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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve MacLean, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, August 20, 2018 

The meeting agenda includes: Review 

and discussion of a public involvement 

section for the Bering Sea Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan, as well as provide 

comments on the NOAA’s EBFM 

Roadmap. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at: 

https://www.npfmc.org/committees/ 

ecosystem-committee. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted either 

electronically to Steve MacLean, 

Council staff: steve.maclean@noaa.gov 

or through the mail: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave. Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. Oral public testimony will 

be accepted at the discretion of the cochairs. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at 

least 7 working days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: July 31, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of Kachemak Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management 

(OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office for Coastal Management will hold 

a public meeting to solicit comments for 

the performance evaluation of the 

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine 

Research Reserve. 

DATES: Kachemak Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve Evaluation: 

The public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, and 

written comments must be received on 

or before Friday, September 28, 2018. 

For the specific date, time, and 

location of the public meetings, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the reserve by any of the following 

methods: Public Meeting and Oral 

Comments: A public meeting will be 

held in Homer, Alaska for the Kachemak 

Bay Reserve. For the specific location, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Written Comments: Please direct 

written comments to Jean Tanimoto, 

Program Evaluator, NOAA Inouye 

Regional Center, NOS/Office for Coastal 

Management, 1845 Wasp Blvd., 

Building 176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818, 

or via email to Jean.Tanimoto@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean 

Tanimoto, Program Evaluator, NOAA 

Inouye Regional Center, NOS/Office for 

Coastal Management, 1845 Wasp Blvd., 

Bldg 176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818, by 

phone at (808) 725–5253, or via email to 

Jean.Tanimoto@noaa.gov. Copies of the 

previous evaluation findings, 

Management Plan, and Site Profile may 

be viewed and downloaded on the 

internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/ 

evaluations. A copy of the evaluation 

notification letter and most recent 

performance report may be obtained 

upon request by contacting the person 

identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act (CZMA) require 

NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations 

of federally-approved National 

Estuarine Research Reserves. The 

process includes a public meeting, 

consideration of written public 

comments, and consultations with 

interested Federal, state, and local 

agencies and members of the public. For 

the evaluation of National Estuarine 

Research Reserves, NOAA will consider 

the extent to which the state has met the 

national objectives, adhered to its 

management plan approved by the 

Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to 

the terms of financial assistance under 

the Coastal Zone Management Act. 

When the evaluation is completed, 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management 

will place a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the Final Evaluation Findings. 

You may participate and submit oral 

comments at the public meeting. The 

public meeting will be held in 

conjunction with the reserve’s regularly 

scheduled commission meeting and is 

scheduled as follows: 

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 

2018. 

Time: 12:00–3:00 p.m., local time. 

Location: Islands and Ocean Visitor 

Center, 95 Sterling Highway, Homer, 

Alaska 99603. 

Written comments must be received 

on or before September 28, 2018. 

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

11.419. 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

John King, 

Chief, Business Operations Division, Office 

for Coastal Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Pacific Islands Logbook Family 

of Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0214. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 527. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Logbooks and sales reports, 5–35 

minutes based on fishery, entry/exit and 

landing notices, Protected Species Zone 

entry/exit notices, 5 minutes; landing/ 

offloading notices, 3 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 13,731. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Fishermen in Federally-managed 

fisheries in the Pacific Islands Region 

are required to provide certain 

information about their fishing 

activities, catch, and interactions with 

protected species by submitting reports 

to National Marine Fisheries Service, 

per 50 CFR part 665. These data are 

needed to determine the condition of 

the stocks and whether the current 

management measures are having the 


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intended effects, to evaluate the benefits 

and costs of changes in management 

measures, and to monitor and respond 

to accidental takes of endangered and 

threatened species, including seabirds, 

sea turtles, and marine mammals. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: July 31, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16645 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Surfclam/Ocean 

Quahog Individual Transferable Quota 

Administration 

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 October 2, 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 Douglas Potts, 978–281–9341 

or Douglas.Potts@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension of a 

currently approved collection associated 

with the Atlantic surfclam and ocean 

quahog fisheries. National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater 

Atlantic Region manages these fisheries 

in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 

of the Northeastern United States 

through the Atlantic Surfclam and 

Ocean Quahog Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council prepared the FMP 

pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The 

regulations implementing the FMP are 

specified at 50 CFR part 648. 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at §§ 648.74, 648.75, and 

648.76 form the basis for this collection 

of information. We request information 

from surfclam and ocean quahog 

individual transferable quota (ITQ) 

permit holders to issue ITQ permits and 

to process and track requests from 

permit holders to transfer quota share or 

cage tags. We also request information 

from surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ 

permit holders to track and properly 

account for surfclam and ocean quahog 

harvest shucked at sea. Because there is 

not a standard conversion factor for 

estimating unshucked product from 

shucked product, NMFS requires 

vessels that shuck product at sea to 

carry on board the vessel a NMFSapproved observer to certify the amount 

of these clams harvested. This 

information, upon receipt, results in an 

efficient and accurate database for 

management and monitoring of fisheries 

of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ. 

Georges Bank has been closed to the 

harvest of surfclams and ocean quahogs 

since 1990 due to red tide blooms that 

cause paralytic shellfish poisoning 

(PSP). We reopened a portion of the 

Georges Bank Closed Area starting in 

2012 under certain conditions. We 

request information from surfclam and 

ocean quahog ITQ permit holders who 

fish in the reopened area to ensure 

compliance with the Protocol for 

Onboard Screening and Dockside 

Testing in Molluscan Shellfish. The U.S. 

Food and Drug Administration, the 

commercial fishing industry, and NMFS 

developed the PSP protocol to test and 

verify that clams harvested from 

Georges Bank continue to be safe for 

human consumption. The National 

Shellfish Sanitation Program adopted 

the PSP protocol at the October 2011 

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation 

Conference. 

II. Method of Collection 

Forms are online at https://

www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

aps/forms.html as ‘‘fillable’’ pdf 

documents, which can then be 

downloaded, printed, and faxed or 

mailed to NMFS. ITQ transfer forms 

may also be submitted electronically. 

Information for the PSP protocol is 

submitted through paper forms, as well 

as through electronic methods, 

including email, telephone, and 

shipboard electronic equipment such as 

VHF radio, email, or a vessel monitoring 

system. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0240. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

189. 

Estimated Time Per Response: ITQ 

permit application form, review of a 

pre-filled form for renewing entities, 

ITQ transfer form, 5 minutes each; 1 

hour to complete the ITQ ownership 

form for new applicants and 30 minutes 

for the application to shuck surfclams 

and ocean quahogs at sea. The 

requirements under the PSP protocol are 

based on the number of vessels that land 

surfclams or ocean quahogs and the 

number of trips taken into the area, with 

a total estimated annual burden of 2,400 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,538. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $111,764 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 Office of 

Management and Budget approval of 


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