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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, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is 

requesting renewal of the currently 

approved information collection for the 

Commercial Operator’s Annual Report 

(COAR). 

The COAR is a State of Alaska report 

that is required to be completed and 

submitted by direct marketers, catcher 

processors, catcher exporters, buyer 

exporters, shore-based processors, and 

floating processor permit holders 

pursuant to Alaska Administrative Code 

(5 AAC 39.130) and 50 CFR 679. Under 

50 CFR 679.5(p), NMFS requires 

motherships and catcher processors that 

are issued a Federal fisheries permit to 

annually complete and submit the 

appropriate sections of the COAR. 

The COAR is used to gather statewide 

fish and shellfish information 

describing buying (ex-vessel) and 

production (wholesale or retail) 

activities. The information collected in 

the COAR is used to determine the 

value of Alaska’s fisheries resources and 

products. NMFS uses the COAR 

database in annual Federal publications 

on the value of U.S. commercial 

fisheries, in the annual NMFS Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

reports for the groundfish fisheries of 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and 

the Gulf of Alaska, and in periodic 

reports that describe the fisheries and 

that serve as reference documents to 

management agencies, the industry, and 

others. 

The mothership and catcher processor 

data, when added to the COAR 

information collected from shoreside 

processors and stationary floating 

processors required under State of 

Alaska requirements, yield a complete 

database of equivalent annual product 

value information for all respective 

processing sectors. The information also 

provides a consistent time series 

according to which groundfish 

resources may be managed more 

efficiently. Use of the information 

generated by the COAR is coordinated 

between NMFS and the Alaska 

Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). 

The COAR must be submitted by 

April 1 to the ADF&G for the previous 

year’s activity for all operations that are 

required to submit a COAR. NMFS 

requires the owner of a mothership or 

catcher processor to annually complete 

and submit the appropriate forms of the 

COAR, whether the processor operated 

that year or not. If no receipt or 

production took place for that year, the 

owner submits only the COAR 

certification page. 

The COAR requires submission of 

information on seafood purchasing, 

production, and both ex-vessel and 

wholesale values of seafood products. 

The buying information is reported by 

species, area of purchase, condition of 

fisheries resources at the time of 

purchase, type of gear used in the 

harvest, pounds purchased, and exvessel value. The ex-vessel value 

includes any post-season adjustments or 

bonuses paid after the fish was 

purchased. The production information 

is reported by species, area of 

processing, process type (e.g., frozen, 

canned, smoked), product type (e.g., 

fillets, surimi, sections), net weight of 

the processed product, and the first 

wholesale value. 

II. Method of Collection 

The COAR is available in fillable PDF, 

Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel 

formats on the ADF&G Commercial Fish 

Reporting web page at http://

www.adfg.alaska.gov/ 

index.cfm?adfg=fishlicense.coar and 

may be emailed or printed and mailed 

to the ADF&G. 

There is also a mechanism in 

eLandings (elandings.alaska.gov) that 

enables authorized users to generate a 

spreadsheet of data that includes their 

production information along with 

COAR reporting areas. This information 

can be used to verify production 

information that needs to be entered in 

the COAR, but is not a substitute for it. 

Instructions on how to generate COAR 

data from eLandings can be found on 

the same web page as the COAR form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0428. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

98. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Commercial Operator’s Annual Report: 

8 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 784 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $392. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

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 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA751] 

South Atlantic 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 South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of the Law Enforcement 

Advisory Panel to obtain feedback and 

recommendations on items related to 


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enforcement of fisheries regulations and 

proposed changes. 

DATES: The Law Enforcement Advisory 

Panel will meet on February 1, 2021, 

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will 

be held via webinar. 

ADDRESSES: 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Law Enforcement Advisory Panel 

(AP) meeting is open to the public and 

will be available via webinar as it 

occurs. Registration is required. 

Webinar registration information, a 

public comment form, and other 

meeting materials will be posted to the 

Council’s website at: http://safmc.net/ 

safmc-meetings/current-advisory-panelmeetings/ as it becomes available. 

The meeting agenda includes updates 

on amendments under development and 

possible related changes to regulations, 

including modifications to the 

Wreckfish Individual Transferable 

Quota Program, management of dolphin 

and wahoo along the Atlantic coast, and 

possibly allowing rock shrimp trawling 

along the eastern edge of the northern 

extension of the Oculina Bank Habitat 

Area of Particular Concern, an area 

where the fishery operated historically. 

The AP will also discuss enforcement 

issues relative to for-hire electronic 

reporting and best fishing practices 

requirements. Additionally, the AP will 

make recommendations on possible 

changes to how the AP is structured and 

discuss other topics of interest to the 

Council. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days 

prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA785] 

Endangered Species; File No. 21516 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has issued an Incidental Take 

Permit (ITP) (No. 21516) to Virginia 

Electric and Power Company, D.B.A. 

Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) 

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) of 1973, as amended, for the 

incidental take of Atlantic sturgeon 

(Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) 

associated with the otherwise lawful 

operation of the Dominion Chesterfield 

Power Station (CPS) in Chesterfield, VA. 

The permit is issued for a duration of 5 

years. 

ADDRESSES: The incidental take permit, 

final Environmental Assessment (EA), 

and other related documents are 

available on the NMFS Office of 

Protected Resources website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-permit-virginia-electricand-power-company-dba-dominionvirginia-power. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Crocker, (978) 282–8480 or email, 

Julie.Crocker@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9 

of the ESA and Federal regulations 

prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of a species listed 

as endangered or threatened. The ESA 

defines ‘‘take’’ to mean harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct. NMFS may 

issue permits, under limited 

circumstances to take listed species 

when the takes are incidental to, and 

not the purpose of, otherwise lawful 

activities. Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA 

provides for authorizing incidental take 

of listed species. The regulations for 

issuing incidental take permits for 

threatened and endangered species are 

promulgated at 50 CFR 222.307. 

Background 

The power-generating units at CPS 

utilize a once-through cooling water 

system that withdraws water from the 

James River, Virginia, through cooling 

water intake structures (CWIS). The 

openings of all the intake pipes 

associated with the CWISs are 

constantly submerged and aligned flush 

with and parallel to the river’s axis. 

In 2015, two Atlantic sturgeon larvae 

belonging to the Chesapeake Bay 

distinct population segment (DPS) of 

Atlantic sturgeon were found in 

entrainment samples collected at CPS. 

These were the first known takes of 

Atlantic sturgeon larvae at CPS despite 

previous entrainment sampling. 

Dominion anticipates that takes will 

occur in the future because it is required 

to conduct additional entrainment 

sampling to complete the Clean Water 

Act (CWA) 316(b) studies for the 

facility, and Dominion will continue to 

operate CPS for power generation, 

which requires withdrawing water 

through the CWIS. Dominion, therefore, 

applied for an ITP in accordance with 

the requirements under Section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. 

Dominion submitted a complete ITP 

application and habitat conservation 

plan (HCP) to us on April 10, 2017. We 

prepared a draft EA in accordance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), and published notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the EA, the ITP 

application and HCP for public 

comment (82 FR 37849; August 14, 

2017). We received 37 comments during 

the public comment period. Most of the 

comments requested that we not issue 

the permit to Dominion based on the 

need to protect sturgeon or until 

Dominion had submitted a better plan 

for minimizing and mitigating the 

impacts of the taking. In addition to 

these, Dominion provided comments in 

support of its application while 

Southern Environmental Law Center 

(SELC), on behalf of the James 

Riverkeeper Association, provided a 

report from a sturgeon expert 

questioning several aspects of the ITP 

application, including the amount of 

take anticipated and Atlantic sturgeon 

spawning success in the James River. 

Dominion revised sections of their 

ITP application and HCP and submitted 

those to us on October 16, 2019, in 

response to the comments received as 

well as in response to new information 

regarding dispersal of Atlantic sturgeon 

in the James River, the risk of 

impingement for adult Atlantic sturgeon 

at CPS, and the operation of the 

generating units at CPS. All other parts 

of the ITP application and HCP that 

Dominion submitted to us on April 10, 

2017, were incorporated by reference. 

We considered this application 

complete and published notice in the 

Federal Register of the revised 

application and HCP, and the 

availability of the draft revised EA for 

public comment (85 FR 36563; June 17, 

2020). The comment period ended on 

July 17, 2020. We received comments 


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