60932 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 6, 2023 / Notices 

9. Nordex SE 

10. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 

Limited 

11. Vestas Korea 

12. Vestas Korea Wind Technology Ltd. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19121 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Information Collection Activities; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; CHIPS Full-Application 

Information Collection 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

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 Wednesday, 

April 12, 2023, during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Commerce. 

Title: CHIPS Full-application 

Information Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0094. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 140. 

Average Hours per Response: 125 

hours. 

Burden Hours: 17,500 hours. 

Needs and Uses: Businesses and other 

entities applying for CHIPS Act funding 

under the CHIPS Incentive Program 

must submit a full application via a 

form available at https://applications.

chips.gov/, which includes: 

• Cover Page 

• Covered Incentive 

• Description of Project(s) 

• Applicant Profile 

• Alignment with Economic and 

National Security Objectives 

• Commercial Strategy 

• Financial Information 

• Project Technical Feasibility 

• Organization Information 

• Workforce Development Plan 

• Broader Impacts 

• Standard Forms 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Once. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory 

to be eligible for CHIPS Act funding. 

Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 

(Division A of Pub. L. 117–167) (the 

Act). 

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 0693–0094. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19190 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD269] 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Geophysical Surveys 

Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; modification to 

expiration date of Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, its implementing 

regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA 

regulations for Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Geophysical Surveys 

Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM), notification is 

hereby given that NMFS has modified 

the expiration date of a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) issued to Shell 

Offshore Inc. (Shell) for the take of 

marine mammals incidental to 

geophysical survey activity in the GOM. 

DATES: This LOA is effective through 

September 15, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and 

supporting documentation are available 

online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-authorization-oil-andgas-industry-geophysical-surveyactivity-gulf-mexico. In case of problems 

accessing these documents, please call 

the contact listed below (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Wachtendonk, 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 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 authorization for incidental 

takings 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. 

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). 


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On January 19, 2021, we issued a final 

rule with regulations to govern the 

unintentional taking of marine 

mammals incidental to geophysical 

survey activities conducted by oil and 

gas industry operators, and those 

persons authorized to conduct activities 

on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry 

operators’’), in U.S. waters of the GOM 

over the course of 5 years (86 FR 5322). 

The rule was based on our findings that 

the total taking from the specified 

activities over the 5-year period will 

have a negligible impact on the affected 

species or stock(s) of marine mammals 

and will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

those species or stocks for subsistence 

uses. The rule became effective on April 

19, 2021. 

Our regulations at 50 CFR 217.180 et 

seq. allow for the issuance of LOAs to 

industry operators for the incidental 

take of marine mammals during 

geophysical survey activities and 

prescribe the permissible methods of 

taking and other means of affecting the 

least practicable adverse impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 

their habitat (often referred to as 

mitigation), as well as requirements 

pertaining to the monitoring and 

reporting of such taking. Under section 

217.186(e), issuance of an LOA shall be 

based on a determination that the level 

of taking will be consistent with the 

findings made for the total taking 

allowable under these regulations and a 

determination that the amount of take 

authorized under the LOA is of no more 

than small numbers. 

NMFS issued an LOA to Shell on 

October 1, 2022, for the take of marine 

mammals incidental to a 3-dimensional 

(3D) ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in 

Garden Banks Lease Block GB555 and 

GB556 and the surrounding 414 lease 

blocks effective through August 31, 

2023. Please see the Federal Register 

notification of issuance (87 FR 55790, 

September 12, 2022) for additional 

detail regarding the LOA and the survey 

activity. 

Shell initially anticipated that the 

activity would occur at some point 

between October 1, 2022 and August 31, 

2023. Shell subsequently conveyed to 

NMFS that the survey would not be able 

to be completed by the original end 

date. Shell has requested modification 

to the expiration date of the LOA (from 

August 31, 2023, to September 15, 2023) 

to accommodate the survey delays. 

Authorization 

NMFS has changed the expiration 

date of the LOA from August 31, 2023 

to September 15, 2023. There are no 

other changes to the LOA as described 

in the September 12, 2023, Federal 

Register notice of issuance (87 FR 

55790): the specified survey activity; 

estimated take by incidental 

harassment; and small numbers analysis 

and determination remain unchanged. 

Dated: August 28, 2023. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19184 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD316] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public hybrid meeting of 

its Groundfish Committee to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This hybrid meeting will be held 

on September 22, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES:

Meeting address: This meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; 

telephone: (978) 777–2500. 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/

5463173544525981530. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Groundfish Committee will meet 

to discuss recommendations from the 

Recreational Advisory Panel and 

Groundfish Advisory Panel. They will 

discuss Atlantic Cod Transition Plan— 

a summary of fishery data from the 

Research Track stock assessment for 

Atlantic cod as well as Framework 

Adjustment 66/Specifications and 

Management Measures—an update on 

the development of draft alternatives 

and a report from the Transboundary 

Management Guidance Committee 

(TMGC). The Committee will discuss 

Framework Adjustment 68/Acceptable 

Biological Catches (ABC) Control 

Rules—the findings from the facilitated 

meeting and Groundfish Committee 

motions from meeting held on August 

17, 2023 as well as 2024 Council 

Priorities—possible groundfish 

priorities for the Council to consider for 

2024, and provide recommendations to 

the Council, as appropriate. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19199 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

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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; Workplace Violence 

Prevention and Response Forms 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 


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