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years covered by this clearance, data 

will be collected via in-person 

interviews in American Samoa, Puerto 

Rico, Guam, and the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0646. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

[Revision and extension of an existing 

information collection]. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,840. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,093 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000. 

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–JS–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; Socio-Economic Survey of 

Hired Captains and Crew in New 

England and Mid-Atlantic Commercial 

Fisheries 

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 26, 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– 

0636 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 Lisa L. 

Colburn, Social Scientist, NOAA/ 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 

(401–782–3253), lisa.l.colburn@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a revision to an 

approved collection. This collection is 

currently approved for implementation 

in New England and the Mid-Atlantic 

regions by NOAA National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center’s Social Sciences Branch 

(NEFSC–SSB). The NEFSC–SSB, in 

collaboration with the Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center Social Science 

Research Group (SEFSC–SSRG), 

requests a revision to expand the 

geographic scope of the survey to 

include South Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico regions, an associated collection 

title change (‘‘Socio-Economic Survey of 

Hired Captains and Crew in New 

England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic 

and Gulf of Mexico Commercial 

Fisheries’’), and to make minor 

revisions to the survey form that address 

regional differences in fisheries. The 

NEFSC and SEFSC seek to conduct 

surveys to provide for the ongoing 

collection of social and economic data 

related to the fishing industries in those 

states. The purpose of this survey is to 

assess and track over time the social and 

economic conditions of commercial 

fishing crews and hired captains for 

which little is known. This survey will 

provide data on social and economic 

impacts for this population and the 

changes in fisheries as a result of 

regulatory changes. Data to be collected 

include demographic information on 

crew, wage calculations systems, 

individual and community well-being, 

fishing practices, job satisfaction, job 

opportunities, and attitudes toward 

fisheries management. The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA) both contain 

requirements for considering the social 

and economic impacts of fishery 

management decisions. There is a need 

to understand how such fishery 

management policies and programs will 

affect the social and economic 

characteristics of those involved in the 

commercial fishing industry. To help 

meet these requirements of NEPA and 

MSA, the NEFSC and SEFSC will 

collect data on an ongoing basis to track 

how socio-economic characteristics of 

fisheries are changing over time and the 

impact of fishery management policies 

and programs implemented in New 

England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic 

and Gulf of Mexico regions. 

II. Method of Collection 

This information will be collected 

through in-person intercept interviews 

and telephone. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0636. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular (revision of a 

previously approved information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

946. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 


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Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 236.5. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: NEPA and MSA. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01472 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA816] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Oil and Gas 

Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as 

amended, and implementing 

regulations, NMFS issued a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) to Hilcorp Alaska 

LLC (Hilcorp) to take marine mammals 

incidental to oil and gas activities in 

Cook Inlet, Alaska. 

DATES: Applicable until April 21, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Young, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated 

to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking of 

small numbers of marine mammals by 

U.S. citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region if 

certain findings are made and either 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, a notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

An incidental take authorization shall 

be granted if NMFS finds that the taking 

will have a negligible impact on the 

species or stock(s), will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant), and if 

the permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such takings are set forth. 

NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ 

means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance, which 

(i) has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

Summary 

NMFS issued regulations governing 

the take of 11 species of marine 

mammal, by Level A and Level B 

harassment, incidental to Hilcorp’s oil 

and gas activities on July 31, 2019 (84 

FR 37442). These regulations include 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements for the incidental take of 

marine mammals during the specified 

activities. As further detailed in the 

regulations (50 CFR 217.167), adaptive 

management measures allow NMFS to 

modify or renew LOAs as necessary if 

doing so creates a reasonable likelihood 

of more effective mitigation and 

monitoring. NMFS issued the first LOA 

to Hilcorp under these regulations on 

July 31, 2019. NMFS published a 

Federal Register notice seeking public 

comment on its proposal to modify the 

Year 1 LOA issued to Hilcorp on August 

16, 2019 (84 FR 41957) and published 

a notice of modification on October 4, 

2019 (84 FR 53119). The Year 1 LOA 

expired on July 30, 2020. To better align 

with the open water season, Hilcorp 

applied for their Year 2 LOA with a start 

date of April 1, 2020, rather than 

waiting until the expiration of their Year 

1 LOA in July 2020. NMFS reviewed the 

application and issued the Year 2 LOA 

on April 22, 2020. In error, NMFS did 

not publish a Federal Register notice 

upon issuance, but the signed LOA and 

Hilcorp’s application were published on 

NMFS’ website immediately upon 

issuance. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued a LOA (available at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-authorization-hilcorpalaska-llc-oil-and-gas-activities-cookinlet-alaska) to Hilcorp Alaska LLC for 

the potential harassment of small 

numbers of four marine mammal 

species incidental to oil and gas 

activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 

provided the mitigation, monitoring and 

reporting requirements of the 

rulemaking are incorporated. 

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Publication of Housing Price Inflation 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

(Personnel and Readiness), Department 

of Defense (DoD). 


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