Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2018 / Notices 33209 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 17, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Scott Crosson, (305) 361– 

4468 or scott.crosson@

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to 

collect economic information from 

golden-crab landing commercial 

fishermen in the United States (U.S.) 

South Atlantic region. The data gathered 

will be used to evaluate the likely 

economic impacts of management 

proposals. In addition, the information 

will be used to satisfy legal mandates 

under Executive Order 12898, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species 

Act, and the National Environmental 

Policy Act, and other pertinent statues. 

II. Method of Collection 

A standardized survey will be 

administered via in-person, telephone 

and/or mail to all fishermen 

participating in the fishery. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0631. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 9. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed 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 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15191 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG302 

Endangered Species; File Nos. 18238, 

21327 and 22123 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications 

for permits and a permit modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

three applicants have applied in due 

form for a permit or permit modification 

to take green (Chelonia mydas), 

hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), 

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and olive 

ridley (L. olivacea) sea turtles for 

purposes of scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

August 16, 2018. 

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 the applicable File No. from 

the list of available applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on the applications 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, at 

the address listed above. Comments may 

also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 

713–0376, or by email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the File No. in the subject line 

of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on the 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman (for File No. 18238–01) 

or Erin Markin (for File Nos. 21327 and 

22123), (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permits and permit modification 

are requested under the authority of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

File No. 18238–01: Permit No. 18238 

issued on April 21, 2016 (81 FR 43589) 

authorizes the NMFS Southwest 

Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla 

Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, 

(Responsible Party: Lisa Ballance, 

Ph.D.,) to take green, loggerhead, and 

olive ridley sea turtles for research in 

southern California waters. Researchers 

may conduct vessel surveys for sea 

turtle counts, captures, examination, 

observation, marking, biological 

sampling, tagging, and morphometrics. 

The permit holder requests 

authorization to: (1) Increase the 

number of green sea turtles that may be 

taken from 60 to 100 turtles annually to 

accommodate an increase in survey 

effort needed to improve population 

abundance estimates, and (2) extend the 

duration of the permit until September 

30, 2025. 

File No. 21327: Raymond Carthy, 

Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife 

Research Unit, USGS–BRD, P.O. Box 

110485, Gainesville, FL 23611, proposes 

to continue research to determine (1) 

distribution and abundance, (2) use of 

benthic habitats, (3) demographics and 

movement patterns, and (4) human 

impacts for sea turtles in the Florida 

Panhandle and Big Bend region of 

Florida. Up to 1720 green, 160 

hawksbill, 285 Kemp’s ridley, and 180 

loggerhead sea turtles, annually, may be 

harassed, but not captured, during 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
33210 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2018 / Notices 

vessel surveys and when using a 

remotely operated vehicle to study 

brumating behavior. Up to 540 green, 40 

hawksbill, 210 Kemp’s ridley, and 130 

loggerhead sea turtles would be 

captured, annually, by hand, or dip, 

tangle, or strike net, marked, 

biologically sampled (blood, tissue, 

scute), tagged (flipper and passive 

integrated transponder [PIT]), measured, 

weighed, and photographed prior to 

release. A subset of captured sea turtles 

would receive a satellite tag or a 

combination of an acoustic and archival 

tag and a subset of green sea turtles 

would be lavaged prior to release. The 

permit would be valid for 10 years from 

the date of issuance. 

File No. 22123: Jeffrey Schmid, Ph.D., 

Conservancy of Southwest Florida, 1495 

Smith Preserve Way, Naples, FL 34102, 

proposes to continue long-term in-water 

studies of sea turtles inhabiting the 

Charlotte Harbor and Ten Thousand 

Islands estuarine complexes on the 

southwest coast of Florida to determine 

species composition, abundance, sizeclass distribution, migration patterns, 

growth, habitat preference, and site 

fidelity. Up to 60 Kemp’s ridley and 30 

loggerhead sea turtles, annually, would 

be captured by strike net, biologically 

sampled (blood, scute, tissue), tagged 

(PIT, flipper), transported to and 

temporarily held in a facility for 

opportunistic fecal collection, 

photographed, measured, and weighed 

prior to release. A subset of captured 

Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead sea turtles 

also would receive a satellite tag or 

radio and sonic tags prior to release. Up 

to 20 green sea turtles, annually, would 

be captured by strike net, biologically 

sampled (blood, scute, tissue), tagged 

(PIT, flipper), photographed, measured, 

weighed, and receive a satellite tag or 

radio and sonic tags prior to release. Up 

to five hawksbill sea turtles, annually, 

would be captured by strike net, 

biologically sampled (blood, scute, 

tissue), tagged (PIT, flipper), 

photographed, measured, and weighed 

prior to release. The permit would be 

valid for 10 years from the date of 

issuance. 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Julia Marie Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15196 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG336 

International Whaling Commission; 

67th Meeting; Announcement of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

date, time, and location of the public 

meeting being held prior to the 67th 

meeting of the International Whaling 

Commission (IWC). Because the meeting 

will address U.S. positions, any U.S. 

citizen with an identifiable interest in 

U.S. whale conservation policy may 

participate, but NOAA reserves the 

authority to inquire about the interests 

of any person who appears at the 

meeting and to determine the 

appropriateness of that person’s 

participation. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

August 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 

Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910, in 

the Spring Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Doherty, Office of International 

Affairs and Seafood Inspection, NOAA 

Fisheries (phone: (301) 427–8385 or 

email: Carolyn.Doherty@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of Commerce is responsible 

for discharging the domestic obligations 

of the United States under the 

International Convention for the 

Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S. 

IWC Commissioner has responsibility 

for the preparation and negotiation of 

U.S. positions on international issues 

concerning whaling and for all matters 

involving the IWC. The U.S. IWC 

Commissioner is staffed by the 

Department of Commerce and assisted 

by the Department of State, the 

Department of the Interior, the Marine 

Mammal Commission, and other U.S. 

Government agencies. 

Additional information about the IWC 

meeting, including a draft agenda for the 

meeting, is posted on the IWC 

Secretariat’s website at https://iwc.int/ 

iwc67. 

NOAA will a hold public meeting to 

discuss the tentative U.S. positions for 

the September 2018 IWC meeting in 

Florianopolis, Brazil. Because the 

meeting will address U.S. positions, the 

substance of the meeting must be kept 

confidential. Any U.S. citizen with an 

identifiable interest in U.S. whale 

conservation policy may participate, but 

NOAA reserves the authority to inquire 

about the interests of any person who 

appears at the meeting and to determine 

the appropriateness of that person’s 

participation. In particular, persons who 

represent foreign interests may not 

attend. Persons deemed by NOAA to be 

ineligible to attend will be asked to 

leave the meeting. These stringent 

measures are necessary to protect the 

confidentiality of U.S. negotiating 

positions. 

The August 7, 2018, meeting will be 

held at 9:00 a.m. in the Spring Room of 

the Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 

Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Carolyn Doherty, Carolyn.Doherty@

noaa.gov or (301) 427–8385, by July 23, 

2018. 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Christopher W. Rogers, 

Acting Director, Office of International Affairs 

and Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15237 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Environmental 

Compliance Questionnaire for National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration Federal Financial 

Assistance Applicants 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 17, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES