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Operations Plan. Any person may 

submit a Sector Allocation Proposal for 

a group of limited access general 

category scallop vessels to the Council, 

at least 1 year in advance of the start of 

a sector, and request that the Sector be 

implemented through a framework 

procedure specified at § 648.55. A group 

that wants to form a Sector and receive 

an allocation is required to submit a 

legally binding Operations Plan to the 

Council and the Regional Administrator. 

The operations plan must be agreed 

upon and signed by all members of the 

sector and, if approved, would 

constitute a contract. This information 

is necessary to describe the proposed 

sector and the proposed rules under 

which the sector would operate. This 

information is used to determine 

whether this sector would maintain 

consistency with the goals and 

objectives of the FMP. 

II. Method of Collection 

Participants will submit paper 

applications by mail, facsimile, or 

email. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0491. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations are primarily 

affected. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

647. 

Estimated Time per Response: Cost 

recovery, 2 hours; Sector proposals, 150 

hours; Sector operations plans, 100 

hours; IFQ transfer application 35 

hours; Access area trip exchange, 45 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 980. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $23,932. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

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. 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, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE371] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; 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 public hybrid meeting of 

its Groundfish Recreational and 

Advisory Panels to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This 

meeting will be held in-person with a 

webinar option. Recommendations from 

this group will be brought to the full 

Council for formal consideration and 

action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, October 28, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 High Street, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 

431–1499. 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tJYkd-GgpjsoGtx9oyjD

brnhazzPqUCH59WZ. 

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 Groundfish Recreational and 

Advisory Panels will meet to receive an 

update on development of draft 

alternatives in Framework Adjustment 

69/Specifications and Management 

Measures, including potential 

recommendations to the Groundfish 

Committee. They will receive an update 

on development of the Atlantic Cod 

Management Transition Plan. The 

Panel’s will also make 

recommendations to the Groundfish 

Committee, as appropriate. Other 

business will be discussed, if 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: October 7, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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