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In March 2018, NMFS published its 

final 2017 LOFF (83 FR 11703, March 

16, 2018), as required by the regulations 

implementing the Fish and Fish Product 

Import Provisions of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act. The final LOFF 

reflects information received in its 

response to information requests to 

nations and the public (82 FR 2961, 

January 10, 2017) and during the 

comment period on interactions 

between commercial fisheries exporting 

fish and fish products to the United 

States and marine mammals, and 

updates and revisions to the draft LOFF 

(82 FR 39762, August 22, 2017). 

NMFS will revise the LOFF in 2020. 

In anticipation of this revision, NMFS is 

soliciting information from harvesting 

nations; other foreign, regional, and 

local governments; regional fishery 

management organizations; 

nongovernmental organizations; 

industry organizations; academic 

institutions; and citizens and citizen 

groups to identify commercial fishing 

operations with intentional or 

incidental mortality and serious injury 

of marine mammals. For each item we 

are requesting you identify the 

exporting nation as the harvesting 

nation, the processing or intermediary 

nation, or both. For fisheries exporting 

fish and fish products to the United 

States NMFS is requesting the following 

information: 

• Number of participants; 

• Number of vessels; 

• Gear type; 

• Target species; 

• Area of operation; 

• Fishing season; and 

• Information regarding the frequency 

of marine mammal incidental and 

intentional mortality and serious injury. 

Such information may include fishing 

vessel records; reports of on-board 

fishery observers; information from offloading facilities, port-side government 

officials, enforcement agents, 

transshipment vessel workers and fish 

importers; government vessel registries; 

RFMO or intergovernmental agreement 

documents, reports, and statistical 

document programs; appropriate catch 

certification programs; and published 

literature and reports on commercial 

fishing operations with intentional or 

incidental mortality and serious injury 

of marine mammals. 

NMFS will consider all available 

information, as appropriate. Information 

should be as specific as possible as this 

will assist NMFS in its review. NMFS 

will consider several criteria when 

determining whether information is 

appropriate for use in making 

identifications, including: 

• Corroboration of information; 

• Whether multiple sources have 

been able to provide information in 

support of an identification; 

• The methodology used to collect 

the information; 

• Specificity of the information 

provided; 

• Susceptibility of the information to 

falsification and alteration; and 

• Credibility of the individuals or 

organization providing the information. 

Dated: May 16, 2018. 

John Henderschedt, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–10859 Filed 5–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for AmeriCorps 

Enrollment and Exit Forms 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

CNCS is proposing to revise an 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 

23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention [Amy Borgstrom], 250 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at the mail address 

given in paragraph (1) above, between 

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom, 202–606–6930, or by 

email at aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: AmeriCorps 

Enrollment and Exit Form. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0006. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 160,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Frequency: 

Once. 

Total Estimated Average Response 

Time per Response: 10 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 266,667. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Abstract: CNCS is seeking approval of 

the National Service Trust Enrollment 

Form and the National Service Trust 

Exit Form, which is used by 

AmeriCorps members and program staff 

to enroll in the National Service Trust 

and to document the completion of a 

member’s term of service, a requirement 

to receiving a Segal Education Award, 

and to meet other legal and program 

requirements. CNCS also seeks to 

continue using the currently approved 

information collection until the revised 

information collection is approved by 

OMB. The currently approved 

information collection is due to expire 

on August 30, 2020. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 


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ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

Dated: May 15, 2018. 

Erin Dahlin, 

Deputy Chief of Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2018–10929 Filed 5–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection, titled the Small 

Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 

and Small Business Technology 

Transfer (STTR) Commercialization 

Survey will satisfy the program 

requirements of the Small Business Act, 

including requirements established in 

the SBIR program reauthorization 

legislation. DOE will collect the survey 

data via web-enabled software and 

provide it to the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) to maintain 

information about the DOE SBIR/STTR 

awards issued through the two 

programs. This data will be provided by 

DOE based on information collected 

from SBIR/STTR awardees. This data 

will be used by DOE, SBA, and Congress 

to assess the commercial impact of these 

two programs. If you anticipate that you 

will be submitting comments, but find 

it difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–1254 or 

emailed at james.n.tyree@omb.eop.gov. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before June 21, 2018. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503 

And to: Claudia Cantoni, SBIR/STTR 

Programs Manager, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, 

Germantown, MD 20874–1290 or by 

email at claudia.cantoni@

science.doe.gov or by fax at (301) 903– 

5488. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Claudia Cantoni by email at 

claudia.cantoni@science.doe.gov or by 

fax at (301) 903–5488. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5166; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Small Business 

Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small 

Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 

Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of 

Request: Three year extension; (4) 

Purpose: The DOE needs this 

information to satisfy the program 

requirements of the Small Business Act, 

including requirements established in 

the SBIR program reauthorization 

legislation, Public Law 106–554 and 

Public Law 107–50. This data will be 

collected by the DOE and provided to 

the Small Business Administration 

(SBA) to maintain information about 

SBIR/STTR awards issued through the 

two programs. This data will be 

provided by DOE based on information 

collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. 

This data will be used by DOE, SBA, 

and Congress to assess the commercial 

impact of these two programs; (5) 

Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 2,500; (7) Annual 

Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 

2,500; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 

$120,000. 

Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the Small 

Business Act, as amended, codified at 15 

U.S.C. 638(g). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2018. 

Manny Oliver, 

SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of 

Science, U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–10874 Filed 5–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–453] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Matador Power Marketing, Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Matador Power Marketing, 

Inc. (Matador or Applicant) has applied 

for authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before June 21, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

to: Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0350. Because of delays in 

handling conventional mail, it is 

recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– 

8008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On May 1, 2018, DOE received an 

application from Matador for authority 

to transmit electric energy from the 

United States to Canada as a power 

marketer for a five-year term using 

existing international transmission 

facilities. 

In its application, Matador states that 

it does not own or control any electric 

generation or transmission facilities, 

and it does not have a franchised service 


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