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is intended to replace the plan approved 

in 2018. 

DATES: Comments are due by March 4, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: The draft revised 

management plan is available at: 

grandbaynerr.org/reserve-managementplan/, or by emailing Matt Chasse of 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management 

at matt.chasse@noaa.gov. 

You may submit comments by the 

following method: 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments by email to 

matt.chasse@noaa.gov and 

ayesha.gray@dmr.ms.gov. Include 

‘‘Comments on draft Grand Bay Reserve 

Management Plan’’ in the message’s 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Chasse of NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management at matt.chasse@noaa.gov 

or (240) 628–5417. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must revise 

the management plan for the research 

reserve at least every five years. If 

approved by NOAA, the Grand Bay 

Reserve’s revised plan will replace the 

plan previously approved in 2013. 

The draft revised management plan 

outlines the reserve’s strategic goals and 

objectives; administrative structure; 

programs for conducting research and 

monitoring, education, and training; 

resource protection, restoration, and 

manipulation plans; public access and 

visitor use plans; consideration for 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. In particular, this draft of 

the revised management plan focuses on 

addressing specific research priorities, 

including restoration effectiveness 

monitoring; understating physical and 

hydrological processes within the 

reserve; sources and impacts of 

contaminants; and the socio-economic 

impacts of ecosystem restoration. There 

is also an added focus related to 

monitoring programs as a valued 

regional and national reference site 

through the use of abiotic parameters, 

sentinel sites, atmospheric mercury, and 

restoration monitoring. Furthermore, the 

plan prioritizes improving public access 

and the visitor experience through 

enhanced trail and debris management 

efforts, and a greater focus on habitat 

restoration, especially upland habitats 

(e.g., wet pine savannas and flatwoods) 

and along the marsh upland interface. 

Much of the effort in this plan is linked 

to the multi-year Grand Bay Land 

Acquisition and Habitat Management 

project. The reserve will also pursue 

research designed to protect shorelines 

and re-establish viable oyster 

populations in this area of the 

Mississippi coast. Another priority 

identified in the plan calls for reserve 

investments in the maintenance and 

upgrade of the existing facilities and 

monitoring infrastructure. 

The reserve’s training program will 

design trainings around priority issues, 

such as invasive species, habitat 

restoration, coastal and estuarine 

processes, marsh and uplands ecology, 

coastal habitats, sea level rise, and 

community resilience. A new focus area 

of the reserve identified in the plan is 

the transfer of skills and knowledge 

relating to flood mitigation to nearby 

disadvantaged communities. Education 

programming will have a continued 

emphasis on place-based learning for 

students, teachers, non-traditional 

audiences (i.e., artists, veterans, seniors 

and others). New programs will be 

added to target non-traditional reserve 

audiences, such as, pre-K students, 

people with disabilities, seniors, and 

other groups. These new programs will 

create opportunities for people who do 

not typically use the reserve or 

participate in reserve events. 

Reserve research continues to 

generate peer-reviewed and published 

research about the estuary. The reserve 

has expanded its role in restoring 

coastal habitats through the Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment funded 

‘Land Acquisition and Habitat 

Management Project’ in areas adjacent 

to the reserve. Reserve research and 

monitoring capabilities have also been 

integrated into habitat restoration 

projects and bring a new level of 

monitoring effectiveness for this type of 

project. In recent years, the reserve’s 

monitoring efforts have confirmed the 

nitrogen limitations of the estuary, 

contributed to a national analyses of 

sediment elevation table data, and 

helped create digital elevation models 

for the reserve’s sentinel sites. 

The reserve successfully conducted a 

2019 assessment of municipal officials 

that identified priorities for coastal 

training programming. These results 

were incorporated into the revised plan. 

In addition to success of the K–12 

student-focused ‘On the Road’ program, 

the reserve has emphasized place-based 

learning opportunities for the public, K– 

12 students, teachers, and nontraditional audiences (i.e., artists, 

veterans, seniors, pre-K students, people 

with disabilities, and other nontraditional groups). Engaging with nontraditional audiences has been a 

successful endeavor for this reserve. 

Since the last management plan, the 

reserve has prioritized the 

comprehensive management of upland 

and estuarine resources at a landscape 

scale. Public trails were created or 

maintained, and boat access was 

improved. The reserve has actively used 

fire management to restore wet pine 

savanna in collaboration with State and 

Federal partners. The revised 

management plan, once approved, 

would serve as the guiding document 

for the 18,049-acre research reserve for 

the next five years. 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management analyzes the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

approval of this draft revised 

management plan in accordance with 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508). The public is invited to 

comment on the draft revised 

management plan. NOAA will take 

these comments into consideration in 

deciding whether to approve the draft 

revised management plan in whole or in 

part. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 

921.33.) 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB774] 

Endangered Species; File No. 25602 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of 

application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc., 

277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, 

MA 02536 (Responsible Party: Ronald 

Smolowitz) has withdrawn its 

application for a permit to conduct 

research on leatherback sea turtles 

(Dermochelys coriacea) and 

unidentified sea turtles. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 


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1https://www.ucl.ac.uk/∼uctpbwa/papers/priceframing.pdf; https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/∼xgabaix/ 

papers/shrouded.pdf. 

2https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/documents/hiddenfeesreport_

12282016.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

20, 2021, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 38296) that a 

request for a permit to conduct research 

on leatherback and unidentified sea 

turtles had been submitted by the abovenamed applicant. The applicant has 

withdrawn the application from further 

consideration. 

Dated: January 27, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB302] 

Draft 2021 Marine Mammal Stock 

Assessment Reports; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: NMFS published a document 

in the Federal Register on October 25, 

2021 requesting comments on the Draft 

2021 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment 

Reports. The document contained 

incorrect link for submitting electronic 

comments. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 16, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Zachary Schakner, Office of Science and 

Technology, 301–427–8106, 

Zachary.Schakner@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of October 25, 

2021 (86 FR 58887), in FR Doc 2021– 

23225 on page 58887 in the second 

column, correct the ‘electronic 

submission’ directions to read: 

You may submit comments or new 

information, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0013, through the Federal 

e-Rulemaking Portal: 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

NOAA–NMFS–2022–0013 in the Search 

box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

Dated: January 27, 2022. 

Evan Howell, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No.: CFPB–2022–0003] 

Request for Information Regarding 

Fees Imposed by Providers of 

Consumer Financial Products or 

Services 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is 

seeking comments from the public 

related to fees that are not subject to 

competitive processes that ensure fair 

pricing. The submissions to this request 

for information will serve to assist the 

CFPB and policymakers in exercising its 

enforcement, supervision, regulatory, 

and other authorities to create fairer, 

more transparent, and competitive 

consumer financial markets. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CFPB–2022– 

0003, by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: CFPB_

FederalRegisterComments@cfpb.gov. 

Include Docket No. CFPB–2022–0003 in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Comment Intake—Fee Assessment, 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 

1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC 

20552. Please note that due to 

circumstances associated with the 

COVID–19 pandemic, the CFPB 

discourages the submission of 

comments by hand delivery, mail, or 

courier. 

Instructions: The CFPB encourages 

the early submission of comments. All 

submissions should include document 

title and docket number. Because paper 

mail in the Washington, DC area and at 

the CFPB is subject to delay, 

commenters are encouraged to submit 

comments electronically. In general, all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov. In addition, once 

the CFPB’s headquarters reopens, 

comments will be available for public 

inspection and copying at 1700 G Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20552, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. At that 

time, you can make an appointment to 

inspect the documents by telephoning 

202–435–7275. 

All comments, including attachments 

and other supporting materials, will 

become part of the public record and 

subject to public disclosure. Proprietary 

information or sensitive personal 

information, such as account numbers 

or Social Security numbers, or names of 

other individuals, should not be 

included. Comments will not be edited 

to remove any identifying or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Shearer, Senior Advisor; Grace 

Bouwer, Advisor, Public Engagement, 

Director’s Front Office, Office of the 

Director at 202–435–7700. If you require 

this document in an alternative 

electronic format, please contact CFPB_

Accessibility@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Consumers can only realize the 

benefits of competition if companies 

transparently advertise the true price of 

their products or services, and the full 

price is subject to the competitive 

process. Both empirical studies and 

theoretical models suggest that when 

companies use hidden back-end fees— 

which are mandatory or quasimandatory fees added at some point in 

the transaction after a consumer has 

chosen the product or service based on 

a front-end price—it can lure consumers 

into making purchasing decisions based 

on a perceived lower price.1 In addition, 

when a company charges for individual 

activities that are typical attributes of a 

product or service, it can give the 

company the power to substantially 

overcharge for those activities because 

consumers are not choosing a provider 

at the time they choose to engage in the 

activity. Well-known examples of such 

‘‘junk fees’’ include resort fees added to 

hotel bills and service fees added to 

concert ticket prices. Government 

agencies and economists have raised 

concerns about the ways in which 

America’s growing ‘‘fee economy’’ 

undermines competition.2


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