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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 24, 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– 

0794 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 Keeley 

Kent, Groundfish Branch Chief, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 

1, Seattle, WA 98115–6349, (206) 247– 

8252, keeley.kent@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

On February 23, 2021, NMFS 

published in the Federal Register a final 

rule (86 FR 10857) allowing a Pacific 

whiting sector cooperative or group of 

vessels to develop a Salmon Mitigation 

Plan (SMP) to promote reduction in 

Chinook salmon bycatch. The SMP is a 

voluntary agreement by a Pacific 

whiting fishery Mothership (MS), 

Catcher/processor (C/P), or Pacific 

whiting individual fishing quota (IFQ) 

fishery group to manage Chinook 

salmon bycatch. The SMP would be 

approved by NMFS. Those groups with 

an approved SMP would be required to 

provide an annual postseason report to 

the Council and NMFS no later than 

March 31. The report would describe 

the group’s use of Chinook salmon 

bycatch avoidance measures and an 

evaluation of the effectiveness of those 

measures. It would also describe any 

amendments to the terms of the SMP 

that were approved by NMFS during the 

fishing year in which the SMP was 

approved and the reasons that the 

amendments to the SMP were made. 

The rule also established that vessels 

with a NMFS-approved SMP have 

access to the Chinook salmon bycatch 

reserve regardless of NMFS 

implementing other inseason measures 

to minimize salmon bycatch. 

Participation in an SMP is voluntary; 

however, any vessel that chooses not to 

participate in an SMP would be subject 

to additional salmon bycatch 

minimization measures prior to being 

allowed access to the reserve. The 

associated regulations are found at 50 

CFR part 660. OMB approved the 

collection-of-information requirements 

contained in the final rule on March 10, 

2021, under OMB Control Number 

0648–0794 (Pacific Coast Groundfish 

Salmon Bycatch Minimization). 

II. Method of Collection 

The designated SMP representative 

will have the option of submitting a 

proposed SMP and/or postseason SMP 

report to NMFS electronically or by 

mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0794. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

14. 

Estimated Time per Response: SMP 

proposal (10 hours), SMP amendment (3 

hours), Administrative appeals for 

disapproved SMP (6 hours), SMP 

postseason report (8 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 113 burden hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $49.66. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected costs and burdens. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 25, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Please find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the website’s 

search function. Comments can be 

entered electronically by clicking on the 

‘‘comment’’ button next to the 

information collection on the ‘‘OIRA 

Information Collections Under Review’’ 

page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency 


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65662 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2023 / Notices 

1 17 CFR 145.9. 

2 17 CFR part 4. 

3 7 U.S.C. 6m(3). 

4 7 U.S.C. 8a(5). 

Submission’’ page. A copy of the 

supporting statement for the collection 

of information discussed herein may be 

obtained by visiting https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

In addition to the submission of 

comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 

indicated above, a copy of all comments 

submitted to OIRA may also be 

submitted to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (Commission or 

CFTC) by clicking on the ‘‘Submit 

Comment’’ box next to the descriptive 

entry for OMB Control No. 3038–0005, 

at https://comments.cftc.gov/ 

FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx. 

Or by either of the following methods: 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail above. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. You should only 

submit information that you wish to 

make available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that you believe is exempt from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1 The 

Commission reserves the right, but shall 

have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove 

any or all of your submission from 

https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

ICR will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under 

FOIA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Olear, Director, (202) 418– 

6700, aolear@cftc.gov; Pamela Geraghty, 

Deputy Director, (202) 418–5634, 

pgeraghty@cftc.gov; Peter Sanchez, 

Acting Associate Director, (202) 418– 

5237, psanchez@cftc.gov; or Elizabeth 

Groover, Special Counsel, (202) 418– 

5985, egroover@cftc.gov, Market 

Participants Division, Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20581, and 

refer to OMB Control No. 3038–0005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Rules Relating to the Operations 

and Activities of Commodity Pool 

Operators and Commodity Trading 

Advisors and to Monthly Reporting by 

Futures Commission Merchants (OMB 

Control No. 3038–0005). This is a 

request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: The various collections of 

information required by part 4 of the 

Commission’s regulations were 

previously approved by OMB in 

accordance with the PRA and assigned 

OMB control number 3038–0005.2 The 

Commission offers the following 

summary of the renewal and the 

resulting impact on existing burden 

hour estimates associated with this 

information collection. The Commodity 

Exchange Act (CEA) empowers the 

Commission with the authority to 

require commodity pool operators 

(CPOs) and commodity trading advisors 

(CTAs) to maintain books and records 

and to file reports as required by the 

Commission.3 The Commission also has 

the power to promulgate such 

regulations as it deems necessary to 

implement the purposes of the CEA.4 It 

is pursuant to this authority that the 

Commission has promulgated the 

various compliance requirements for 

CPOs and CTAs in 17 CFR part 4. The 

reporting, filing, and recordkeeping 

requirements within part 4 of the 

Commission’s regulations were adopted 

to assist and inform customers, to 

establish customer protection initiatives 

for investors, to facilitate monitoring 

intermediary compliance with part 4 

regulations by the Commission and its 

delegee, the National Futures 

Association (NFA), and to enable the 

Commission to better monitor the 

market risks posed by its registrants. 

The information collections are 

necessary to enable the Commission and 

NFA to accomplish the purposes of both 

the CEA and the compliance regime set 

forth in part 4 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. On July 12, 2023, the 

Commission published in the Federal 

Register notice of the proposed 

extension of this information collection 

and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 88 

FR 44280 (60-Day Notice). The 

Commission did not receive any 

relevant substantive comments on the 

60-Day Notice. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be as follows: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: (1) All 

persons filing reports required by 17 

CFR part 4, and (2) all principals of such 

persons. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

49,083. 

Estimated number of exempt pools/ 

reports per respondent: 8.8. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 432,325 hours. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

U.S. Army Science Board Closed 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of a closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (as amended) and title 41, Code of 

Federal Regulations 102–3.140 through 

160, the Department of the Army 

announces the following committee 

meeting of the U.S. Army Science Board 

(ASB) Fall voting session. 

Name of Committee: U.S. Army 

Science Board. 

Date: Tuesday, 26 September 2023. 

Time: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Location: The Crystal City Marriott at 

Regan National Airport, 1999 Richmond 

Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. 

Purpose of Meeting: The purpose of 

the meeting is for ASB members to 

review, deliberate, and vote on the 

findings and recommendations 

presented for two Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 

studies. 

Agenda: Briefing, deliberation, and 

vote on the following studies: 

‘‘Testing, Validating, and Protecting 

Army use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

and Machine Learning (ML) Models.’’ 

This FY23 study contains Controlled 

Unclassified Information (CUI) and will 

be presented in a closed session at 

08:45–10:00 a.m. 

‘‘Advanced Concepts to Support 

Army Warfighting Functions in the 

Indo-Pacific.’’ This FY23 study contains 

CUI and will be presented in a closed 

session at 10:15–11:30 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

ASB, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 


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