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E.1. Scientific & Statistical Committee 

F. Public Comment 

G. Council Discussion and Action 

15. Administrative Matters 

A. Financial Reports 

B. Administrative Reports 

C. Council Family Changes 

D. Meetings and Workshops 

E. 2025–2028 Program Plan 

F. Executive and Budget Standing 

Committee Report 

G. Public Comment 

H. Council Discussion and Action 

16. Other Business 

Non-emergency issues not contained 

in this agenda may come before the 

Council for discussion and formal 

Council action during its 198th meeting. 

However, Council action on regulatory 

issues will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this document and 

any regulatory issue arising after 

publication of this document that 

requires emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220 

(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 21, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03886 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; Alaska Region Crab 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 September 

20, 2023, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Alaska Region Crab Permits. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0514. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 468. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for Annual Crab IFQ 

Permit: 2.5 hours; Application for 

Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours; 

Application for Annual Crab Harvesting 

Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours; 

Application for Registered Crab 

Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes; 

Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master 

(skipper) Permit: 1 hour; Application for 

Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20 

minutes; Application for Transfer of 

Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for 

Transfer of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours; 

Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab 

IFQ: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer 

of IFQ between Crab Harvesting 

Cooperatives: 2 hours; Application for 

Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 2.5 hours; 

Application for Converted CPO QS and 

CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; Application for 

CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/ 

PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer: 2 hours; 

Application for Annual Exemption from 

Western Aleutian Islands Golden King 

Crab West Region Delivery 

Requirements: 2 hours; Application for 

Exemption from CR Crab North or South 

Region Delivery Requirements: 20 

hours; North or South Region Delivery 

Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary 

Community Impact Report or IPQ 

Holder Report (N or S Response Report): 

2 hours; CDQ Group Notification of 

Community Representative: 5 hours; 

Application to Become an ECCO: 2.5 

hours; Application for Transfer of Crab 

QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 2 hours; 

ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI 

Crab Rationalization Program QS 

Beneficiary Designation Form: 30 

minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS 

Decisions: 4 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,450 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska 

Regional Office, is requesting extension 

of a currently approved information 

collection for the Crab Rationalization 

Program (CR Program). 

This information collection is 

necessary for NMFS to manage the CR 

Program. The CR Program was 

implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 

10174, March 2, 2005). The CR Program 

is a limited access privilege program 

that allocates the harvest of crab 

fisheries managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 

(FMP) among harvesters, processors, 

and coastal communities. Regulations 

implementing the FMP and the CR 

Program are at 50 CFR part 680. 

Information on the CR Program is 

posted on the NMFS Alaska Region 

website at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/ 

bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crabrationalization-program. 

This information collection includes 

the forms used by participants in the CR 

Program to apply for or renew permits; 

transfer or lease individual fishing quota 

(IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ), 

quota share (QS), or processor quota 

share (PQS); and apply for exemption 

from regional delivery requirements. 

This information collection also 

includes the following reports for which 

no collection forms are used: 

• The Community Impact Report or 

IPQ Holder Report is submitted by a 

community entity or IPQ holder, 

respectively, and provides 

documentation needed by NMFS to 

evaluate the efficacy of privately 

administered contracts. 

• The CDQ Group Notification of 

Community Representative is submitted 

by the Western Alaska Community 

Development Quota (CDQ) groups 

representing Saint Paul and Saint 

George to designate to NMFS a single 

entity as the regional representative for 

these two communities. 

• The Eligible Crab Community 

Organization (ECCO) Annual Report is 

submitted by the ECCO. It details the 

use of the crab QS and IFQ and is 

intended to ensure that the ECCO 

maintains the QS and IFQ to benefit 

residents of eligible communities. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: Annually; As needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary; 

Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits; 

Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 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 


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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 0648–0514. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03944 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD739] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a joint public meeting of its 

Monkfish and Dogfish Committees via 

webinar to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL 

information: 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_

tqcp7-QiT5OILFDpmmYquQ. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Monkfish and Dogfish 

Committees will meet to discuss the 

repackaged range of alternatives 

recommended by the Sturgeon Bycatch 

Fishery Management Action Team/Plan 

Development Team, the preliminary 

draft impact analysis of alternatives, and 

recommendations from the Joint 

Monkfish and Spiny Dogfish Advisory 

Panel. They will also discuss any Joint 

Committee recommendations for final 

preferred alternatives for the NEFMC 

and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC) to consider during 

their April Council meetings where final 

action is anticipated. Other business 

may be discussed, as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 21, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03885 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; a Coastal Management Needs 

Assessment and Market Analysis for 

Financing Resilience 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before April 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0796 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Kim 

Penn, NOAA Office for Coastal 

Management, 1305 East-West Hwy 

Silver Spring, MD 20910, (410)701– 

0407, and kim.penn@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for extension of an 

approved collection of information 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and implementing 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. This 

information collection assists NOAA in 

the development of funding and 

financing coastal resilience learning 

products and tools in support of the 

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

(CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. NOAA’s 

Office for Coastal Management (OCM) 

and its regional, State, Federal, and nonprofit partners have worked closely with 

coastal managers across the country to 

increase the resilience of our coastal 

communities, economies and 

ecosystems. Under the CZMA, OCM 

provides financial and technical 

assistance to states and territories, 

including that which helps its 

customers (coastal managers) develop 

hazard mitigation and climate 

adaptation plans that include strategies 

for short-term responses to immediate 

threats (e.g., flooding, hurricanes) as 

well as long-term responses to gradual 

changes (e.g., sea level rise, drought). 

Services are provided through outreach, 

training, funding, resource, and tool 

development. 

Solutions to these resilience 

challenges are often complex and crosssectoral. Therefore, coastal decisionmakers regularly point to the need for 

more substantial, coordinated, sustained 


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