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monitoring of exploration licenses 

under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 

Resources Act. The NOAA Office for 

Coastal Management is responsible for 

approving and administering licenses. 

Any persons seeking a license must 

submit certain information that allows 

NOAA to ensure the applicant meets the 

standards of the Act. Licensees are 

required to conduct monitoring and 

make reports, and they may request 

revisions, transfers, or extensions of 

licenses. Information required for the 

issuance and extension of licenses is 

provided to fulfill statutory 

requirements to ensure that license 

applicants have identified areas of 

interest for deep seabed hard mineral 

exploration and production; developed 

plans for those activities; have the 

financial resources available to conduct 

proposed activity; and have considered 

the effects of the activity on the natural 

and human environment. This 

information is used to determine 

whether licenses should be granted or 

extended. 

Exploration licenses and commercial 

recovery permits under the Deep Seabed 

Hard Mineral Resources Act are only for 

activities by U.S. citizens in 

international waters. No license or 

permit applications have been received 

since the early 1980s, and none are 

expected during this collection period. 

U.S. deep seabed exploration licenses 

and commercial recovery permits are 

not recognized by the International 

Seabed Authority, which may raise 

security of tenure concerns 

internationally due to the lack of U.S. 

accession to the United Nations 

Convention on the Law of the Sea 

Treaty. Two exploration licenses issued 

in the early 1980s are held by Lockheed 

Martin Corporation. The licenses are 

subject to annual reporting requirements 

and extension requests every five years. 

No at-sea exploration is authorized 

under the licenses without further 

authorization from NOAA. Such 

activities are not expected during the 

reporting period for the same reason as 

above. 

Affected Public: Large businesses. 

Frequency: Report on activities 

pursuant to the exploration licenses due 

annually. Extension requests must be 

submitted every five years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

maintain licenses. 

Legal Authority: Deep Seabed Hard 

Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) (30 

U.S.C. 1401–1473); 15 CFR part 970. 

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 0648–0145. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21602 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–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; Survey to Collect Economic 

Data from Recreational Anglers along 

the Atlantic Coast 

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 March 21, 

2022 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: Survey to Collect Economic 

Data from Recreational Anglers along 

the Atlantic Coast. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0783. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension and revision of a current 

information collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 957. 

Average Hours per Response: 8 

minutes to complete NARFS III and 12 

minutes to complete NARFS IV. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 157 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

revision and extension to a currently 

approved information collection. The 

first data collection effort in 2019 under 

OMB Control Number 0648–0783 was to 

assess how changes in saltwater 

recreational fishing regulations affect 

angler effort, angler welfare, fishing 

mortality, and future stock levels. That 

data collection effort focused on anglers 

who fished for Atlantic cod and 

haddock off the Atlantic coast from 

Maine to Massachusetts (North Atlantic 

Recreational Fishing Survey I). In 2020, 

the collection was revised to remove the 

cod and haddock survey and add a 

survey focused on anglers who fish for 

summer flounder, black sea bass, and 

scup along the Atlantic coast from 

Massachusetts to North Carolina (North 

Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey II). 

In 2022, the collection was revised again 

to re-add the original cod and haddock 

survey back to this control number 

(North Atlantic Recreational Fishing 

Survey III). This revision will re-add the 

survey focused on summer flounder, 

black sea bass, and scup (North Atlantic 

Recreational Fishing Survey IV) that 

was inadvertently removed in the last 

revision. 

The objective of these surveys will 

remain exactly the same as the previous 

surveys conducted under this control 

number. That is, to statistically assess 

how anglers respond to changes in 

management options and fishing 

regulations (e.g., bag limits, size limits, 

dates of open seasons, etc.). The survey 

data will provide the information 

fisheries managers need to conduct 

updated analysis of the socio-economic 

effects to recreational anglers and to 

coastal communities of proposed 

changes in fishing regulations. The 

recreational fishing community and 

regional fisheries management councils 

now rely on species-specific socioeconomic studies of recreational fishing 

for analyses of fisheries policies. These 

surveys will address the stated need for 

more species-specific studies. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

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 


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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 0648–0783. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21604 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE285] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) will 

hold a meeting of its Scientific and 

Statistical Committee’s Social and 

Economic Panel (SEP). 

DATES: The meeting will be held via 

webinar on October 7, 2024, from 9 a.m. 

until 12:30 p.m. Registration is required. 

Webinar registration, an online public 

comment form, and briefing book 

materials will be available two weeks 

prior to the meetings at: https://

safmc.net/scientific-and-statisticalcommittee-meeting/. 

ADDRESSES: 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Wiegand, Fishery Social 

Scientist, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571– 

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

(843) 769–4520; email: 

christina.wiegand@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP 

meeting agenda includes an update on 

Council active amendments and 

discussion of modifications to the 

Southeast For-Hire Integrated Electronic 

Reporting (SEFHIER) Program. Overall 

compliance with the reporting program 

is low compared to that previously 

observed the Gulf of Mexico. The 

Council has begun discussion on ways 

to improve compliance, strengthen 

reporting requirements, and explore 

data validation, with the goal of 

utilizing the information being collected 

in future management decisions. As 

these discussions continue, the Council 

is asking for input from the SEP. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days 

prior to the public meeting date. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: September 17, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

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 

[RTID 0648–XE295] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council and 

its Executive Committee. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, October 8 through Thursday, 

October 10, 2024. For agenda details, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be an inperson meeting with a virtual option. 

Council members, other meeting 

participants, and members of the public 

will have the option to participate in 

person at the Hyatt Place Dewey Beach, 

1301 Coastal Highway, Dewey Beach, 

DE 19971, or virtually via Webex 

webinar. Webinar connection 

instructions and briefing materials will 

be available at: https://www.mafmc.org/ 

briefing/october-2024. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s website, 

www.mafmc.org, also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

although agenda items may be 

addressed out of order (changes will be 

noted on the Council’s website when 

possible). 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 

Executive Committee—Open Session 

2025 Implementation Plan: Review draft 

deliverables 

Council Convenes 

2025–2029 Strategic Plan 

Review and provide feedback on draft 

strategic plan 

Offshore Wind Update 

Updates from Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) 

Updates from Mid-Atlantic Regional 

Council on the Ocean (MARCO) on 

Offshore Wind Transmission 

Workshop 

Updates from New Jersey Department of 

Environmental Protection on Offshore 

Wind Research and Monitoring 

Initiative Research Priorities 

Updates from Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center (NEFSC) and Greater 

Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office 

(GARFO) 

General Q&A/Discussion 

Habitat Activities Update—GARFO 

Habitat and Ecosystem Services 

Division 

Presentation on activities of interest in 

the region 

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 

2025 Atlantic Mackerel Specifications 

Review recommendations from the 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC), Monitoring Committee, 

Advisory Panel, and staff 

Review previously adopted 2025 

specifications and management 

measures, and recommend changes if 

necessary 

2025–2026 Butterfish Specifications 

Review recommendations from the SSC, 

Monitoring Committee, Advisory 

Panel, and staff 

Adopt specifications for 2025–2026 

2025 Spiny Dogfish Specifications 

Review recommendations from the SSC, 

Monitoring Committee, Advisory 

Panel, and staff 


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