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SEDAR 70: Greater Amberjack Stock 

Assessment Report and SEDAR 72: Gag 

Grouper Stock Assessment Report, and 

discuss SSC Recommendations and Reef 

Fish Advisory Panel Feedback for both. 

The Committee will also discuss the 

Council Request for State Reef Fish 

Survey (SRFS) Integration and Update 

Assessment for SEDAR 72: Gag Grouper. 

The Committee will review Individual 

Fishing Quota (IFQ) Programs, Focus 

Group Formation and next steps and 

Public Hearing Draft: Reef Fish 

Amendment 36B. The Committee will 

receive an update on Draft Snapper 

Grouper Amendment 44 and Reef Fish 

Amendment 55: Modifications to 

Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper 

Jurisdictional Allocations, Catch Limits, 

and South Atlantic Sector Annual Catch 

Limits. 

The Committee will hold a discussion 

on Wenchman in the Gulf of Mexico, 

review the Revised Great Red Snapper 

Count Estimates and SSC 

Recommendations for re-evaluating Red 

Snapper Catch Advise, discuss any 

remaining SSC and Reef Fish Advisory 

Panel recommendations. 

Full Council will reconvene in a 

CLOSED SESSION for selection of IFQ 

Focus Group Participants. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2022; 8 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m., CST 

The Data Collection Committee will 

receive an update on Southeast For-Hire 

Integrated Electronic Reporting 

(SEFHIER) Program and review Draft 

Framework Action: Modification to 

Location Reporting Requirements for 

For-Hire Vessels and Reef Fish Advisory 

Panel (AP) Recommendations. The 

Committee will receive a presentation 

on Update on Modifications to the 

Commercial Electronic Reporting 

Program. The Committee will receive an 

update on Upcoming Workshop to 

Evaluate State-federal Recreational 

Survey Differences. 

The Sustainable Fisheries Committee 

will review and discuss Standardized 

Bycatch Reporting Methodology and 

SSC Recommendations. 

Following lunch at approximately 

1:30 p.m. CST, the Council will 

reconvene with a Call to Order, 

Announcements and Introductions, 

Adoption of Agenda and Approval of 

Minutes; and receive a presentation on 

Density Estimations of age-0 and age-1 

Gray Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, and 

Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites 

aurorubens, from 2007 to 2015, in the 

northern Gulf of Mexico. 

The Council will hold public 

testimony from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 

CST on Final Action Item: Framework 

Action: Modification of Vermilion 

Snapper Catch Limits; and open 

testimony on other fishery issues or 

concerns. Public comment may begin 

earlier than 2:15 p.m. CST, but will not 

conclude before that time. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony inperson must register at the registration 

kiosk in the meeting room. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony 

virtually must sign up on the Council 

website on the day of public testimony. 

Registration for virtual testimony closes 

one hour (1:15 p.m. CST) before public 

testimony begins. 

Thursday, January 27, 2022; 8 a.m.– 

4:30 p.m., CST 

The Council will receive Committee 

reports from Habitat Protection and 

Restoration, Shrimp, Outreach and 

Education, Mackerel, Data Collection, 

Reef Fish and Sustainable Fisheries 

Management Committees. The Council 

will review Closed Session Report and 

receive updates from the following 

supporting agencies: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council; Louisiana 

Law Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office 

of Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States 

Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S. 

Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; and Department of State. 

Lastly, the Council will discuss any 

Other Business items. 

Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be virtual only. You 

may register for the webinar to ‘‘listenin’’ only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org 

and click on the Council meeting tab. 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the issue, 

and the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

website as they become available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meeting. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid or 

accommodations should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least 

15 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 13, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Surfclam/Ocean Quahog 

Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) 

Administration 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0240 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Douglas 

Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–281– 

9341 or Douglas.Potts@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension of a 

currently approved collection associated 


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with the Atlantic surfclam and ocean 

quahog fisheries. National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater 

Atlantic Region manages these fisheries 

in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 

of the Northeastern United States 

through the Atlantic Surfclam and 

Ocean Quahog Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council prepared the FMP 

pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The 

regulations implementing the FMP are 

specified at 50 CFR part 648. 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at §§ 648.74, 648.75, and 

648.76 form the basis for this collection 

of information. We request information 

from surfclam and ocean quahog 

individual transferable quota (ITQ) 

permit holders to issue ITQ permits and 

to process and track requests from 

permit holders to transfer quota share or 

cage tags. We also request information 

from surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ 

permit holders to track and properly 

account for surfclam and ocean quahog 

harvest shucked at sea. Because there is 

not a standard conversion factor for 

estimating unshucked product from 

shucked product, NMFS requires 

vessels that shuck product at sea to 

carry on board the vessel a NMFSapproved observer to certify the amount 

of these clams harvested. This 

information, upon receipt, results in an 

efficient and accurate database for 

management and monitoring of fisheries 

of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ. 

Georges Bank has been closed to the 

harvest of surfclams and ocean quahogs 

since 1990 due to red tide blooms that 

cause paralytic shellfish poisoning 

(PSP). We reopened a portion of the 

Georges Bank Closed Area starting in 

2012 under certain conditions. We 

request information from surfclam and 

ocean quahog ITQ permit holders who 

fish in the reopened area to ensure 

compliance with the Protocol for 

Onboard Screening and Dockside 

Testing in Molluscan Shellfish. The U.S. 

Food and Drug Administration, the 

commercial fishing industry, and NMFS 

developed the PSP protocol to test and 

verify that clams harvested from 

Georges Bank continue to be safe for 

human consumption. The National 

Shellfish Sanitation Program adopted 

the PSP protocol at the October 2011 

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation 

Conference. 

The Council has approved 

Amendment 20 to the Surfclam and 

Ocean Quahog FMP, which would 

implement an excessive shares cap in 

this fishery. If that action is approved 

and implemented, some of the fields in 

the ITQ ownership form and the ITQ 

transfer form may change as a result. 

Any revisions to this collection will be 

specified in the upcoming proposed rule 

for the amendment. 

II. Method of Collection 

Forms are online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/resources-fishing/greateratlantic-region-forms-and-applicationssummary as ‘‘fillable’’ pdf documents, 

which can then be downloaded, printed, 

and faxed, mailed, or emailed to NMFS. 

ITQ transfer forms may also be 

submitted electronically. Information 

for the PSP protocol is submitted 

through paper forms, as well as through 

electronic methods, including email, 

telephone, and shipboard electronic 

equipment such as VHF radio, email, or 

a vessel monitoring system. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0240. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

177. 

Estimated Time per Response: ITQ 

permit application form, review of a 

pre-filled form for renewing entities, 

ITQ transfer form, 5 minutes each; 1 

hour to complete the ITQ ownership 

form for new applicants and 30 minutes 

for the application to shuck surfclams 

and ocean quahogs at sea. The 

requirements under the PSP protocol are 

based on the number of vessels that land 

surfclams or ocean quahogs and the 

number of trips taken into the area, with 

a total estimated annual burden of 2,400 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,473. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $111,757. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq, Section 303). 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01007 Filed 1–19–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Matters Related to First 

Inventor To File 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on October 5, 2021 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Matters Related to First Inventor 

To File. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0071. 


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