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purpose of the proposed action is 

threefold: (1) Address the needs of 

fishing communities, consistent with 

NOAA’s mandate through the 

Saltonstall-Kennedy Act; (2) ensure 

NOAA continues to meet the 

requirements of the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

Act; and (3) assist NOAA in meeting its 

mission, ‘‘To understand and predict 

changes in climate, weather, oceans, 

and coasts, to share that knowledge and 

information with others, and to 

conserve and manage coastal and 

marine ecosystems and resources’’. The 

Proposed Action is needed to address 

the needs of fishing communities by 

building and maintaining sustainable 

fisheries, optimizing economic benefits, 

and increasing other opportunities to 

keep working waterfronts viable. 

Types of projects funded by the S–K 

Program include, but are not limited to, 

promotion and marketing; aquaculture; 

gear testing; bycatch reduction 

engineering; research and monitoring; 

stock assessments; data collection; 

socioeconomic research; climate change; 

and workshops and conferences. 

Alternatives 

NOAA is preliminarily preparing to 

analyze two program-level alternatives: 

(1) A No Action Alternative, and (2) the 

proposed action, which NOAA is 

referring to as the Promotion, Marketing, 

Research and Development Alternative. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the S– 

K Program would not fund projects that 

address the needs of fishing 

communities, optimize economic 

benefits by building and maintaining 

sustainable fisheries, and increase other 

opportunities to keep working 

waterfronts viable. Although the No 

Action Alternative would not meet the 

purpose and need, it serves as a baseline 

against which the impacts of the 

Promotion, Marketing, Research and 

Development Alternative will be 

compared and contrasted. 

Implementation of the Promotion, 

Marketing, Research and Development 

Alternative, will allow for funding 

actions through federal financial 

assistance for all possible types of 

projects that meet the needs of U.S. 

fishing communities, consistent with 

the scope of the S–K Program. This 

alternative would provide the S–K 

Program with flexibility in choosing 

priorities each year while also 

considering the funding environment. 

We invite public comments on the 

proposed scope of the alternatives and 

are particularly interested in comments 

regarding potential additional 

alternatives. 

Scoping Process 

This notice initiates a public scoping 

period for the PEIS. Please review the 

information in this notice and 

additional information about the S–K 

Program, located on the NOAA S–K 

Program website (see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above). 

NOAA is particularly interested in 

receiving comments regarding 

biological, cultural, or ecological issues 

that the analysis should address. We 

also encourage comments that assist us 

in further delineating the proposed 

project, its potential to affect the human 

environment, means for avoiding, 

minimizing, or mitigating those effects, 

the preliminary range of alternatives, 

any additional reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered, and other 

issues of public concern. To promote 

informed decision-making, we 

especially encourage commenters to 

submit any scientific data, studies, or 

research that you feel is relevant to the 

analysis. 

To facilitate the public and agency 

involvement in the PEIS process, NOAA 

will hold three public-scoping meetings 

during the scoping period. The meetings 

will be virtual in format. The scoping 

meetings will solicit input from the 

public and interested public agencies 

regarding the scope of environmental 

impacts to be addressed in the draft 

PEIS. Three virtual public scoping 

meetings (in webinar format only) will 

be held in each of three regions, as 

follows: 

• Eastern and Gulf of Mexico Region 

(includes Atlantic States, Gulf of 

Mexico States, U.S. Virgin Islands, 

and Puerto Rico)—March 9, 2021 

Æ 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Central 

Standard Time (CST) 

Æ 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time (EST) 

• Western Region (includes Pacific 

States, Idaho, Alaska)—March 10, 

2021 

Æ 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Pacific 

Standard Time (PST) 

Æ 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Alaska 

Standard Time (AKST) 

• Western Pacific Region (includes 

Hawaii and Pacific Territories)— 

March 11, 2021, March 12, 2021 

Æ March 11, 2021, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 

p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard 

Time (HST) 

Æ March 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 

p.m. Chamorro Standard Time 

(CHST) 

Use the webinar link and dial-in 

information below to join one of the 

public scoping meetings: 

Webinar Link: https://

kearnsandwest.webex.com/meet/ 

webexalias3 

Access Code: 146 622 5582 

Dial-in Information: 1–844–621–3956 

(U.S. Toll Free) | +1–415–655–0001 

(U.S. Toll) 

Participants are encouraged to 

download the Webex Meetings app 

ahead of the meetings, using this link: 

https://www.webex.com/ 

downloads.html. Then use the meeting 

link above to join a public scoping 

meeting at the appropriate time. You 

may also participate by phone toll-free 

by calling 1–844–621–3956, then 

entering the Access Code above when 

prompted. 

After the comment period closes, 

NOAA will review and consider all 

comments received during the comment 

period and any other relevant 

information when developing the draft 

PEIS. Upon completion of the draft 

PEIS, a document announcing its 

availability and an opportunity to 

comment will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Authority: This PEIS will be prepared 

under the authority of, and in accordance 

with, the requirements of NEPA, 

implementing regulations published by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 

1500–1508), other applicable regulations, and 

NOAA’s policies and procedures for 

compliance with those regulations. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Daniel A. Namur, 

Director of the NMFS Financial Assistance 

Division, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03626 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Waiver of the Referral 

Requirement for TRICARE Prime 

Enrollees, Not Including Active Duty 

Service Members (ADSMs), So They 

May Receive COVID–19 Vaccines From 

Any TRICARE-Authorized Non-Network 

Provider Without Incurring Point-ofService Charges Where Applicable 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of waiver. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

TRICARE Prime enrollees, not including 

ADSMs, of a waiver to the referral 

requirement so they may receive 

COVID–19 vaccines, a clinical 

preventive service, from any TRICARE 

authorized non-network provider 

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without incurring POS charges where 

applicable. 

DATES: This waiver is effective on 

December 13, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency 

(DHA), 16401 East Centretech Parkway, 

Aurora, CO 80011–9066. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Palmer, Defense Health Agency, 

303–676–3557, valerie.a.palmer3.civ@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

December 2019, an outbreak of 

respiratory disease caused by a novel 

coronavirus was detected in Wuhan 

City, Hubei Province, China. The virus 

has been named SARS–CoV–2 and the 

disease it causes has been named 

COVID–19. This virus has spread 

rapidly throughout the United States 

(U.S.) and around the world. 

On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services, Alex Azar, declared a public 

health emergency pursuant to Section 

319 of the Public Health Service Act for 

the entire U.S. to aid in the Nation’s 

health care community response to 

COVID–19, retroactive to January 27, 

2020. On March 13, 2020, President 

Donald Trump declared that the 

COVID–19 outbreak in the U.S. 

constituted a national emergency, 

beginning March 1, 2020. 

Thus far, two vaccines have been 

approved by the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) for the prevention 

of COVID–19 in the U.S. On December 

11, 2020, the FDA issued an Emergency 

Use Authorization (EUA) for the PfizerBioNTech COVID–19 vaccine (Pfizer, 

Inc.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 

Vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech 

COVID–19 vaccine consists of two doses 

administered intramuscularly, three 

weeks apart. On December 12, 2020, the 

Advisory Committee on Immunization 

Practices (ACIP) issued an interim 

recommendation for use of the PfizerBioNTech COVID–19 vaccine in persons 

aged 16 years and older for the 

prevention of COVID–19. The 

recommendation was published in an 

early release of the Morbidity and 

Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on 

December 13, 2020; thus, this vaccine 

may now be covered by TRICARE. 

On December 18, 2020, the FDA 

issued an EUA for the Moderna COVID– 

19 (mRNA–1273) vaccine (ModernaTX, 

Inc; Cambridge, Massachusetts). 

Vaccination with the Moderna COVID– 

19 vaccine consists of two doses 

administered intramuscularly, four 

weeks apart. On December 19, 2020, the 

ACIP issued an interim 

recommendation for use of the Moderna 

COVID–19 vaccine in persons aged 18 

years and older for the prevention of 

COVID–19. The recommendation was 

published in an early release of the 

MMWR on December 20, 2020; thus, 

this vaccine may also be covered by 

TRICARE. 

Except under very special 

circumstances, a beneficiary enrolled in 

TRICARE Prime is required to obtain a 

referral for care through a designated 

primary care manager (or other 

authorized care coordinator) prior to 

obtaining care under the TRICARE 

program, otherwise POS charges apply. 

The DHA believes the widespread need 

for COVID–19 vaccines and the fact that 

supply of these vaccines may be limited 

is a special circumstance necessitating 

the waiver of the referral requirement 

for TRICARE Prime enrollees so they 

may receive a COVID–19 vaccine, a 

clinical preventive service, from any 

TRICARE authorized non-network 

provider without incurring POS charges 

where applicable. This waiver will 

apply for the period of the U.S. 

President’s declaration of the COVID–19 

national emergency. 

Dated: January 25, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03667 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0027] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Reaffirmation Agreement 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 26, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0027. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Reaffirmation 

Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0133. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households; Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments.