: 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 January 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0206 in the subject line of your 

comments. 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 Gabrielle 

Aberle 586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries 

Services (NMFS), Alaska Region, is 

requesting extension of a currently 

approved information collection for the 

applications for the Federal Fisheries 

Permit, the Federal Processor Permit, 

and the Exempted Fishing Permit. 

NMFS requires a Federal Fisheries 

Permit (FFP) or Federal Processor 

Permit (FPP) for participation in the 

groundfish fisheries of the exclusive 

economic zone off Alaska. NMFS issues 

an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to 

allow groundfish fishing activities that 

would otherwise be prohibited under 

regulations for groundfish fishing. EFPs 

are issued to support projects that could 

benefit the groundfish fisheries and the 

environment and result in gathering 

information not otherwise available 

through research or commercial fishing 

operations. Regulations governing these 

permits are at 50 CFR 600.745, 679.4, 

and 679.6. 

Operators of vessels and managers of 

processors must have a permit on board 

or on site when fishing, receiving, 

buying, or processing groundfish and 

non-groundfish species. The permit 

information provides harvest gear types; 

descriptions of vessels, shoreside 

processors, and stationary floating 

processors; and expected fishery activity 

levels. The information requested on the 

permit applications is used for fisheries 

management and regulatory compliance 

by NMFS Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, NMFS Restricted Access 

Management Program, NMFS Observer 

Program, NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement, the U.S. Coast Guard, and 

the North Pacific Fisheries Management 

Council. 

Section 303(b)(1) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act specifically recognizes 

the need for permit issuance. Requiring 


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