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community concerning their needs for 

standard reference materials, calibration 

services, workshops, courses, and other 

means for improvement of the quality of 

their measurement data and traceability 

to national standards. 

II. Method of Collection 

The survey will be delivered in 

electronic format as a WORD Form 

document. It will be sent as an email 

attachment to the survey participants. 

The participants will return the filled 

out forms to NIST, similarly via email. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0065. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Businesses, academic 

institutions, and Federal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 15. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,500. 

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: February 2, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD756 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of 5-Year Reviews for 32 

Listed Species of Pacific Salmon and 

Steelhead, Puget Sound Rockfishes, 

and Eulachon 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year 

reviews; request for information. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce 5-year 

reviews of 32 species listed under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA): 17 evolutionarily 

significant units (ESUs) of Pacific 

salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.); 11 distinct 

population segments (DPSs) of steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss); the Puget 

Sound/Georgia Basin DPSs of yelloweye 

rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), canary 

rockfish (S. pinniger), and bocaccio 

rockfish (S. paucispinis); and the 

southern DPS of eulachon (Thaleichthys 

pacificus). The purpose of these reviews 

is to ensure the accuracy of the listing 

classifications of these threatened and 

endangered species. The 5-year reviews 

will be based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the reviews; therefore, we request 

submission of any such information on 

these ESUs and DPSs that has become 

available since the original listing 

determinations, or since the species’ 

status was last updated. Based on the 

results of these 5-year reviews, we will 

make the requisite determinations under 

the ESA. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct these reviews, we must receive 

your information no later than May 7, 

2015. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

information on this document, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2015–0021, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal, 

first click the ‘‘submit a comment’’ icon, 

then enter NOAA–NMFS–2015–0021 in 

the keyword search. Locate the 

document you wish to comment on 

from the resulting list and click on the 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ icon on the right 

of that line. 

• Mail or hand-delivery: Dr. Scott 

Rumsey, NMFS, West Coast Region, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

submitted by one of the above methods 

to ensure that the comments are 

received, documented, and considered 

by NMFS. Comments sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted for public viewing 

on www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Scott Rumsey at the above address, by 

phone at (503) 872–2791, or by email at 

scott.rumsey@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires that we 

conduct a review of listed species at 

least once every five years. On the basis 

of such reviews, we determine under 

section 4(c)(2)(B) whether a species 

should be delisted, or reclassified from 

endangered to threatened or from 

threatened to endangered. 

We will undertake reviews for the 

following 17 Pacific salmon ESUs: (1) 

Sacramento River winter-run Chinook 

salmon, (2) Upper Columbia River 

spring-run Chinook salmon, (3) Snake 

River spring/summer-run Chinook 

salmon; (4) Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon: (5) California Coastal 

Chinook salmon; (6) Puget Sound 

Chinook salmon; (7) Lower Columbia 

River Chinook salmon; (8) Upper 

Willamette River Chinook salmon; (9) 

Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon; 

(10) Hood Canal summer-run chum 

salmon; (11) Columbia River chum 

salmon; (12) Central California Coast 

coho salmon; (13) Southern Oregon/

Northern California Coast coho salmon; 

(14) Lower Columbia River coho 

salmon; (15) Oregon Coast coho salmon; 

(16) Snake River sockeye salmon; and 

(17) Ozette Lake sockeye salmon. We 

will undertake reviews for the following 

11 steelhead DPSs: (1) Southern 

California; (2) Upper Columbia River; 

(3) Middle Columbia River; (4) Snake 

River Basin; (5) Lower Columbia River; 

(6) Upper Willamette; (7) South-Central 

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Coast; (9) Northern California; (10) 

California Central Valley; and (11) Puget 

Sound. We will also conduct reviews for 

4 non-salmonid DPSs: the three Puget 

Sound/Georgia Basin rockfish DPSs of 

yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and 

bocaccio rockfish; and the southern DPS 

of eulachon. Information about these 32 

ESUs and DPSs can be found at our 

West Coast regional Web site: http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov. 

Our regulations for periodic reviews 

at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing those species currently 

under active review. This notice 

announces our active reviews of the 

ESUs and DPSs listed above. Any 

change in listing classification would 

require a separate rulemaking process. 

Determining if a Species Is Threatened 

or Endangered 

Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires 

that we determine whether a species is 

endangered or threatened based on one 

or more of the five following factors: (1) 

The present or threatened destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range; (2) overutilization for 

commercial, recreational, scientific, or 

educational purposes; (3) disease or 

predation; (4) the inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other 

natural or manmade factors affecting its 

continued existence. Section 4(b) also 

requires that our determination be made 

on the basis of the best scientific and 

commercial data available after taking 

into account those efforts, if any, being 

made to protect such species. 

Application of the ESU and DPS 

Policies 

NMFS is responsible for determining 

whether species, subspecies, or DPSs of 

marine and anadromous species are 

threatened or endangered under the 

ESA. For Pacific salmon, we use our 

Policy on Applying the Definition of 

Species under the ESA to Pacific 

Salmon (ESU Policy) (56 FR 58612) in 

determining the appropriate taxonomic 

unit for listing consideration. Under this 

policy, populations of salmon that are 

substantially reproductively isolated 

from other conspecific populations and 

that represent an important component 

in the evolutionary legacy of the 

biological species are considered to be 

an ESU. In our listing determinations for 

Pacific salmon under the ESA, we have 

treated an ESU as constituting a DPS, 

and hence a ‘‘species,’’ under the ESA. 

For non-salmon species, including 

steelhead, NMFS applies the joint U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service-NMFS DPS 

policy (61 FR 4722) in identifying the 

appropriate taxonomic unit for listing 

consideration. Under this policy, a DPS 

must be discrete from other conspecific 

populations, and it must be significant 

to its taxon. A group of organisms is 

discrete if it is ‘‘markedly separated 

from other populations of the same 

taxon as a consequence of physical, 

physiological, ecological, and 

behavioral factors.’’ Under the DPS 

Policy, if a population group is 

determined to be discrete, the agency 

must then consider whether it is 

significant to the taxon to which it 

belongs. Considerations in evaluating 

the significance of a discrete population 

include: (1) Persistence of the discrete 

population in an unusual or unique 

ecological setting for the taxon; (2) 

evidence that the loss of the discrete 

population segment would cause a 

significant gap in the taxon’s range; (3) 

evidence that the discrete population 

segment represents the only surviving 

natural occurrence of a taxon that may 

be more abundant elsewhere outside its 

historical geographic range; or (4) 

evidence that the discrete population 

has marked genetic differences from 

other populations of the species. 

On June 28, 2005, we announced a 

final policy addressing the role of 

artificially propagated (hatchery 

produced) Pacific salmon and steelhead 

in listing determinations under the ESA 

(70 FR 37204). Specifically, this policy: 

(1) Establishes criteria for including 

hatchery stocks in ESUs and DPSs; (2) 

provides direction for considering 

hatchery fish in extinction risk 

assessments of ESUs and DPSs; (3) 

requires that hatchery fish determined 

to be part of an ESU will be included 

in any listing of the ESU; (4) affirms 

NMFS’ commitment to conserving 

natural salmon and steelhead 

populations and the ecosystems upon 

which they depend; and (5) affirms 

NMFS’ commitment to fulfilling trust 

and treaty obligations with regard to the 

harvest of some Pacific salmon and 

steelhead populations, consistent with 

the conservation and recovery of listed 

salmon and steelhead ESUs. 

Public Solicitation of New Information 

The 5-year reviews will consider the 

best scientific and commercial data 

available, particularly new information 

that has become available since the 

species’ previous status review. Our 

Northwest and Southwest Fisheries 

Science Centers will assist the West 

Coast Region in gathering and analyzing 

this information. To ensure that the 5- 

year reviews are complete and based on 

the best available information, we are 

soliciting new information from the 

public, concerned governmental 

agencies, tribes, the scientific 

community, industry, environmental 

entities, and any other interested parties 

concerning the status of the salmon 

ESUs as well as the steelhead, rockfish, 

and eulachon DPSs listed above. 

Specifically, we request new 

information that has become available 

since the respective species’ previous 

status review on: (1) Population 

abundance; (2) population productivity; 

(3) changes in species distribution or 

population spatial structure; (4) genetics 

or other indicators of diversity; (5) 

changes in habitat conditions and 

associated limiting factors and threats; 

(6) conservation measures that have 

been implemented that benefit the 

species, including monitoring data 

demonstrating the effectiveness of such 

measures in addressing identified 

limiting factors or threats; (7) data 

concerning the status and trends of 

identified limiting factors or threats; (8) 

information that may affect 

determinations regarding the 

composition of an ESU or DPS; (9) for 

Pacific salmon and steelhead, 

information on changes to hatchery 

programs that may affect determinations 

regarding their ESU or DPS 

membership; (10) information on 

targeted harvest (commercial, tribal, and 

recreational) and bycatch of the species; 

and (11) other new information, data, or 

corrections including, but not limited 

to, taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, 

identification of erroneous information 

in the previous listing determination, 

and improved analytical methods for 

evaluating extinction risk. Previous 

status reviews and supporting 

information are available on the internet 

at: http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/

publications/status_reviews/salmon_

steelhead/2011_status_reviews_of_

listed_salmon_steelhead.html. 

With respect to Puget Sound/Strait of 

Georgia DPSs of yelloweye, canary, and 

bocaccio rockfish we also request any 

new information concerning: Species’ 

spatial distribution and habitat 

associations of larval, young of the year, 

and adult fish in the nearshore and deep 

waters; the effectiveness of regulations 

to protect and restore rockfish habitats; 

genetics; effects of contaminants on 

species productivity, growth, or 

survival; effects of climate change and 

ocean acidification on these rockfish 

species; catch or bycatch of these 

species in specific fisheries, including 

information on the ability of anglers to 

properly identify rockfish by species; 

the effectiveness of fisheries 

management in reducing impacts on 

these rockfish species; efforts to remove 

and prevent derelict fishing gear; 

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fishing gear; and the use and 

effectiveness of devices designed to 

reduce the effects of barotrauma in 

rockfish bycatch. 

With respect to the southern DPS of 

eulachon, we also request any new 

information concerning: Species’ spatial 

distribution and abundance in 

freshwater and marine environments; 

genetics; the effects of natural climate 

variability and anthropogenically forced 

climate change on eulachon and their 

freshwater and marine habitat; the 

effects of ocean acidification on 

eulachon; eulachon bycatch in the 

ocean shrimp fisheries; predation on 

eulachon; and the effects of dams and 

large-scale water control structures on 

estuary-plume environments and 

eulachon. 

If you wish to provide information for 

these 5-year reviews, see ADDRESSES for 

instructions. We request that all 

information be accompanied by: (1) 

Supporting documentation such as 

maps, bibliographic references, or 

reprints of pertinent publications. We 

also would appreciate the submitter’s 

name, address, and any association, 

institution, or business that the person 

represents; however, anonymous 

submissions will also be accepted. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: February 2, 2015. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

Consumer Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

announcement of a public meeting of 

the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB or 

Board) of the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Bureau). The notice 

also describes the functions of the 

Board. Notice of the meeting is 

permitted by section 6 of the CAB 

Charter and is intended to notify the 

public of this meeting. Specifically, 

Section X of the CAB Charter states: 

(1) Each meeting of the Board shall be 

open to public observation, to the extent 

that a facility is available to 

accommodate the public, unless the 

Bureau, in accordance with paragraph 

(4) of this section, determines that the 

meeting shall be closed. The Bureau 

also will make reasonable efforts to 

make the meetings available to the 

public through live web streaming. (2) 

Notice of the time, place and purpose of 

each meeting, as well as a summary of 

the proposed agenda, shall be published 

in the Federal Register not more than 45 

or less than 15 days prior to the 

scheduled meeting date. Shorter notice 

may be given when the Bureau 

determines that the Board’s business so 

requires; in such event, the public will 

be given notice at the earliest 

practicable time. (3) Minutes of 

meetings, records, reports, studies, and 

agenda of the Board shall be posted on 

the Bureau’s Web site 

(www.consumerfinance.gov). (4) The 

Bureau may close to the public a portion 

of any meeting, for confidential 

discussion. If the Bureau closes a 

meeting or any portion of a meeting, the 

Bureau will issue, at least annually, a 

summary of the Board’s activities during 

such closed meetings or portions of 

meetings. 

DATES: The meeting date is Thursday, 

February 19, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 

Auditorium, 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Draper, Consumer Advisory 

Board & Councils, External Affairs, 1700 

G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552; 

telephone: 202–435–7176; CFPB_

CABandCouncilsEvents@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 1014(a) of the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act (http://www.sec.gov/

about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf) 

(Dodd-Frank Act) provides: ‘‘The 

Director shall establish a Consumer 

Advisory Board to advise and consult 

with the Bureau in the exercise of its 

functions under the Federal consumer 

financial laws, and to provide 

information on emerging practices in 

the consumer financial products or 

services industry, including regional 

trends, concerns, and other relevant 

information.’’ 12 U.S.C. 5494. 

(a) The purpose of the Board is 

outlined in Section 1014(a) of the DoddFrank Act (http://www.sec.gov/about/

laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf), which 

states that the Board shall ‘‘advise and 

consult with the Bureau in the exercise 

of its functions under the Federal 

consumer financial laws’’ and ‘‘provide 

information on emerging practices in 

the consumer financial products or 

services industry, including regional 

trends, concerns, and other relevant 

information.’’ (b) To carry out the 

Board’s purpose, the scope of its 

activities shall include providing 

information, analysis, and 

recommendations to the Bureau. The 

Board will generally serve as a vehicle 

for market intelligence and expertise for 

the Bureau. Its objectives will include 

identifying and assessing the impact on 

consumers and other market 

participants of new, emerging, and 

changing products, practices, or 

services. (c) The Board will also be 

available to advise and consult with the 

Director and the Bureau on other 

matters related to the Bureau’s functions 

under the Dodd-Frank Act. 

II. Agenda 

The Consumer Advisory Board will 

discuss trends and themes related to 

consumer financial marketplace. 

Persons who need a reasonable 

accommodation to participate should 

contact CFPB_504Request@cfpb.gov, 

202–435–9EEO, 1–855–233–0362, or 

202–435–9742 (TTY) at least ten 

business days prior to the meeting or 

event to request assistance. The request 

must identify the date, time, location, 

and title of the meeting or event, the 

nature of the assistance requested, and 

contact information for the requester. 

CFPB will strive to provide, but cannot 

guarantee that accommodation will be 

provided for late requests. 

Individuals who wish to attend the 

Consumer Advisory Board meeting must 

RSVP to cfpb_cabandcouncilsevents@

cfpb.gov by noon, 17, February, 2015. 

Members of the public must RSVP by 

the due date and must include ‘‘CAB’’ 

in the subject line of the RSVP. 

III. Availability 

The Board’s agenda will be made 

available to the public on February 3, 

2015, via consumerfinance.gov. 

Individuals should express in their 

RSVP if they require a paper copy of the 

agenda. 

A recording and transcript of this 

meeting will be available after the 

meeting on the CFPB’s Web site 

consumerfinance.gov. 

Dated: January 30, 2015. 

Christopher D’Angelo, 

Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

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