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the scope of the exempted fishing 

activity would be prohibited. 

The project would conduct dredging 

activities to assess the incidental 

mortality of scallops passing through 

the 4-inch (10.16-cm) rings of a 12-foot 

(4.57-meter) Turtle Deflector Dredge on 

sandy and hard (gravel) substrates. 

Dredging would be conducted over 

approximately 5 DAS during the 

proposed period of May 2015 through 

June 2015. All dredging would occur in 

open access scallop fishing areas off the 

coast of New Jersey. A total of 20 scallop 

tows would be conducted (10 tows per 

substrate). Each tow would be made at 

depths of 18 to 25 fathoms for a 

duration of 40 minutes. The scallop 

vessel would fish two dredges 

simultaneously. One dredge would use 

an experimental net bag cover and the 

other would fish with the industry 

standard 12-foot (4.57-meter) turtle 

excluder dredge. The experimental 

cover is constructed of 17⁄8-inch (4.76- 

cm) mesh and sewn into the top of the 

dredge apron. The bag can be dumped 

independently of the 4-inch (10.16-cm) 

ring bag to collect the scallops and other 

organisms that pass through the 4-inch 

(10.16-cm) rings. The dredge 

configurations would be switched to the 

opposite side after five tows for each 

substrate. 

All scallops that filter through the 4- 

inch (10.16-cm) rings and into the mesh 

bag would be measured for shell height 

and assessed for damage to the shell in 

one of three categories: Not injured; 

sub–lethal (repairable); or lethal (nonrepairable). After shell condition is 

assessed, shells would be spray painted 

with tow number in the corresponding 

spray paint color and placed in a whelk 

pot, which would be attached to the sea 

floor near the fishing grounds. Two 

additional DAS would be utilized, one 

each at 1 week and 2 weeks after initial 

survey, to assess mortality based on 

initial damage. The whelk pots would 

be removed from the ocean bottom after 

week-two sampling is complete. The 

weight of scallop catch retained in the 

4-inch (10.16-cm) ring bags of both 

dredges would be estimated by the 

captain. Researchers would take shell 

measurements of a subsample of 50 

scallops per tow per dredge to 

determine size selectivity within each 

dredge. All other bycatch in the 

experimental net bag would be sorted, 

the captain would estimate the weights, 

and researchers would measure a 

minimum of 25 lengths per individual 

species. No catch would be landed for 

sale. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: March 18, 2015. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06550 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

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 will hold a 

meeting of its Habitat and 

Environmental Protection (Habitat) 

Advisory Panel (AP) in N. Charleston, 

SC. The meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 

a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 

7, 2015, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4381 

Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, 

SC 29418; telephone: (843) 744–4422; 

fax: (843) 744–4472. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free: 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Habitat AP will work on updating 

existing and developing new Council 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Policy 

Statements and providing guidance on 

continued development of Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan II. The AP will receive 

presentations from Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management (BOEM) Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs and BOEM 

Outer Continental Shelf/Geological and 

Geophysical Programs on mapping, 

characterization, impact analyses and 

planning efforts in the South Atlantic 

Region. 

The AP will subsequently discuss 

redrafting the EFH Policy Statement on 

Energy Exploration, Development and 

Transportation. The AP will provide 

recommendations to the Council for 

consideration. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days 

prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Dated: March 17, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06436 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No: CFPB–2015–0012] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Bureau) is requesting 

a new generic information collection 

plan, titled, ‘‘Generic Information 

Collection Plan for Surveys Using the 

Consumer Credit Panel’’. 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before May 22, 2015 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

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www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 

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