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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00552 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA730] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) 

Tilefish Advisory Panel will hold a 

public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, from 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar, which can be accessed at: 

http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ 

tf2021ap/. Meeting audio can also be 

accessed via telephone by dialing 1– 

800–832–0736 and entering room 

number 5068609. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Advisory Panel to develop a fishery 

performance report (FPR) for both 

golden and blueline tilefish. The intent 

of the FPR is to facilitate a venue for 

structured input from the Advisory 

Panel for the tilefish specifications 

processes. The FPR will be used by the 

MAFMC’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee and the Tilefish Monitoring 

Committee when reviewing golden 

tilefish specifications and setting 

blueline tilefish specifications. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 8, 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 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Protocol for Access to Tissue 

Specimen Samples From the National 

Marine Mammal Tissue Bank 

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 March 15, 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– 

0468 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 Stephen 

Manley, Biologist, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, #13604, Silver Spring, MD 

20910, (301)-427–8476, 

stephen.manley@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In 1989, the National Marine Mammal 

Tissue Bank (NMMTB) was established 

by the National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) Office of Protected 

Resources (OPR) in collaboration with 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST), Minerals 

Management Service (MMS), and the 

U.S. Geological Survey/Biological 

Resources Division (USGS/BRD). The 

NMMTB provides protocols, techniques, 

and physical facilities for the long-term 

storage of tissues from marine 

mammals. Scientists can request tissues 

from this repository for retrospective 

analyses to determine environmental 

trends of contaminants and other 

substances of interest. Under 16 U.S.C. 

1421f section 407(d)(1) of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act, the NMFS 

must establish criteria for access to 

marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB 

and make those available for public 

comment and review. This was 

accomplished through the proposed rule 

RIN 0648–AQ51, published on 11/12/ 

2002, and codified in 50 CFR 216.47. 

The NMMTB collects, processes, and 

stores tissues from specific indicator 

species (e.g., Atlantic bottlenose 

dolphins, Atlantic white sided 

dolphins, pilot whales, harbor 

porpoises), animals from mass 

strandings, animals that have been 

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obtained incidental to commercial 

fisheries, animals taken for subsistence 

purposes, biopsies, and animals from 

unusual mortality events through two 

projects, the Marine Mammal Health 

and Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP) and the Alaska Marine 

Mammal Tissue Archival Project 

(AMMTAP). 

The purposes of this collection of 

information are: (1) To enable NOAA to 

allow the scientific community the 

opportunity to request tissue specimen 

samples from the NMMTB and, (2) to 

enable the Marine Mammal Health and 

Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP) of NOAA to assemble 

information on all specimens submitted 

to the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology’s Biorepository (NIST 

Biorepository), which includes the 

NMMTB. 

This request is for revision and 

extension of a current information 

collection. Most revisions were 

grammatical. However, two changes 

were made to data fields in order to 

streamline data collection. Specifically, 

instead of relying on a ‘‘please specify’’ 

text field, more checkbox options have 

been added to the ‘‘collection type’’ 

field, and the ‘‘method used to age’’ 

field on the National Marine Mammal 

Tissue Bank Form. No changes have 

been made to the National Marine 

Mammal Tissue Bank Tissue Request 

Form. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents must complete a 

specimen banking information sheet for 

every sample submitted to the Bank. 

Methods of submitting reports include 

internet, mail and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. Those 

requesting samples send the 

information, and their research findings, 

mainly via email. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0468. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(Revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government; Federal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100 specimen submission forms (from 

∼20 different organizations); 5 requests 

for tissue samples. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 

Request for tissue sample, 2 hours. 

Specimen submission form, 45 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 85. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $152. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Under 16 U.S.C. 

1421f section 407(d)(1) of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act, the NMFS 

must establish criteria for access to 

marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB 

and make those available for public 

comment and review. 

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–XA747] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the 

Beringia and Okhotsk Distinct 

Population Segments of the Bearded 

Seal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year 

review; request for information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to 

conduct a 5-year review of the 

threatened Beringia and Okhotsk 

distinct population segments (DPSs) of 

the Pacific bearded seal subspecies 

Erignathus barbatus nauticus. NMFS is 

required by the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to 

ensure that listing classifications of 

species are accurate. The 5-year review 

must be based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review. We request submission of 

any such information on these bearded 

seal DPSs, particularly information on 

their status, threats, and recovery, that 

has become available since their listing 

on December 28, 2012. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than March 

26, 2021. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your information, 

identified by docket number NOAA– 

NMFS–2020–0030, by either of the 

following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter the above docket number for this 

notice. Then, click on the Search icon. 

On the resulting web page, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: Submit written information to 

Jon Kurland, Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Protected Resources, 

Alaska Region NMFS, Attn: Records 

Office. Mail comments to P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668. 

Instructions: NMFS may not consider 

comments if they are sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the 

comment period ends. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and NMFS will post the comments for 

public viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender is 

publicly accessible. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Olson, NMFS Alaska Region, 

907–271–2373, tammy.olson@noaa.gov.