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to file a separate federal registration. If 

applicable, vessel owners will be 

notified of this simplified registration 

process when they apply for their state 

or Federal permit or license. 

II. Method of Collection 

Fishermen have their information 

imported directly into the Marine 

Mammal Authorization Program 

(MMAP) from their state. If they do not 

have a state or Federal fishery permit or 

license, they can request an MMAP 

registration form from their regional 

NMFS office and mail in the registration 

form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0293. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

600. 

Estimated Time per Response: Initial 

registration 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 150. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $15,300 in recordkeeping/

reporting costs and application fees. 

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: March 10, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05876 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Annual Survey of Manufactures. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0449. 

Form Number(s): MA–10000(L), MA– 

10000(S), NC–99530. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 68.000. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours 

and 32 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 172,540. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

has conducted the Annual Survey of 

Manufactures (ASM) since 1949 to 

provide key measures of manufacturing 

activity during intercensal periods. In 

census years ending in ‘‘2’’ and ‘‘7,’’ we 

mail and collect the ASM as part of the 

Economic Census covering the 

Manufacturing Sector. 

The ASM statistics are based on a 

survey that includes both mail and 

nonmail components. The mail portion 

of the survey consists of a probability 

sample that will be redesigned for the 

2014 ASM using a methodology similar 

to the one that was used for the 2009 

ASM. However, the industry strata for 

the 2014 ASM sample will be based on 

the 2012 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS), which 

combines many of the six-digit codes in 

the Manufacturing Sector. For the 2009 

ASM, approximately 51,000 

manufacturing establishments were 

selected from a frame of approximately 

117,000 establishments. The frame 

contained all manufacturing 

establishments of multiunit companies 

(companies with operations at more 

than one location) and the largest singlelocation manufacturing companies 

within each industry. We expect the 

number of establishments in the 2014 

ASM sample to be about the same as the 

number in the 2009 ASM sample. The 

2009 ASM nonmail component 

contained approximately 211,000 small 

and medium-sized single-location 

companies. No data are collected from 

companies in the nonmail component. 

Data are imputed based on models that 

incorporate the administrative records 

of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

the Social Security Administration 

(SSA), and the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS). Though the nonmail 

companies account for nearly two-thirds 

of the universe, they account for less 

than 7 percent of the manufacturing 

output. 

The Census Bureau plans to revise the 

information collected in several areas of 

the MA–10000 (L). The MA–10000 (L) is 

the only form the Census Bureau plans 

to revise. The first revision is to the 

inventory section of the form, which 

covers items 9, 10 and 11 of the MA– 

10000 (L). The primary objective of the 

revision to the inventory section is to 

improve reporting and to avoid 

confusion for respondents that do not 

use the Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) method 

of valuation for inventories. In previous 

reporting cycles, reporting on these 

items were filled with errors that 

revolved around non-LIFO respondents 

reporting data in the LIFO-related items 

due to misunderstanding what was 

being requested. After research, it was 

determined that grouping all of the 

LIFO-related items together and moving 

them to the end of the inventory section 

will greatly decrease confusion for the 

large majority of respondents that do not 

use the LIFO valuation method. The 

second revision is to remove the data 

collected for depreciation, which is item 

16B of the MA–10000 (L). The removal 

of item 16B will simplify what 

respondents are required to report and 

will remove an item that does not have 

the supplemental variables that it needs 

for editing and imputation. 

This survey is an integral part of the 

Government’s statistical program. Its 

results provide a factual background for 

decision making by the executive and 

legislative branches of the Federal 

Government. Federal agencies use the 

annual survey’s input and output data 

as benchmarks for their statistical 

programs, including the Federal Reserve 

Board’s Index of Industrial Production 

and the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ 

(BEA) estimates of the gross domestic 

product. The data also provide the 

Department of Energy with primary 

information on the use of energy by the 

manufacturing sector to produce 

manufactured products. These data also 

are used as benchmark data for the 

Manufacturing Energy Consumption 

Survey, which is conducted for the 

Department of Energy by the Census 

Bureau. The Department of Commerce 

uses the exports of manufactured 

products data to measure the 

importance of exports to the 

manufacturing economy of each state. 

Within the Census Bureau, the ASM 

data are used to benchmark and 

reconcile monthly and quarterly data on 

manufacturing production and 

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The ASM is the only source of 

complete establishment statistics for the 

programs mentioned above. 

The ASM furnishes up-to-date 

estimates of employment and payrolls, 

hours and wages of production workers, 

value added by manufacture, cost of 

materials, value of shipments by class of 

product, inventories, cost of employer’s 

fringe benefits, operating expenses, and 

expenditures for new and used plant 

and equipment. The survey provides 

data for most of these items at the twothrough six-digit NAICS levels. We also 

provide geographic data by state at a 

more aggregated industry level. 

The survey also provides valuable 

information to private companies, 

research organizations, and trade 

associations. Industry makes extensive 

use of the annual figures on product 

class shipments at the U.S. level in its 

market analysis, product planning, and 

investment planning. State 

development/planning agencies rely on 

the survey as a major source of 

comprehensive economic data for 

policymaking, planning, and 

administration. 

The Ownership or Control forms (NC– 

99530) will be used to update the 

Business Register, the basic input to the 

sampling frame for many of our current 

surveys. This enables us to update 

establishments in the Census Bureau’s 

Business Register that are incorrectly 

identified as being single-establishment 

firms. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, sections 131, 182, 224, and 

225. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: March 11, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05910 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring 

Program Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0646. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 

Average Hours per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 1,303. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to obtain information from 

individuals in the seven United States 

(U.S.) jurisdictions containing coral 

reefs. Specifically, NOAA is seeking 

information on the knowledge, attitudes 

and reef use patterns, as well as 

information on knowledge and attitudes 

related to specific reef protection 

activities. In addition, this survey will 

provide for the ongoing collection of 

social and economic data related to the 

communities affected by coral reef 

conservation programs. 

The Coral Reef Conservation Program 

(CRCP), developed under the authority 

of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 

2000, is responsible for programs 

intended to enhance the conservation of 

coral reefs. We intend to use the 

information collected through this 

instrument for research purposes as well 

as measuring and improving the results 

of our reef protection programs. Because 

many of our efforts to protect reefs rely 

on education and changing attitudes 

toward reef protection, the information 

collected will allow CRCP staff to 

ensure programs are designed 

appropriately at the start, future 

program evaluation efforts are as 

successful as possible, and outreach 

efforts are targeting the intended 

recipients with useful information. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Each jurisdiction every 3– 

4 years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: March 10, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05877 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD821 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Committee to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

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 

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Four Points Sheraton, 407 

Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; 

telephone: (781) 284–7200; fax: (781) 

289–3176. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will begin work on 

development of Amendment 19 to the 

Scallop Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). Amendment 19 will consider 

measures to address timing issues that 

inhibit implementation of fishery 

specifications at the start of the scallop 

fishing year (March 1). They will also 

discuss an issue that has been raised at 


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