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(37) Saigon-Mekong Fishery Co., Ltd. (also 

known as SAMEFICO or Saigon Mekong 

Fishery Co., Ltd.) 

(38) Seafood Joint Stock Company No. 4 

Branch Dongtam Fisheries Processing 

Company (also known as 

DOTASEAFOODCO or Seafood Joint 

Stock Company No. 4-Branch Dong Tam 

Fisheries Processing Company) 

(39) Southern Fishery Industries Company, 

Ltd. (also known as South Vina, South 

Vina Co., Ltd., or Southern Fisheries 

Industries Company, Ltd.) 

(40) Sunrise Corporation. 

(41) TG Fishery Holdings Corporation (also 

known as TG) 

(42) Thanh Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as 

Thanh Hung Frozen Seafood Processing 

Import Export Co., Ltd. or Thanh Hung) 

(43) Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd. (also known 

as THIMACO or Thien Ma or Thien Ma 

Seafood Company, Ltd. or Thien Ma 

Seafoods Co., Ltd.) 

(44) Thuan An Production Trading and 

Service Co., Ltd. (also known as 

TAFISHCO, Thuan An Production 

Trading and Services Co., Ltd., or Thuan 

An Production & Trading Service Co., 

Ltd.) 

(45) Thuan Hung Co., Ltd. (also known as 

THUFICO) 

(46) To Chau Joint Stock Company (also 

known as TOCHAU) 

(47) Van Duc Food Export Joint Stock 

Company 

(48) Van Duc Tien Giang Food Export 

Company 

(49) Viet Hai Seafood Company Limited (also 

known as Viet Hai or Vietnam Fish-One 

Co., Ltd. or Viet Hai Seafood Co. or Fish 

One) 

(50) Viet Phu Foods and Fish Corporation 

(also known as Vietphu, Viet Phu, Viet 

Phu Food and Fish Corporation, or Viet 

Phu Food & Fish Corporation) 

(51) Viet Phu Foods & Fish Co., Ltd. 

(52) Vinh Hoan Corporation (also known as 

Vinh Hoan or Ving Hoan Co.) 

(53) Vinh Long Import-Export Company (also 

known as Vinh Long or Imex Cuu Long 

or Vinh Long Import/Export Company) 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG479 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of 

Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeast 

Data, Assessment, and Review 

(SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Meeting of the SEDAR Steering 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering 

Committee will meet to discuss the 

SEDAR process and assessment 

schedule. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee 

will meet Monday, September 24, 2018, 

from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Steering Committee 

meeting will be held via webinar. The 

webinar is open to members of the 

public. Those interested in participating 

should contact John Carmichael at 

SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) at least 24 hours in advance to 

request webinar access information. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Carmichael, Deputy Executive Director, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email: 

john.carmichael@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion are as follows: 

1. SEDAR projects update 

2. SEDAR assessment schedule 

The Committee will discuss the agenda 

items and take action as necessary. 

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 

identified 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 intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the SAFMC 

office (see ADDRESSES) at least 3 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 10, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy 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 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Submission of 

Conservation Efforts To Make Listings 

Unnecessary Under the Endangered 

Species Act 

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 November 13, 

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 docpra@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Angela Somma, (301) 427– 

8474 or Angela.Somma@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

On March 28, 2003, the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Services) announced a final policy on 

the criteria the Services will use to 

evaluate conservation efforts by states 

and other non-Federal entities (68 FR 

15100). The Services take these efforts 

into account when making decisions on 

whether to list a species as threatened 

or endangered under the Endangered 

Species Act. The efforts usually involve 

the development of a conservation plan 

or agreement, procedures for monitoring 

the effectiveness of the plan or 

agreement, and an annual report. 

II. Method of Collection 

NMFS does not require, but will 

accept, plans and reports electronically. 

NMFS has not developed a form to be 

used for submission of plans or reports. 


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In the past, NMFS has made plans and 

annual reports from states available 

through the internet and plans to 

continue this practice. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0466. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2,500 

hours to complete each agreement or 

plan that has the intention of making 

listing unnecessary; 320 hours to 

conduct monitoring for successful 

agreements; and 80 hours to prepare a 

report for successful agreements. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,820. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $150 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: September 10, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG331 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to U.S. Air Force 

Launching of Space Launch Vehicles, 

Intercontinental Ballistic and Small 

Missiles, and Aircraft and Helicopter 

Operations at Vandenberg Air Force 

Base, California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

Letters of Authorization; request for 

comments and information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to launching space launch 

vehicles, intercontinental ballistic and 

small missiles, and aircraft and 

helicopter operations at Vandenberg Air 

Force Base (VAFB), California, from 

March 27, 2019 through March 26, 2024. 

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is 

announcing our receipt of the USAF’s 

request for the development and 

implementation of regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals and inviting 

information, suggestions, and comments 

on the USAF’s application and request. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than October 15, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to Jolie 

Harrison, Chief, Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. Physical comments 

should be sent to 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and 

electronic comments should be sent to 

ITP.Carduner@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments received 

electronically, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to the 

internet at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ 

permits/incidental/military.htm without 

change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jordan Carduner, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. An 

electronic copy of the USAF’s 

application may be obtained online at: 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental/military.htm. In case of 

problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 

to allow, upon request, the incidental, 

but not intentional taking of small 

numbers of marine mammals by U.S. 

citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographic region if 

certain findings are made and either 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. 

NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ 

means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 


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