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DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

March 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 22187 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 22187 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Young or Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 

22187–02 is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

On November 18, 2021, notice was 

published in the Federal Register (86 

FR 64457) that a request for an 

amendment to a scientific research 

permit for research on northern 

elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) 

had been submitted by the above-named 

applicant. Following the close of the 

public comment period, the applicant 

made several substantive changes to the 

amendment request; therefore, the 

original request has been withdrawn 

from further consideration and a revised 

amendment request has been submitted. 

Permit No. 22187–02, issued on 

December 13, 2021, authorizes the 

permit holder to conduct research to 

establish a catalog of known individual 

northern elephant seals along the 

California coast. Types of authorized 

takes include behavioral observations, 

measurements, bioacoustic recordings, 

acoustic playbacks, marking, flipper 

tagging, capture, and non-invasive 

physiological sampling. The permit 

holder is requesting the permit be 

amended to include authorization for 25 

additional takes of northern elephant 

seals per year at two locations in 

California. Each animal would be 

handled up to three times per year. At 

first handling, each animal will be 

flipper tagged. At the second handling, 

each animal will be captured by hand or 

net, sedated and fitted with satellite 

transmitters, in addition to the 

physiological sampling already 

authorized. At the third handling, 

approximately three months later, 

animals would be recaptured to remove 

the instruments. Five additional takes 

are requested for animals that are 

captured and released because they are 

not appropriate candidates for the 

study. An additional 200 harbor seal 

(Phoca vitulina) takes and 185 elephant 

seal takes are requested annually for 

unintentional harassment during these 

activities. The permit holder is 

requesting two mortalities, an increase 

in the number of annual mortalities 

from one animal to two, but the total 

number of mortalities (five) allowed 

across the life of the permit will not 

change. The permit would remain valid 

until March 31, 2024. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 1, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02420 Filed 2–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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; Highly Migratory Species 

Tournament Registration and 

Reporting 

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 April 5, 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– 

0323 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 Clifford 

Hutt, Fishery Management Specialist, 

NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory 

Species Management Division, 1315 

East-West Highway, SSMC3, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; 301–427–8503; or 

cliff.hutt@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. Under the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), NOAA’s National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is 

responsible for management of the 

nation’s marine fisheries. Existing 

regulations require operators of 

tournaments involving Atlantic highly 

migratory species (HMS; Atlantic 

swordfish, sharks, billfish, and tunas) to 

register four weeks in advance of the 

tournament. Operators must provide 

contact information and the 

tournament’s date(s), location(s), and 

target species. Operators are required to 

submit an HMS tournament summary 

report within seven days after 

tournament fishing has ended. Most of 

the catch data in the summary report is 

routinely collected in the course of 

regular tournament operations. NMFS 

uses the data to estimate the total 

annual catch of HMS and the impact of 

tournament operations in relation to 

other types of fishing activities. In 

addition, HMS tournament registration 

provides a method for tournament 

operators to request educational and 


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regulatory outreach materials from 

NMFS. No changes to the reporting 

requirements are being made at this 

time. 

II. Method of Collection 

Operators have the choice of 

registering and reporting online or by 

electronic or paper forms. Methods of 

submittal include online submission 

(registering/reporting), email of 

electronic forms, and mail of paper 

forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0323. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Tournament registration, 2 minutes; 

tournament summary report, 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 110. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $34.80 in recordkeeping/ 

reporting costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 

(16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) 

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. 2022–02394 Filed 2–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

NTIA IIJA Broadband Grant Program 

Webinars 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meetings. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) will host a preNotice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) 

technical assistance webinar series in 

March–May 2022 in connection with 

the five new broadband grant programs 

authorized and funded by the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(IIJA): The Broadband Equity, Access, 

and Deployment Program; the Enabling 

Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure 

Program; and the Digital Equity Act 

Programs, which include the State 

Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, 

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant 

Program, and Digital Equity Competitive 

Grant Program. These pre-NOFO 

technical assistance webinars are 

designed to help prospective applicants 

understand NTIA’s IIJA broadband grant 

programs and to assist applicants to 

prepare high quality grant applications. 

DATES: NTIA will hold these webinars 

based on the following schedule: 

1. IIJA Broadband Programs PreNOFO Technical Assistance Webinar 

#1: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 

2:30–4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET); 

2. IIJA Broadband Programs PreNOFO Technical Assistance Webinar 

#2: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, from 

2:30–4:00 p.m. ET; 

3. IIJA Broadband Programs PreNOFO Technical Assistance Webinar 

#3: Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 

2:30–4:00 p.m. ET; 

4. IIJA Broadband Programs PreNOFO Technical Assistance Webinar 

#4: Wednesday, April 27, 2022, from 

2:30–4:00 p.m. ET; and 

5. IIJA Broadband Programs PreNOFO Technical Assistance Webinar 

#5: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 

2:30–4:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: These webinars will be 

hosted via NTIA’s virtual platform and 

conducted as a live webinars. NTIA will 

post the registration information on its 

BroadbandUSA website at https://

broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/ 

latest-events. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maci Morin, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Room 4872, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2048; 

email: BroadbandForAll@ntia.gov. 

Please direct media inquiries to NTIA’s 

Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002; 

email press@ntia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(Pub. L. 117–58) authorized and funded 

five new broadband grant programs to 

be administered by NTIA: The 

Broadband Equity, Access, and 

Deployment Program; the Enabling 

Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure 

Program; and the Digital Equity Act 

Programs, which include the State 

Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, 

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant 

Program, and Digital Equity Competitive 

Grant Program. The Broadband Equity, 

Access, and Deployment Program is a 

$42.45 billion formula-based program to 

states, territories, and the District of 

Columbia for qualifying broadband 

deployment, mapping, and adoption 

project. The Enabling Middle Mile 

Broadband Infrastructure Program is a 

competitive $1 billion grant program for 

the construction, improvement or 

acquisition of middle-mile 

infrastructure. The Digital Equity Act 

Programs—which includes the State 

Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, 

State Digital Equity Capacity Grant 

Program, and the Digital Equity 

Competitive Grant Program—allocate 

$2.75 billion to promote digital 

inclusion and equity for communities 

that lack the skills, technologies, and 

support needed to take advantage of 

broadband connections. 

These webinars are subject to change. 

Session time changes will be posted on 

the BroadbandUSA website at https://

broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/events/ 

latest-events. Any webinar cancellations 

will also be posted on the same website. 

Any date change to a scheduled webinar 

will be provided in a notice in the 

Federal Register. 


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