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at sea and in the air. Law enforcement 

personnel rely on vessel marking 

information to assure compliance with 

fisheries management regulations. 

Vessels that qualify for particular 

fisheries are also readily identified, and 

this allows for more cost-effective 

enforcement. Cooperating fishermen 

also use the vessel numbers to report 

suspicious or non-compliant activities 

that they observe in unauthorized areas. 

The identifying number on fishing 

vessels is used by the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United 

States Coast Guard (USCG), and other 

marine agencies in issuing regulations, 

prosecutions, and other enforcement 

actions necessary to support sustainable 

fisheries behaviors as intended in 

regulations. Regulation-compliant 

fishermen ultimately benefit from these 

requirements, as unauthorized and 

illegal fishing is deterred and more 

burdensome regulations are avoided. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Every 5 years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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: April 7, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD131 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Construction of 

the Block Island Transmission System 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed revised 

incidental harassment authorization; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS received a joint request 

from Deepwater Wind Block Island 

Transmission, LLC (DWBIT) and the 

Narragansett Electric Company (a 

subsidiary of National Grid USA), doing 

business as National Grid (TNEC), to 

transfer from DWBIT to TNEC, a Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) oneyear Incidental Harassment 

Authorization (IHA) to take marine 

mammals, by harassment, incidental to 

construction of the Block Island 

Transmission System (BITS), following 

the sale of the BITS from DWBIT to 

TNEC. No other changes are proposed. 

NMFS is inviting comments on the 

proposed transfer of the BITS IHA from 

DWBIT to TNEC. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than May 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

revised IHA should be addressed to Jolie 

Harrison, Chief, Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The 

mailbox address for providing email 

comments is itp.fiorentino@noaa.gov. 

Comments sent via email, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 10- 

megabyte file size. NMFS is not 

responsible for comments sent to 

addresses other than those provided 

here. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http://www.nmfs.

noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/ 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

An electronic copy of DWBIT’s 

original IHA application and current 

IHA for the BITS may be obtained by 

visiting the internet at: http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

incidental/. NMFS prepared an 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact on the issuance 

of the BITS IHA on August 21, 2014 

which are available at the same internet 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Fiorentino, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce 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 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. 

Summary of Request 

On August 22, 2014, NMFS issued an 

IHA to DWBIT to take marine mammals, 

by Level B harassment, incidental to 

construction of the BITS, effective from 

November 1, 2014 through October 31, 

2015 (79 FR 51314). On January 30, 

2015, DWBIT sold the BITS, in its 

entirety, to TNEC. The BITS, a bidirectional submarine transmission 

cable, will interconnect Block Island to 

TNEC’s existing distribution system in 

Narragansett, Rhode Island. To date, no 

construction has occurred. 

DWBIT and TNEC subsequently 

submitted a written request to transfer 

the current IHA from DWBIT to TNEC. 

With the transfer of the BITS IHA, TNEC 

agrees to comply with the associated 

terms, conditions, stipulations, and 

restrictions of the original BITS IHA. No 

other changes were requested. The 

revised IHA, if issued, would remain 

effective from November 1, 2014, 

through October 31, 2015. 

This Federal Register notice sets forth 

only a proposed change in the BITS IHA 

holder’s name. There are no other 

changes to the current IHA as described 

in the August 28, 2014, Federal Register 

notice of a final IHA (79 FR 51314): the 

specified activity; description of marine 

mammals in the area of the specified 

activity; potential effects on marine 

mammals and their habitat; mitigation 

and related monitoring used to 

implement mitigation; reporting; 

estimated take by incidental 

harassment; negligible impact and small 

numbers analyses and determinations; 

impact on availability of affected 

species or stocks for subsistence uses 

and the period of effectiveness remain 

unchanged and are herein incorporated 

by reference. 

Proposed Revision to BITS IHA 

NMFS is proposing a change in the 

name of the holder of the BITS IHA 

from ‘‘Deepwater Wind Block Island 

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Transmission, LLC, 56 Exchange 

Terrace, Suite 101, Providence, Rhode 

Island, 02903’’ to ‘‘The Narragansett 

Electric Company, d/b/a National Grid, 

40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, 

Massachusetts, 02451.’’ 

Request for Public Comments 

NMFS invites comment on the 

proposed revised IHA. Please include 

with your comments any supporting 

data or literature citations to help 

inform our final decision on DWBIT and 

TNEC’s request for transfer of the BITS 

MMPA authorization. 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Wanda L. Cain, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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: West Coast Region, Gear 

Identification Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0352. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 685. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 574. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The success of fisheries management 

programs depends significantly on 

regulatory compliance. The 

requirements that fishing gear be 

marked are essential to facilitate 

enforcement. The ability to link fishing 

gear to the vessel owner or operator is 

crucial to enforcement of regulations 

issued under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

marking of fishing gear is also valuable 

in actions concerning damage, loss, and 

civil proceedings. The regulations 

specify that fishing gear must be marked 

with the vessel’s official number, 

Federal permit or tag number, or some 

other specified form of identification. 

The regulations further specify how the 

gear is to be marked (e.g., location and 

color). Law enforcement personnel rely 

on gear marking information to assure 

compliance with fisheries management 

regulations. Gear that is not properly 

identified is confiscated. Gear violations 

are more readily prosecuted when the 

gear is marked, and this allows for more 

cost-effective enforcement. Gear 

marking helps ensure that a vessel 

harvests fish only from its own traps/

pots/other gear are not illegally placed. 

Cooperating fishermen also use the gear 

marking numbers to report suspicious or 

non-compliant activities that they 

observe, and to report placement or 

occurrence of gear in unauthorized 

areas. The identifying number on 

fishing gear is used by the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the 

United States Coast Guard (USCG), and 

other marine agencies in issuing 

regulations, prosecutions, and other 

enforcement actions necessary to 

support sustainable fisheries behaviors 

as intended in regulations. Regulationcompliant fishermen ultimately benefit 

from these requirements, as 

unauthorized and illegal fishing is 

deterred and more burdensome 

regulations are avoided. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Every five years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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: April 7, 2015. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Technical Information Service 

National Technical Information Service 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Technical Information 

Service. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

next meeting of the National Technical 

Information Service Advisory Board (the 

Advisory Board), which advises the 

Secretary of Commerce and the Director 

of the National Technical Information 

Service (NTIS) on policies and 

operations of the Service. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on 

Friday, April 24, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. 

to approximately 2:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will be 

held in Room 116 of the NTIS Facility 

at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22312. Please note admittance 

instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bruce Borzino, (703) 605–6405, 

bborzino@ntis.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NTIS 

Advisory Board is established by 

Section 3704b(c) of Title 15 of the 

United States Code. The charter has 

been filed in accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App.). 

The meeting will focus on a review of 

NTIS performance and 

accomplishments in the first half of 

Fiscal Year 2015. A final agenda and 

summary of the proceedings will be 

posted at NTIS Web site as soon as they 

are available (http://www.ntis.gov/

about/advisorybd.aspx). 

The NTIS Facility is a secure one. 

Accordingly persons wishing to attend 

should call the NTIS Visitors Center, 

(703) 605–6040, to arrange for 

admission no later than Monday, April 

20, 2015. If there are sufficient 

expressions of interest, up to one-half 

hour will be reserved for public 

comments during the session. Questions 

from the public will not be considered 

by the Board but any person who wishes 

to submit a written question for the 

Board’s consideration should mail or 

email it to the NTIS Visitor Center, 

bookstore@ntis.gov, not later than 

Monday, April 20, 2015. 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

Bruce Borzino, 

Director. 

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