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https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 27514 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 27514 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Shasta 

McClenahan, Ph.D., (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). 

The applicant requests a 5 year permit 

to study northern elephant seals in 

California including Piedras Blancas, 

Gorda, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and 

the Channel Islands. Research would be 

conducted year-round on all age classes 

and both sexes, with increased 

frequency and effort during the breeding 

season (December–April). Research will 

include behavioral observations, 

acoustics recordings and playbacks, 

marking, unmanned aircraft systems, 

capture, measurements, 

instrumentation, ultrasound, and 

sampling (blood, scat, urine, swabs, fur, 

vibrissae) for health monitoring and 

research. Two unintentional mortality 

takes are requested per year not to 

exceed five over the duration of the 

permit. In addition, salvage, import, 

export, and receipt of pinniped parts 

(any species) is requested for scientific 

research. The following species may 

also be unintentionally harassed during 

research: California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus), harbor seals (Phoca 

vitulina), and northern fur seals 

(Callorhinus ursinus). See the take table 

for complete numbers of animals 

requested by species, life stage, and 

procedure. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea Marine 

National Monument Permit Application 

and Reports for Permits 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on August 28, 

2023 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea Marine 

National Monument Permit Application 

and Reports for Permits. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0548. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 411. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Conservation and Management and 

Education (‘‘general’’ permits), 5 hours; 

Special Ocean Use permits, 10 hours; 

Native Hawaiian Practices permits, 8 

hours; Recreation permits, 6 hours; 

permit modification requests and final 

reports, 10 hours; and annual reports, 5 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,343. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) is 

sponsoring the information collection as 

described herein. ONMS manages 

national marine sanctuaries pursuant to 

the purposes and policies of the 

National Marine Sanctuaries Act 

(NMSA, 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). 

President Bush established the 

Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea Marine National 

Monument (Monument) through 

Presidential Proclamation 8031 

(Proclamation) dated June 15, 2006, (71 

FR 36443, June 26, 2006) under the 

authority of the Antiquities Act (Act) 

(54 U.S.C. 320301). The Proclamation 

reserves all lands and interests in lands 

owned or controlled by the Government 

of the United States in the Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), including 

emergent and submerged lands and 

waters, out to a distance of 

approximately 50 nautical miles (nmi) 

(93 km) from the islands. The 

boundaries of the Monument as 

described in Presidential Proclamation 

8031 are 100 miles (160 km) wide and 

extend approximately 1200 miles (1931 

km) around coral islands, seamounts, 

banks, and shoals. The area includes the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral 

Reef Ecosystem Reserve, the Midway 

Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, the 

Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife 

Refuge, and the Battle of Midway 

National Memorial. 

The Proclamation includes 

restrictions and prohibitions regarding 

activities in the Monument consistent 

with the authority provided by the Act. 

The Proclamation prohibits access to the 

Monument except when passing 

through the Monument without 

interruption or as allowed via permit. 

Vessels passing through the Monument 

without interruption are required to 

notify NOAA and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service upon entering into and 

leaving the Monument. Pursuant to the 

Proclamation, individuals wishing to 

access the Monument to conduct certain 

regulated activities must first apply for 

and be granted a permit. Applicants 

must also certify compliance with 

certain vessel monitoring system 

requirements. 

The information submitted in permit 

applications will, in general, be used at 

the time the application is submitted to 

make a final decision on the 

application. Some of the information 

may also be used subsequent to the 

initial decision making to inform 

management actions or decision 

making. For example, a survey of a 


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project location by one permit applicant 

may be used by the agency in the future 

to respond to a vessel grounding in the 

same area in addition to facilitating the 

agency’s decision on that application. 

Information submitted in a report will 

be used to periodically assess the 

permittee’s compliance with permit 

terms and conditions and to assist in 

evaluating the appropriateness of the 

permitted activity. 

Affected Public: Individuals, nonprofit institutions; Federal, State, local, 

government, Native Hawaiian 

organizations; business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. Permittees 

are required to submit a summary report 

due 30 days after the expiration of their 

permit; and an annual report due by 

December 31st for each year their permit 

is active. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: 54 U.S.C. 320301 et 

seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 

742f, 16 U.S.C. 742l; 16 U.S.C. 1431 et 

seq. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0548. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25848 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery (ACANC). This meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information, please visit: https://

www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/ 

Advisory-Committee-on-ArlingtonNational-Cemetery/ACANC-Meetings. 

DATES: The ACANC will meet on 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, from 1:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the 

Multipurpose Room of the Welcome 

Center at Arlington National Cemetery, 

Arlington, Virginia 22211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Renea Yates, Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) for the ACANC, or Mr. Matthew 

Davis, Alternate Designated Federal 

Official (ADFO) for the ACANC, 

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), 

Arlington, VA 22211; by email at 

matthew.r.davis.civ@army.mil; or by 

phone at 1–877–907–8585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA; 5 U.S.C. 10), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102– 

3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The ACANC 

provides independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Army independent advice and 

recommendations on matters related to 

ANC, including, but not limited to, 

cemetery administration, the erection of 

memorials at the cemetery, and master 

planning for the cemetery. The 

Secretary of the Army may act on the 

Committee’s advice and 

recommendations. 

Agenda: The Committee will receive 

a year-in-review briefing regarding ANC, 

review a road-designation proposal 

based on the congressional mandate to 

implement all Naming Commission 

recommendations, and review a 

commemorative works proposal for the 

Protestant and Catholic Chaplains 

Monuments in the context of Public 

Law 117–81, Section 584. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA and 41 CFR 102– 

3.140 through 102–3.165, this meeting is 

open to the public. 

Procedures for Attendance and Public 

Comment: To attend this meeting, 

contact Mr. Matthew Davis, the ADFO. 

(See the information listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section; 

email is preferred.) Individuals will be 

asked to submit their full name, 

organization, email address, and phone 

number to attend. Public attendance 

will be via physical presence. 

For additional information about 

public access procedures, contact Mr. 

Matthew Davis, the ADFO. (See the 

information listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section; email is 

preferred.) 

Written Comments and Statements: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3), 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j), and 41 CFR 102–3.140, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the ACANC either in response to the 

stated agenda of the open meeting or 

regarding the ACANC’s mission in 

general. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Mr. 

Matthew Davis, the ADFO. (See the 

information listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section; email is 

preferred.) Each page of the comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the ADFO at least seven business days 

prior to the meeting to be considered by 

the ACANC. Written comments or 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to the ACANC until its 

next meeting. The DFO will review all 

timely written comments or statements 

with the ACANC Chairperson and will 

ensure such comments or statements are 

provided to all ACANC members before 

the meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140d, the 

ACANC is not obligated to allow any 

member of the public to speak or 

otherwise address the ACANC during 

the meeting. Members of the public may 

be permitted to make verbal comments 

during these meetings and if allowed, 

verbal comments may only be made at 

the time and in the manner described 

below. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, the individual 

must submit a request to the ADFO with 

a brief statement of the subject matter to 

be addressed by the comment. (See the 

information listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section; email is 

preferred.) The request must be 

submitted to the ADFO at least three 

business days before the meeting. The 

ADFO will log each request in the order 

received. In consultation with the 

Chairperson(s), the DFO will determine 

whether the subject matter of each 

comment is relevant to the ACANC 

mission and/or to the agenda of this 

public meeting. Members of the public 

who asked to make a verbal comment 

and whose comments are deemed 

relevant under the process described 

above will be invited to speak in the 

order in which the ADFO received their 

request. The appropriate Chairperson(s) 


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