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standardized post-event survey tool that 

will be offered to recipients of Natural 

Hazards Center Quick Response Grants. 

The information will be used as part of 

a pilot study to explore methods for 

more systematically collecting postevent data in support of program 

evaluation for NOAA’s tornado watch/ 

warning system. 

II. Method of Collection 

A primary method of data collection 

intends to gather tornado survivor 

stories through a web-based interface. 

Currently a web-based App is under 

development at NSSL. The aim is for 

this to be similar to the United States 

Geological Survey (USGS) ‘Did You Feel 

It’ (DYFI) pages used for reporting 

earthquakes and feeding in to a realistic 

Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale 

report. Specific questions in the webbased App are aimed at discovering 

whether tornado watches and warnings 

were received, and if they were, how 

they were received as well as what 

action citizens did or did not take. This 

will help to define value action gaps 

more completely. Additionally the webbased App allows citizens to be 

involved as part of the overall scientific 

endeavor, helping scientists and 

researchers understand what helps 

increase survivability to tornadoes as 

well as what undermines it. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): [None]. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 83 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: None. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 

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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA808] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, from 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, 

February 11, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be 

conducted entirely by webinar. Webinar 

registration details will be available on 

the Council’s website at https://

www.mafmc.org/briefing/february-2021. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St, 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s website, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

though agenda items may be addressed 

out of order (changes will be noted on 

the Council’s website when possible.) 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 

North Atlantic Right Whale Issues 

NMFS presentation on Atlantic Large 

Whale Take Reduction Plan Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

proposed rule and Draft Batched 

Biological Opinion. 

Aquaculture Updates 

NMFS presentations on Aquaculture 

Opportunity Areas and EEZ Regional 

Aquaculture Projects. 

Staff River Herring and Shad White 

Papers 

Review staff white papers on river 

herring and shad issues. 

Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding 

Amendment 

Review and approve joint Public 

Hearing Document for the Bluefish 

Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment 

and (Board only) approve draft 

Commission amendment document for 

public comment. 

Thursday, February 11, 2021 

Offshore Wind Update 

Receive staff update on relevant 

offshore wind activities. 

Business Session 

Committee Reports; Executive 

Director’s Report (review and approve 

SOPP updates); Organization Reports; 

and Liaison Reports. 

Continuing and New Business 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in this notice and 

any issues arising after publication of 

this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c). 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to Dr. Christopher 

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Moore (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 days 

prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 12, 2021. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA709] 

Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal 

Subsistence Whaling Quotas 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for 

bowhead whales. 

SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public of 

the aboriginal subsistence whaling 

quota for bowhead whales that it has 

assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling 

Commission (AEWC), and of limitations 

on the use of the quota deriving from 

regulations of the International Whaling 

Commission (IWC). For 2021, the quota 

is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota 

and other applicable limitations govern 

the harvest of bowhead whales by 

members of the AEWC. 

DATES: Applicable January 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Office of International 

Affairs and Seafood Inspection, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi 

Ae Kim, (301) 427–8365. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal 

subsistence whaling in the United States 

is governed by the Whaling Convention 

Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.). 

Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall 

generally become effective with respect 

to all persons and vessels subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States, within 

90 days of notification from the IWC 

Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC 

Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations 

that implement the WCA, found at 50 

CFR 230.6, require the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at 

least annually, aboriginal subsistence 

whaling quotas and any other 

limitations on aboriginal subsistence 

whaling deriving from regulations of the 

IWC. 

At the 67th Meeting of the IWC, the 

Commission set catch limits for 

aboriginal subsistence use of bowhead 

whales from the Bering-ChukchiBeaufort Seas stock. The bowhead and 

other aboriginal subsistence whaling 

catch limits were based on a joint 

request by Denmark on behalf of 

Greenland, the Russian Federation, St. 

Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 

United States, accompanied by 

documentation concerning the needs of 

the Native groups. 

The IWC set a seven-year block catch 

limit of 392 bowhead whales landed. 

For each of the years 2019 through 2025, 

the number of bowhead whales struck 

may not exceed 67, with unused strikes 

from the three prior quota blocks carried 

forward and added to the annual strike 

quota of subsequent years, provided that 

no more than 50 percent of the annual 

strike limit is added to the strike quota 

for any one year. At the end of the 2020 

harvest, there were 33 unused strikes 

available for carry-forward, so the 

combined strike quota set by the IWC 

for 2021 is 100 (67 + 33). 

An arrangement between the United 

States and the Russian Federation 

ensures that the total quota of bowhead 

whales landed and struck in 2021 will 

not exceed the limits set by the IWC. 

Under this arrangement, the Russian 

natives may use no more than seven 

strikes, and the Alaska natives may use 

no more than 93 strikes. 

Through its cooperative agreement 

with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 93 

strikes to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling 

Commission. The AEWC will in turn 

allocate these strikes among the 11 

villages whose cultural and subsistence 

needs have been documented, and will 

ensure that its hunters use no more than 

93 strikes. 

At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also 

provided for automatic renewal of 

aboriginal subsistence whaling catch 

limits under certain circumstances. 

Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale 

catch limits shall be extended every six 

years provided: (a) The IWC Scientific 

Committee advises in 2024, and every 

six years thereafter, that such limits will 

not harm the stock; (b) the Commission 

does not receive a request from the 

United States or the Russian Federation 

for a change in the bowhead whale 

catch limits based on need; and (c) the 

Commission determines that the United 

States and the Russian Federation have 

complied with the IWC’s approved 

timeline and that the information 

provided represents a status quo 

continuation of the hunts. 

Other Limitations 

The IWC regulations, as well as the 

NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c), 

forbid the taking of calves or any whale 

accompanied by a calf. 

NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) 

contain a number of other prohibitions 

relating to aboriginal subsistence 

whaling, some of which are summarized 

here: 

• Only licensed whaling captains or 

crew under the control of those captains 

may engage in whaling. 

• Captains and crew must follow the 

provisions of the relevant cooperative 

agreement between NOAA and a Native 

American whaling organization. 

• The aboriginal hunters must have 

adequate crew, supplies, and equipment 

to engage in an efficient operation. 

• Crew may not receive money for 

participating in the hunt. 

• No person may sell or offer for sale 

whale products from whales taken in 

the hunt, except for authentic articles of 

Native American handicrafts. 

• Captains may not continue to whale 

after the relevant quota is taken, after 

the season has been closed, or if their 

licenses have been suspended. They 

may not engage in whaling in a wasteful 

manner. 

Dated: January 12, 2021. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XY074] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the 

Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic, and Ladoga 

Subspecies of the Ringed Seal; 

Extension of Information Request 

Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of information 

request period. 

SUMMARY: NMFS hereby extends the 

information request period on the notice 

of initiation of a 5-year review of the 

Arctic (Pusa hispida hispida), Okhotsk 

(Pusa hispida ochotensis), Baltic (Pusa 

hispida botnica), and Ladoga (Pusa 

hispida ladogensis) subspecies of the 

ringed seal under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). 

DATES: Information must be received by 

March 26, 2021.