7566 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2012 / Notices 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 27, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 605 W. 4th 

Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram; NPFMC; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan 

Team will meet to discuss status of 

statewide scallop stocks and compile 

the annual Stock Assessment Evaluation 

report (SAFE). The Agenda is subject to 

change, and the latest version will be 

posted at http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. 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 Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 

working days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA997 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will hold public 

meetings. 

DATES: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will meet February 29 

to March 7, 2012. The Pacific Council 

meeting will begin on Friday, March 2, 

2012 at 8 a.m., reconvening each day 

through Wednesday, March 7, 2012. All 

meetings are open to the public, except 

a closed session will be held as the third 

agenda item on Saturday, March 3 to 

address litigation and personnel 

matters. The Pacific Council will meet 

as late as necessary each day to 

complete its scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific 

Council and its advisory entities will be 

held at the DoubleTree Hotel 

Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way, 

Sacramento, CA 95815; telephone: (916) 

929–8855. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280 or (866) 806– 

7204 toll free; or access the Pacific 

Council Web site, http:// 

www.pcouncil.org for the current 

meeting location, proposed agenda, and 

meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order: 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Roll Call 

3. Executive Director’s Report 

4. Approve Agenda 

B. Highly Migratory Species 

Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) Report 

2. Update on and Recommendations 

for International Management 

Activities 

3. Swordfish Management Data Report 

and Future Management 

Recommendations 

C. Open Comment Period 

Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Exempted Fishing Permits for 2012 

E. Habitat 

Current Habitat Issues 

F. Groundfish Management 

1. Planning and Necessary Actions for 

the 2012–13 Pacific Whiting 

Fishing Seasons, Including 

Potential Impacts from the Pacific 

Dawn Litigation 

2. Briefing on and Limited Actions for 

Emerging Issues in the 2013–14 

Biennial Specifications Process 

3. NMFS Report 

4. Scoping for Amendment 24: 

Improvements to the Groundfish 

Management Process 

5. Stock Assessment Planning for 

Management Specifications in the 

2014–15 Fisheries 

6. Consideration of Inseason 

Adjustments 

7. Harvest Set-Aside Flexibility 

8. Trawl Rationalization Trailing 

Actions and Allocation 

Amendments and Actions 

G. Salmon Management 

1. NMFS Report 

2. Review of 2011 Fisheries and 

Summary of 2012 Stock Abundance 

Forecasts 

3. Rebuilding Plan Consideration for 

Sacramento River Fall Chinook and 

Strait of Juan de Fuca Coho 

4. Identification of Management 

Objectives and Preliminary 

Definition of 2012 Salmon 

Management Alternatives 

5. Council Recommendations for 2012 

Management Alternative Analysis 

6. Scoping of Amendment 17: 

Updating Salmon Essential Fish 

Habitat 

7. Further Council Direction for 2012 

Management Alternatives 

8. Adoption of 2012 Management 

Alternatives for Public Review 

9. Salmon Hearings Officers 

H. Pacific Halibut Management 

1. Report on the International Pacific 

Halibut Commission Meeting 

2. Incidental Catch Recommendations 

for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear 

Sablefish Fisheries 

3. Update on Review of Pacific 

Halibut Management under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

and Status of Preliminary 

Alternatives for Incidental Catch 

Retention of Pacific Halibut in the 

Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish 

Fisheries 

I. Administrative Matters 

1. Approval of Council Meeting 

Minutes 

2. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures 

3. Future Council Meeting Agenda 

and Workload Planning 

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings 

Day 1—Wednesday, February 29, 2012 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species 

Management Team—8 a.m. 

Day 2—Thursday, March 1, 2012 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species 

Management Team—8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee— 

8 a.m. 

Day 3—Friday, March 2, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

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Team—8 a.m. 

Habitat Committee—8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC)—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—1 

p.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—4:30 p.m. 

Day 4—Saturday, March 3, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 

a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 

a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m. 

SSC Economic Subcommittee—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—As 

Necessary 

Tribal Policy Group—As Necessary 

Tribal and Washington Technical 

Group—As Necessary 

Day 5—Sunday, March 4, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 

a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 

a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—As 

Necessary 

Tribal Policy Group—As Necessary 

Tribal and Washington Technical 

Group—As Necessary 

Day 6—Monday, March 5, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 

a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 

a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—As 

Necessary 

Tribal Policy Group—As Necessary 

Tribal and Washington Technical 

Group—As Necessary 

Day 7—Tuesday, March 6, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 

a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 

a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—As 

Necessary 

Tribal Policy Group—As Necessary 

Tribal and Washington Technical 

Group—As Necessary 

Day 8—Tuesday, March 7, 2012 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—As 

Necessary 

Tribal Policy Group—As Necessary 

Tribal and Washington Technical 

Group—As Necessary 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council 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 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Carolyn Porter at 

(503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3231 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2012–OS–0016] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. 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 of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by April 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the Joint 

Personnel Adjudication System, ATTN: 

Autumn Grijalva, 400 Gigling Road, 

Seaside, CA 93955, or call the JPAS 

Office at 831–583–4191. 

Title; Associated Form; And OMB 

Number: Joint Personnel Adjudication 

System; OMB Control Number 0704– 

TBD. 

Needs and Uses: JPAS requires 

personal data collection to facilitate the 

initiation, investigation and 

adjudication of information relevant to 

DoD security clearances and 

employment suitability determinations 

for active duty military, civilian 

employees and contractors requiring 

such credentials. As a Personnel 

Security System it is the authoritative 

source for clearance information 

resulting in accesses determinations to 

sensitive/classified information and 

facilities. Specific uses include: 

facilitation for DoD Adjudicators and 

Security Managers to obtain accurate 

up-to-date eligibility and access 

information on all personnel (military, 

civilian and contractor personnel) 

adjudicated by the DoD. The DoD 


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