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utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this Information 

Collection Request (ICR). Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02075 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD674] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the 

Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska 

Rockfish Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of standard prices 

and fee percentage. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes the standard 

ex-vessel prices and fee percentage for 

cost recovery under the Central Gulf of 

Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program 

(Rockfish Program). This action is 

intended to provide participants in a 

rockfish cooperative with the standard 

prices and fee percentage for the 2023 

fishing year, which was authorized from 

May 1 through November 15. The fee 

percentage is 3.00 percent. The fee 

payments are due from each rockfish 

cooperative on or before February 15, 

2024. 

DATES: Valid on: February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charmaine Weeks, 907–586–7105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The rockfish fisheries are conducted 

in Federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska 

by trawl and longline vessels. 

Regulations implementing the Rockfish 

Program are set forth at 50 CFR part 679. 

Exclusive harvesting privileges are 

allocated as quota share under the 

Rockfish Program for rockfish primary 

and secondary species. Each year, 

NMFS issues rockfish primary and 

secondary species cooperative quota 

(CQ) to rockfish quota shareholders to 

authorize harvest of these species. The 

rockfish primary species are northern 

rockfish, Pacific Ocean perch, and 

dusky rockfish. The rockfish secondary 

species include Pacific cod, rougheye 

rockfish, shortraker rockfish, sablefish, 

and thornyhead rockfish. Rockfish 

cooperatives began fishing under the 

Rockfish Program in 2012. 

The Rockfish Program is a limited 

access privilege program established 

under the provisions of section 303A of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). Sections 303A 

and 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

require NMFS to collect fees to recover 

the actual costs directly related to the 

management, data collection and 

analysis, and enforcement of any 

limited access privilege program. 

Therefore, NMFS is required to collect 

fees for the Rockfish Program under 

sections 303A and 304(d)(2) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. Section 

304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

also limits the cost recovery fee so that 

it may not exceed 3.00 percent of the exvessel value of the fish harvested under 

the Rockfish Program. 

Standard Prices 

NMFS calculates cost recovery fees 

based on standard ex-vessel value 

prices, rather than actual price data 

provided by each rockfish CQ holder. 

Use of standard ex-vessel prices is 

allowed under sections 303A and 

304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

NMFS generates a standard ex-vessel 

price for each rockfish primary and 

secondary species on a monthly basis to 

determine the average price paid per 

pound for all shoreside processors 

receiving rockfish primary and 

secondary species CQ. Rockfish 

processors that receive and purchase 

landings of rockfish CQ groundfish must 

submit, on an annual basis, a volume 

and value report for the period May 1 

to November 15 (50 CFR 

679.5(r)(10)(ii)). 

Regulations at 50 CFR 679.85(b)(2) 

require the Regional Administrator to 

publish rockfish standard ex-vessel 

values during the first quarter of each 

calendar year. The standard prices are 

described in U.S. dollars per pound for 

rockfish primary and secondary species 

CQ landings made during the previous 

year. 

Fee Percentage 

NMFS assesses a fee on the standard 

ex-vessel value of rockfish primary 

species and rockfish secondary species 

CQ harvested by rockfish cooperatives 

in the Central GOA and waters adjacent 

to the Central GOA when rockfish 

primary species caught by a cooperative 

are deducted from the Federal total 

allowable catch. The rockfish entry level 

longline fishery and trawl vessels that 

opt out of joining a cooperative are not 

subject to cost recovery fees because 

those participants do not receive 

rockfish CQ. Specific details on the 

Rockfish Program’s cost recovery 

provision may be found in the 

implementing regulations set forth at 50 

CFR 679.85. 

NMFS informs—by letter—each 

rockfish cooperative of the fee 

percentage applied to the previous 

year’s landings and the total amount 

due. Fees are due on or before February 

15 of each year. Failure to pay on time 

will result in the permit holder’s 

rockfish quota share becoming nontransferable, and the person will be 

ineligible to receive any additional 

rockfish quota share by transfer. In 

addition, cooperative members will not 

receive any rockfish CQ the following 

year until full payment of the fee is 

received by NMFS. 

NMFS calculates and publishes in the 

Federal Register the fee percentage in 

the first quarter of each year according 

to the factors and methods described in 

Federal regulations at 50 CFR 

679.85(c)(2). NMFS determines the fee 

percentage that applies to landings 

made in the previous year by dividing 

the total Rockfish Program management, 

data collection and analysis, and 

enforcement costs (direct program costs) 

during the previous year by the total 

standard ex-vessel value of the rockfish 

primary species and rockfish secondary 

species for all rockfish CQ landings 

made during the previous year (fishery 

value). NMFS captures the direct 

program costs through an established 

accounting system that allows staff to 

track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and 

procurement. Fee collections in any 

given year may be less than or greater 

than the direct program costs and 

fishery value for that year, as the fee 

percentage is established by regulation 

in the first quarter of the calendar year 

based on the program costs and the 


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fishery value of the previous calendar 

year. 

Using the fee percentage formula 

described above, the estimated 

percentage of program costs to value for 

the 2023 calendar year is 3.59 percent 

of the standard ex-vessel value; since 

this is higher than the regulatory cap, 

the fee percentage is the capped 3.00 

percent. Program costs for 2023 

increased by 11.40 percent compared to 

2022 costs; however, the fishery value 

decreased approximately 21.30 percent 

resulting in a higher fee percentage. 

Similar to 2022, the majority of 2023 

costs were a result of direct personnel 

and contract costs. 

Species Month Average 

price/lb 

Dusky Rockfish ......................................................................................................... May ......................................................... $0.14 

June ........................................................ 0.11 

July ......................................................... 0.12 

Aug ......................................................... 0.12 

September .............................................. 0.12 

October ................................................... 0.10 

November ............................................... 0.12 

Northern Rockfish ..................................................................................................... May ......................................................... 0.14 

June ........................................................ 0.13 

July ......................................................... 0.13 

Aug ......................................................... 0.13 

September .............................................. 0.13 

October ................................................... 0.13 

November ............................................... 0.13 

Pacific Cod ............................................................................................................... May ......................................................... 0.37 

June ........................................................ 0.37 

July ......................................................... 0.33 

Aug ......................................................... 0.33 

September .............................................. 0.33 

October ................................................... 0.28 

November ............................................... 0.33 

Pacific Ocean Perch ................................................................................................. May ......................................................... 0.14 

June ........................................................ 0.14 

July ......................................................... 0.13 

Aug ......................................................... 0.13 

September .............................................. 0.13 

October ................................................... 0.09 

November ............................................... 0.13 

Rougheye Rockfish .................................................................................................. May ......................................................... 0.11 

June ........................................................ 0.10 

July ......................................................... 0.10 

Aug ......................................................... 0.10 

September .............................................. 0.10 

October ................................................... 0.10 

November ............................................... 0.10 

Sablefish ................................................................................................................... May ......................................................... 0.75 

June ........................................................ 0.81 

July ......................................................... 0.69 

Aug ......................................................... 0.69 

September .............................................. 0.69 

October ................................................... 0.69 

November ............................................... 0.69 

Shortraker Rockfish .................................................................................................. May ......................................................... 0.13 

June ........................................................ 0.19 

July ......................................................... 0.15 

Aug ......................................................... 0.15 

September .............................................. 0.15 

October ................................................... 0.15 

November ............................................... 0.15 

Thornyhead Rockfish ................................................................................................ May ......................................................... 0.40 

June ........................................................ 0.40 

July ......................................................... 0.39 

Aug ......................................................... 0.39 

September .............................................. 0.39 

October ................................................... 0.39 

November ............................................... 0.39 


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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 

et seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108–447; 

Pub. L. 111–281. 

Dated: January 29, 2024. 

Everett Wayne Baxter, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02067 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to delete product(s) and service(s) from 

the Procurement List that were 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before: March 3, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Michael R. 

Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404 

or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following product(s) and 

service(s) are proposed for deletion from 

the Procurement List: 

Product(s) 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

8460–01–113–7575—Envelope Case, Map 

and Photograph 

Contracting Activity: DLA TROOP SUPPORT, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

6545–01–525–9821—Mass Casualty Case 

6545–01–526–0062—Splint Module 

6545–01–526–0423—Mass Casualty First 

Aid Kit 

Designated Source of Supply: Chautauqua 

County Chapter, NYSARC, Jamestown, 

NY 

Contracting Activity: DLA TROOP SUPPORT, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

6135–00–904–6780—Battery, NonRechargeable, Button, 1.55V, Silver 

Oxide, NEDA 1133SO, EA/1 

Designated Source of Supply: Eastern 

Carolina Vocational Center, Inc., 

Greenville, NC 

Contracting Activity: DLA LAND AND 

MARITIME, COLUMBUS, OH 

Service(s) 

Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial 

Mandatory for: US Army Reserve, PFC 

Schooley USARC, AMSA 89, 125A 

Armory Road Galax, VA 

Designated Source of Supply: Mount Rogers 

Community Services Board, Wytheville, 

VA 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W6QK ACC–PICA 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02083 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m. EST, Friday, 

February 9, 2024. 

PLACE: Virtual meeting. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement and examination matters. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.cftc.gov/. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: January 31, 2024. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02271 Filed 1–31–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2024–FSA–0021] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) publishes this 

notice of a modified system of records 

entitled ‘‘Aid Awareness and 

Application Processing’’ (18–11–21). 

This system maintains information 

necessary for the Department to process 

applications for Federal student 

financial program assistance under title 

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (HEA); to perform the 

responsibilities of the Federal Student 

Aid (FSA) Ombudsman; to provide 

Federal student loan repayment relief 

including under the borrower defense to 

repayment regulations; to notify aid 

applicants and aid recipients of aid 

program opportunities and updates 

under title IV of the HEA via digital 

communication channels; and to 

maintain the StudentAid.gov website as 

the front end for assisting customers 

with all of their Federal student 

financial aid needs throughout the 

student aid lifecycle. The Department’s 

Digital and Customer Care (DCC) 

Information Technology (IT) system 

collects the electronic records 

maintained in the Aid Awareness and 

Application Processing (AAAP) system. 

DATES: Submit your comments on this 

modified system of records notice on or 

before March 4, 2024. 

This modified system of records 

notice will become applicable on 

February 2, 2024, unless it needs to be 

changed as a result of public comment, 

except for the modified routine use 

(1)(a) that is outlined in the section 

entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS 

MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS 

AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES,’’ 

which will be applicable on March 4, 

2024, unless it needs to be changed as 

a result of public comment. The 

Department will publish any changes to 

the modified system of records notice 

resulting from public comment. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at regulations.gov. However, if 

you require an accommodation or 

cannot otherwise submit your 

comments via regulations.gov, please 

contact one of the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. The Department 

will not accept comments submitted by 

fax or by email, or comments submitted 

after the comment period closes. To 

ensure that the Department does not 

receive duplicate copies, please submit 

your comments only once. In addition, 

please include the Docket ID at the top 

of your comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit 

your comments electronically. 

Information on using Regulations.gov, 


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