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on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01890 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Pacific Island 

Pelagic Longline Fisheries; SeabirdFisheries Interaction Recovery 

Reporting 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725– 

5175 or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) requires pelagic longline vessel 

operators to notify NMFS in the event 

an endangered short-tailed albatross is 

hooked or entangled during fishing 

operations. Following the retrieval of 

the seabird from the ocean, as required 

by Federal regulations, the vessel 

captain must record the condition of the 

injured short-tailed albatross on a 

recovery data form. A veterinarian will 

use the information in providing advice 

to the captain caring for the short-tailed 

albatross. If the albatross is dead, the 

captain must attach an identification tag 

to the carcass to assist the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologists in 

follow-up studies on the specimen. This 

collection is one of the terms and 

conditions contained in the biological 

opinion issued by USFWS, and is 

intended to maximize the probability of 

the long-term survival of short-tailed 

albatross accidentally taken by longline 

gear. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include email of electronic 

forms, or mail or facsimile transmission 

of paper forms within 72 hours of 

landing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0456. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Notification, reporting, and tagging and 

specimen handling, 1 hour each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $80 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs, mainly for at-sea communications 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Inventory of U.S. 

Marine Protected Areas: Site 

Characteristics and Human Uses 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instruments and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Charles M. Wahle, Senior 

Scientist, NOAA’s National Marine 

Protected Areas Center, via email at 

charles.wahle@noaa.gov, or by 

telephone: (831) 647–6460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a revision and 

extension of an approved data collection 

effort to provide ocean managers, users 

and other interested parties with 

accurate, objective and useful 

information about the location, purpose, 

management and human uses of marine 

protected areas in the coastal and 

marine waters of the United States. To 

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this end, NOAA’s National Marine 

Protected Areas Center (MPA Center), 

part of the Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), proposes to 

continue and augment an ongoing effort 

to inventory all U.S. MPAs. 

The MPA Center was established 

under Executive Order 13158, which 

directs NOAA and the Department of 

the Interior to work collaboratively with 

state, federal, territorial and tribal 

partners to enhance ocean conservation 

and management throughout the 

nation’s system of MPAs. The Marine 

Protected Areas Inventory— a publicly 

available, online, spatial database that 

provides detailed and unique 

information on MPAs nationwide—is 

fundamental to this goal. Required by 

Executive Order 13158, the Inventory 

provides access to data and summary 

products on over 1,600 MPA sites across 

different management programs and all 

levels of government. The MPA 

Inventory is accessible via the MPA 

Center’s Web site, 

marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov. 

This data collection effort would 

continue providing U.S. MPA managers 

with a voluntary, online means to share 

and update important information 

about: (i) The site’s establishment, 

purpose(s), management approaches, 

and natural and cultural resources; and, 

(ii) the types, trends and potential 

resource management implications of 

expanding recreational uses within U.S. 

MPAs. 

The MPA Inventory data collection 

continues the periodic and voluntary 

solicitation of site-specific descriptive 

data from all MPAs in the U.S. 

Typically, an individual MPA site 

would complete an online site data form 

once, and then update it if necessary to 

reflect changes in boundaries, 

regulations, management approaches, 

etc. In order to keep this vital data 

resource current and accurate with the 

latest status and information on MPAs 

nationwide, the online site data form, 

posted at 

marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov, can be 

used to: (i) Describe a new or modified 

MPA; (ii) provide feedback, corrections 

or additions to existing MPA Inventory 

data; or, (iii) evaluate whether a site 

proposed for inclusion in the National 

System of MPAs meets the eligibility 

criteria (typically 5–10 sites per year). 

The MPA Inventory is frequently used 

by ocean managers, users, scientists and 

others to better understand place-based 

management of U.S. waters. 

In addition to continuing to manage 

and share descriptive information on 

U.S. MPAs, the MPA Center proposes to 

contact State and Federal MPA 

managers to solicit and facilitate their 

participation in a voluntary survey 

about conditions and trends in 

recreational uses of their sites. Data 

addressing the nature, trends, drivers 

and implications of recreational uses 

will be collected from U.S. MPA 

managers electronically over a period of 

6 weeks using an online survey 

instrument. Individual managers’ 

responses will remain confidential and 

the results aggregated to illustrate 

meaningful general trends rather data 

specific to a single MPA. Important 

patterns and lessons learned from this 

data collection will be shared directly 

with MPA managers around the country 

to assist in their management of some of 

the nation’s most treasured ocean and 

coastal areas. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submissions will be made on line. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0449. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Revision and 

extension of an approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Approximately 300 

State, territorial and federal MPA 

managers or staff. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

150. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes each for the uploading of 

information and for the survey. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD743 

International Affairs; U.S. Fishing 

Opportunities in the Northwest Atlantic 

Fisheries Organization Regulatory 

Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of U.S. fishing 

opportunities. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces fishing 

opportunities in the Northwest Atlantic 

Fisheries Organization (NAFO) 

Regulatory Area. This action is 

necessary to make fishing privileges 

available on an equitable basis. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2015, 

through December 31, 2015. Expressions 

of interest regarding fishing 

opportunities in NAFO will be accepted 

through February 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest 

regarding U.S. fishing opportunities in 

NAFO should be made in writing to 

Douglas W. Christel in the NMFS 

Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office at 55 Great Republic Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930 (phone: 978– 

281–9141, email: Douglas.Christel@

noaa.gov). 

Information relating to chartering 

vessels of another NAFO Contracting 

Party, or transferring NAFO fishing 

opportunities to or from another NAFO 

Contracting Party is available from 

Patrick E. Moran in the NMFS Office of 

International Affairs at 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

(phone: 301–427–8370, fax: 301–713– 

2313, email: Pat.Moran@noaa.gov). 

Information relating to NAFO fishing 

opportunities, NAFO Conservation and 

Enforcement Measures, and the High 

Seas Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA) 

Permit is available from Douglas 

Christel, in the NMFS Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office at 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 

(phone: 978–281–9141, fax: 978–281– 

9135, email: douglas.christel@noaa.gov) 

and from NAFO on the World Wide 

Web at http://www.nafo.int. 

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