Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2023 / Notices 64413 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD363] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 27460 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina, Ph.D., 

University of California at Berkeley, 

3040 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., #3140, 

Berkeley, CA 94720, has applied in due 

form for a permit to import specimens 

of marine mammals for scientific 

research. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 27460 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 27460 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Erin Markin, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226), and the Fur Seal 

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 

et seq.). 

The applicant proposes to receive, 

import, and export biological samples 

from up to 200 pinnipeds (excluding 

walrus) and 200 cetaceans annually. 

Sources of foreign and domestic parts 

may include subsistence harvests, 

captive animals, other authorized 

researchers or curated collections, 

bycatch from legal commercial fishing 

operations, and foreign stranded 

animals. The samples will be used to 

generate cell lines and examine the 

effects of stress hormones and organic 

pollutants on marine mammal cellular 

and tissue functions. The permit would 

be valid for 5 years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20180 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–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; Central Gulf of Alaska 

Rockfish Program: Permits and 

Reports 

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 November 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0545 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 Gabrielle 

Aberle, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK, 

99802–1668. Telephone 907–586–7356. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is 

requesting extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

This information collection contains 

requirements for the Central Gulf of 

Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish 

Program) and is necessary for NMFS to 

administer and monitor compliance 

with the management provisions of the 

Rockfish Program. This information 

collection is required in Rockfish 

Program regulations at 50 CFR part 679. 

The Rockfish Program is a limited 

access privilege program developed to 

enhance resource conservation and 

improve economic efficiency in the 

Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fisheries. 

The rockfish fisheries are conducted in 

Federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska, by 

trawl vessels and longline vessels. The 

Rockfish Program assigns quota share 

(QS) to License Limitation Program 

(LLP) licenses for rockfish primary and 

secondary species based on legal 

landings associated with that LLP. 

Each year, an LLP license holder 

assigns the LLP license with rockfish QS 

to a rockfish cooperative. Each rockfish 

cooperative receives an annual 

cooperative fishing quota (CQ), which is 

an amount of primary and secondary 

rockfish species the cooperative is able 

to harvest in that fishing year. 

This collection contains the 

information collection requirements 

submitted by the rockfish cooperatives 

for an annual rockfish CQ permit, intercooperative quota transfers, and vessel 

check-in/check-out and termination of 

fishing reports. 

The Application for Rockfish 

Cooperative Fishing Quota is submitted 

annually by a rockfish cooperative to 

receive the cooperative’s annual CQ 


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