Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 10937 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on December 1, 

2020, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Southeast Region IFQ Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0551. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular 

submission—extension and revision of a 

current information collection. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,164. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

• Dealer Landing Transaction Report, 6 

minutes (electronic form) 

• Dealer Landing Transaction Report, 5 

minutes (paper form used in 

catastrophic conditions only) 

• Dealer Cost Recovery Fee Submission 

through pay.gov, 3 minutes 

• IFQ Notification of Landing, 5 

minutes 

• Transfer Shares, 3 minutes 

• Share Receipt, 2 minutes 

• Transfer Allocation, 3 minutes 

• IFQ Online Account Application, 13 

minutes 

• Wreckfish Quota Share Transfer, 20 

minutes 

• Landing Transaction Correction 

Request, 5 minutes 

• Commercial Reef Fish Landing 

Location Request, 5 minutes 

• Account Update, 2 minutes 

• Trip Ticket Update, 2 minutes 

• Gulf Reef Fish Notification of 

Landing, 3 minutes 

• IFQ Close Account, 3 minutes 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,109. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service’s Southeast Regional 

Office manages three commercial 

individual fishing quota (IFQ) and 

individual transferable quota (ITQ) 

programs in the U.S. southeast region 

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act). The IFQ programs for red snapper, 

and groupers and tilefishes occur in 

Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico 

(Gulf), and the ITQ program for 

wreckfish occurs in Federal waters of 

the South Atlantic. 

The NMFS Southeast Regional Office 

proposes to extend and revise parts of 

the information collection currently 

approved under OMB Control Number 

0648–0551. This collection of 

information tracks the transfer and use 

of IFQ and ITQ shares, and IFQ 

allocation and landings by commercial 

fishermen necessary for NMFS to 

operate, administer, and review 

management of the IFQ and ITQ 

programs. Regulations for the IFQ and 

ITQ programs are located at 50 CFR part 

622. 

For the Gulf IFQ programs, the 

revisions would collect additional 

business and demographic information 

on the IFQ Online Account Application, 

as well as add a requirement to input 

the vessel signature personal 

identification number (PIN) a second 

time on the Dealer Landing Transaction 

Report if a criterion is met. 

NMFS would revise the IFQ Online 

Account Application to obtain 

ownership percentage data for any 

business that participates in the Gulf 

IFQ programs, as well as the type of 

business, and confirmation of whether 

the business is small or large, as defined 

by Small Business Administration 

standards. 

NMFS would revise the Dealer 

Landing Transaction Report to add a 

requirement for a shareholder to input 

the vessel signature PIN a second time 

if the landing transaction would result 

in a 10 percent overage of their catch 

allocation during that fishing year. 

NMFS proposes to add a feature to the 

Dealer Landing Transaction Report that 

would notify the shareholder that a 10 

percent overage would occur and in 

which categories, and require the vessel 

signature PIN to accept the overage. 

Although the 10 percent overage is 

utilized infrequently, this would 

provide the shareholder the opportunity 

to transfer allocation and avoid using 

the 10 percent overage. 

The purpose of revising the IFQ 

Online Account Application is to better 

comply with National Standard 4 (NS4) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), and 

the Small Business Administration’s 

regulations implementing the RFA, 

Executive Order 12898, and the 

‘‘fairness and equitable distribution’’ 

provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, including NS4 and section 

303(b)(6). The purpose of revising the 

Dealer Landing Transaction Report is to 

better inform participants in the Gulf 

IFQ programs and require an additional 

verification from them when the 

existing flexibility measure of a 10 

percent overage of their allocation 

would occur. 

If implemented by NMFS, these 

administrative revisions would slightly 

increase the estimated time per response 

to complete the IFQ Online Account 

Application. NMFS estimates the time 

per response would increase from 10 to 

13 minutes. However, NMFS does not 

expect the estimated time per response 

for the Dealer Landing Transaction 

Report to change. The cost of both the 

IFQ Online Account Application and 

the Dealer Landing Transaction Report 

would remain the same. NMFS proposes 

no other revisions to the existing 

information collections for the IFQ and 

ITQ programs approved in OMB Control 

No. 0648–0551. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually, quarterly, and 

on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory, 

required to obtain or retain benefits. 

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

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments,’’ 

or by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0551. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03627 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration; Ocean Exploration 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER), National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), Department of Commerce 

(DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda for a 

meeting of the Ocean Exploration 

Advisory Board (OEAB). OEAB 

members will discuss and provide 

advice on Federal ocean exploration 

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programs, with a particular emphasis on 

the topics identified in the section on 

Matters to Be Considered. 

DATES: The announced meeting is 

scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, 

2021, and Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: This will be a virtual 

meeting. Information about how to 

participate will be posted to the OEAB 

website at https://oeab.noaa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David McKinnie, Designated Federal 

Officer, Ocean Exploration Advisory 

Board, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

david.mckinnie@noaa.gov or (206) 526– 

6950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

established the OEAB under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and 

legislation that gives the agency 

statutory authority to operate an ocean 

exploration program and to coordinate a 

national program of ocean exploration. 

The OEAB advises NOAA leadership on 

strategic planning, exploration 

priorities, competitive ocean 

exploration grant programs, and other 

matters as the NOAA Administrator 

requests. 

OEAB members represent government 

agencies, the private sector, academic 

institutions, and not-for-profit 

institutions involved in all facets of 

ocean exploration—from advanced 

technology to citizen exploration. 

In addition to advising NOAA 

leadership, NOAA expects the OEAB to 

help to define and develop a national 

program of ocean exploration—a 

network of stakeholders and 

partnerships advancing national 

priorities for ocean exploration. 

Matters to be Considered: The OEAB 

will discuss the following topics: (1) 

Ocean exploration in the context of 

administration priorities, (2) Annual 

review of the Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research competitive 

grants program, (3) Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research updates, and 

(4) other matters as described in the 

agenda. The agenda and other meeting 

materials will be made available on the 

OEAB website at https://oeab.noaa.gov/ 

. 

Status: The meeting will be open to 

the public with a 15-minute public 

comment period on the second day of 

the meeting, Thursday, April 8, 2021, 

from 3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EDT (please 

check the final agenda on the OEAB 

website to confirm the time). The public 

may listen to the meeting and provide 

comments during the public comment 

period via teleconference. Participation 

information will be on the meeting 

agenda on the OEAB website. 

The OEAB expects that public 

statements at its meetings will not be 

repetitive of previously submitted 

verbal or written statements. In general, 

each individual or group making a 

verbal presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. The Designated Federal 

Officer must receive written comments 

by April 2, 2021, to provide sufficient 

time for OEAB review. Written 

comments received after April 2, 2021, 

will be distributed to the OEAB, but 

may not be reviewed prior to the 

meeting date. 

Special Accommodations: Requests 

for sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Designated Federal Officer by April 2, 

2021. 

Dated: February 3, 2021. 

David Holst, 

Director Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office 

of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03550 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA859] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a oneday meeting via webinar of its Shrimp 

Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: The webinar will convene on 

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., EST. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Please visit the Gulf 

Council website www.gulfcouncil.org for 

meeting materials and webinar 

registration information. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Matt Freeman, Economist, Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

matt.freeman@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. The 

Council’s website, www.gulfcouncil.org 

also has details on the meeting location, 

proposed agenda, webinar listen-in 

access, and other 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.) 

Tuesday, March 23, 2021; 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Meeting will begin with adoption of 

agenda; approval of minutes from the 

November 16, 2020 webinar; and, a 

review of scope of work with its 

members. The AP will receive an update 

on Council actions in response to 

motions from the November 2020 

Shrimp AP meeting and on National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

Shrimp Working Groups; review 2019 

Gulf Shrimp Fishery Effort and 

Landings; review 2019 Royal Red Index; 

and, receive information on the 

Biological Review of Texas Closure. The 

AP will receive an update on Effort Data 

Collection: Status of 3G cellular 

Electronic Logbooks (cELBs); Pilot 

Program using P-Sea WindPlot; 

Alternative Options for Consideration; 

and Background—Council letter 

regarding the P-Sea WindPlot pilot 

program. 

The AP will discuss Aquaculture 

Opportunity Areas in the Gulf of 

Mexico, Background—Council letter 

requesting establishment of fishery 

stakeholder advisory panel; 

Recommendations for Conducting a 

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Stock 

Assessment; and, Research Projects to 

Improve Bycatch Estimates in the 

Shrimp Industry. 

The AP will receive public testimony 

and discuss Other Business: Timeline 

for Shrimp AP Recruitment. 

—Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be broadcast via 

webinar. You may register by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the 

AP meeting on the calendar. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

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 this meeting. Actions will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice