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the slipped catch, and records the time 

and location of the slipped catch. 

This collection also requires any 

vessel with a limited access mackerel 

permit intending to land over 20,000 lb 

of mackerel to contact NMFS at least 48 

hours in advance of a fishing trip to 

request an observer. Vessels currently 

contact NMFS via phone, and selection 

notices or waivers are issued by NMFS 

via VMS. If service providers are unable 

to provide coverage, an owner, operator, 

or vessel manager may request a waiver 

by calling the Northeast Fisheries 

Observer Program. Additionally, if a 

fishing trip is cancelled, vessels must 

notify NMFS of the cancelled trip to 

prevent observers from being deployed 

to a cancelled trip. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individual or 

households, state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Pre-trip notification to 

observer program, on occasion; Trip 

Cancellation notification to observer 

program, on occasion; Released Catch 

Affidavit, on occasion; and Vessel 

Permit Swap Form, maximum of once. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Management and 

Conservation 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 

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 0648–0679. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE426] 

Nominations to the Marine Fisheries 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) seeks nominations to fill 

vacancies on the Marine Fisheries 

Advisory Committee (MAFAC or 

Committee). MAFAC is responsible to 

advise the Secretary, NOAA, and NMFS 

on all matters concerning living marine 

resources that are the responsibility of 

the Department of Commerce. The 

Committee makes recommendations to 

assist in the development and 

implementation of departmental 

regulations, policies, and programs 

critical to the mission and goals of 

NMFS. Nominations are encouraged 

from all individuals involved with or 

representing interests affected by NMFS 

actions in managing living marine 

resources. Nominees should possess 

demonstrable expertise in a field related 

to the management of living marine 

resources and be able to fulfill the time 

commitment required for two annual 

meetings and year-round subcommittee 

work. Individuals serve for a term of 

three years for no more than two 

consecutive terms if re-appointed. 

NMFS seeks qualified nominees to fill 

pending vacancies. 

DATES: Nominations must be emailed on 

or before December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Katie Zanowicz, MAFAC Assistant, 

NMFS Office of Policy, by email: 

katie.zanowicz@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Zanowicz, MAFAC Assistant; 

(301) 427–8034; email: katie.zanowicz@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MAFAC 

was approved by the Secretary on 

December 28, 1970, and subsequently 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., on 

February 17, 1971. The Committee 

meets twice a year, and holds 

supplementary meetings when 

necessary, as determined by NMFS or 

the Committee Chair. MAFAC is 

comprised of 15 to 21 individuals. 

Members are highly qualified, diverse 

individuals with experience in 

commercial, recreational, aquaculture, 

and non-commercial fisheries and 

businesses; seafood industry, including 

processing, marketing, restaurants and 

related industries; marine, ecosystems, 

or protected resources management and 

conservation; and human dimensions or 

social sciences associated with living 

marine resources and working 

waterfronts. Members may be from 

tribes or indigenous groups, 

environmental organizations, academia, 

consumer groups, and other living 

marine resource interest groups from all 

U.S. geographical regions, including the 

Western Pacific and Caribbean. 

NMFS encourages nominations of 

diverse people, including women and 

individuals from underserved 

communities that meet the knowledge, 

experience, and other requirements of 

the positions described in this notice. 

See Executive Order 13985 (Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for 

Underserved Communities Through the 

Federal Government) section 2 (defining 

‘‘underserved communities’’ as 

populations sharing a particular 

characteristic, as well as geographic 

communities, that have been 

systematically denied a full opportunity 

to participate in aspects of economic, 

social, and civic life, such as Black, 

Latino, and Indigenous and Native 

American persons, Asian Americans 

and Pacific Islanders and other persons 

of color; members of religious 

minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) 

persons; persons with disabilities; 

persons who live in rural areas; and 

persons otherwise adversely affected by 

persistent poverty or inequality), 

available at https://www.federal

register.gov/documents/2021/01/25/ 

2021-01753/advancing-racial-equityand-support-for-underservedcommunities-through-the-federalgovernment. 

A MAFAC member cannot be a 

Federal employee; a state official, their 

designee, or an appointed member of a 

regional fishery management council; 

registered Federal lobbyist; or agent of a 

foreign principal. Selected candidates 

must pass a security check and submit 

a financial disclosure form. Membership 

is voluntary and, except for 

reimbursable travel and related 

expenses, service is without pay. 

Each nomination must include the 

nominee’s name, address, telephone 

number, and email address; a cover 

letter describing the nominee’s interest 

in serving on the Committee and 

qualifications; and their curriculum 

vitae or resume. Up to three letters of 

support may be submitted. Selfnominations will be accepted. 


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Nominations should be sent to Katie 

Zanowicz (see ADDRESSES) and must be 

received by [December 23, 2024]. The 

full text of the Committee Charter and 

its current membership can be viewed at 

the NMFS web page at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

partners/marine-fisheries-advisorycommittee-charter. 

Dated: October 31, 2024. 

Heidi Lovett, 

Designated Federal Officer, Marine Fisheries 

Advisory Committee, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE431] 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Ice Roads and Ice Trails 

Construction and Maintenance 

Activities on Alaska’s North Slope 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of revised 

Letter of Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, its implementing 

regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA 

Regulations for Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to ice road and ice 

trail construction, maintenance, and 

operation in Alaska’s North Slope, 

notification is hereby given that NMFS 

has issued a revised Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) to Hilcorp Alaska, 

LLC (Hilcorp), in place of Eni US 

Operating Co. Inc. (Eni), for the take of 

marine mammals incidental to specified 

construction and maintenance activities. 

DATES: The LOA is effective through 

November 30, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA, original LOA 

request, request for transferal, and 

supporting documentation are available 

online at: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/action/incidental-takeauthorization-hilcorp-alaska-and-eniice-road-and-ice-trail-construction-and. 

In case of problems accessing these 

documents, please call the contact listed 

below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce 

(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

incidental take authorization (ITA) may 

be provided to the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

taking for subsistence uses (where 

relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe 

the permissible methods of taking and 

other ‘‘means of effecting the least 

practicable adverse impact’’ on the 

affected species or stocks and their 

habitat, paying particular attention to 

rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of 

similar significance, and on the 

availability of such species or stocks for 

taking for certain subsistence uses 

(referred to in shorthand as 

‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. The definitions of all applicable 

MMPA statutory terms cited above are 

included in the relevant sections below. 

NMFS issued regulations in 2020 that 

govern the taking of marine mammals 

incidental to ice road and ice trail 

construction, maintenance, and 

operation in Alaska’s North Slope. The 

regulations, which are effective through 

November 30, 2025, were issued in 

response to an application from Hilcorp 

Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) and Eni US 

Operating Co. Inc. (Eni) (85 FR 83451, 

December 22, 2020). Under those 

regulations, NMFS issued LOAs to 

Hilcorp and Eni (85 FR 83451). 

Description of the activities, as well as 

analysis related to the issuance of those 

LOAs, is available in the proposed and 

final rules (85 FR 2988, January 17, 

2020; 85 FR 83451, December 22, 2020). 

Summary of Request 

On October 4, 2024, Hilcorp requested 

the transfer of Eni’s LOA to Hilcorp 

because Hilcorp was expected to 

become the owner and operator of the 

Unit previously owned and operated by 

Eni as of November 1, 2024. Eni 

confirmed this in an October 23, 2024, 

letter to NMFS. Hilcorp agrees to 

comply with the terms, conditions, 

stipulations, and restrictions of the 

original LOA to Eni. No other changes 

were requested. The revised LOA 

remains effective through November 30, 

2025. 

The revised LOA sets forth only a 

change in the LOA holder’s name. There 

are no other changes to the LOA as 

described in the December 22, 2020, 

final rule and notice of issuance of 

LOAs (85 FR 83451). 

Authorization 

NMFS is changing the name of the 

holder of the LOA from ‘‘Eni’’ to 

‘‘Hilcorp’’. 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposals, Submissions, 

and Approvals 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled operates as the U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission (Commission). This notice 

announces the Commission’s intent to 

submit the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval under applicable 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. This notice provides an 

opportunity to interested members of 

the public and affected agencies to 

comment on a proposed Participating 

Employee Information (PEI) form. 

DATES: Submit comments within 30 

days of this notice, on or before 

December 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments through 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Stewart, Compliance and 

Enforcement Attorney, Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. AbilityOne Commission, 

355 E Street SW, Suite 325, Washington, 

DC 20024; telephone: (703) 254–6172; 


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