Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 231 / Monday, December 4, 2023 / Notices 84131 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Scallop 

Plan Team will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 14, 2023, from 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web 

conference. Join online through the link 

at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3024. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

Instructions for attending the meeting 

via video conference are given under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Rheinsmith, Council staff; phone: 

(907) 271–2809; email: 

sarah.rheinsmith@noaa.gov. For 

technical support, please contact our 

admin Council staff, email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Thursday, December 14, 2023 

The Scallop Plan Team will meet to 

review research priorities, and other 

business. The agenda is subject to 

change, and the latest version will be 

posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/ 

Meeting/Details/3024 prior to the 

meeting, along with meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3024. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3024. 

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

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, 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; Pacific Coast Groundfish; 

Salmon Bycatch Minimization 

Information Collection 

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 September 

25, 2023 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish 

Salmon Bycatch Minimization. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0794. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 14. 

Average Hours per Response: SMP 

proposal (10 hours), SMP amendment (3 

hours), Administrative appeals for 

disapproved SMP (6 hours), SMP 

postseason report (8 hours). 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 113 

burden hours. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. On February 23, 

2021, NMFS published in the Federal 

Register a final rule (86 FR 10857) 

allowing a Pacific whiting sector 

cooperative or group of vessels to 

develop a Salmon Mitigation Plan 

(SMP) to promote reduction in Chinook 

salmon bycatch. The rule also 

established that vessels with a NMFSapproved SMP have access to the 

Chinook salmon bycatch reserve 

regardless of NMFS implementing other 

in season measures to minimize salmon 

bycatch. The associated regulations are 

found at 50 CFR part 660. OMB 

approved the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in the final rule 

on March 10, 2021, under OMB Control 

Number 0648–0794 (Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Salmon Bycatch 

Minimization). 

The public reporting burden for the 

submission of SMPs and post-season 

reports includes the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

NMFS estimates receiving up to six 

SMP proposals, six SMP post-season 

reports, and one amended SMP, per year 

over the next three years. NMFS 

estimates receiving one administrative 

appeal for a disapproved SMP over the 

next three years. Public reporting 

burden is estimated to average 10 hours 

per response for the SMP proposal, 3 

hours per response for an amended 

SMP, 6 hours per response for an 

administrative appeal of a disapproved 

SMP, and 8 hours per response for the 

SMP postseason report. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660. 

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 0648–0794. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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