11692 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices 

authorization of Return Link Service 

(RLS) acknowledgment Type 1 capable 

Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz distress 

beacons. Specifically, through Request 

for Information (RFI) notices published 

in the Federal Register on February 8, 

2021 (86 FR 8598) and March 17, 2021 

(86 FR 14595), the SARSAT Program 

sought the public’s views on the 

inclusion of this optional RLS feature on 

U.S. country-coded beacons. The US 

SARSAT Program received 3 responses 

from the public to the RFI notices. 

Based on consideration of these 

responses, the addressing of several 

requirements requested by the U.S. 

Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force, and the 

update of the Standards for 406 MHz 

Satellite Personal Locator Beacons 

(PLBs) and 406 MHz Satellite 

Emergency Position Indicating Radio 

Beacons (EPIRBs), the US SARSAT 

Program is authorizing the coding and 

use of Return Link Service equipped 

PLBs and EPIRBS beacons within the 

United States Search and Rescue 

Region. These RLS enabled beacons will 

be legal for sale and use upon the 

publishing of Radio Technical 

Commission for Maritime services 

11010.4 Standard for 406 MHz Satellite 

Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). Due to 

the nature of their installation, RLS is 

currently not authorized for use in 

aviation Emergency Locator 

Transmitters. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883(d) and (e). 

Dated: February 25, 2022. 

Mark W. Turner, 

SARSAT Program Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04369 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–HR–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; Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center Sea Turtle Sightings 

The Department of Commerce 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. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register during a 60-day 

comment period on December 6, 2021. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, Commerce. 

Title: Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center Sea Turtle Sightings. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular. New 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 132. 

Average Hours per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 11 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: NOAA’s Southwest 

Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) is 

sponsoring a new information collection 

under the Endangered Species Act for 

the purpose of collecting data on West 

Coast sea turtle sightings from members 

of the public. The data collected would 

include: Date of the sighting, time of the 

sighting, sea turtle species (if known), 

behavior, estimated size, geographic 

location, photos (if taken), and the 

public respondent’s email address (used 

to ask follow-up questions if necessary). 

This information would be used by the 

SWFSC’s Marine Turtle Ecology & 

Assessment Program to monitor the 

distribution and timing of sea turtle 

occurrence along the U.S. West Coast, 

which will accordingly support its 

mission to conserve and protect 

threatened and endangered sea turtle 

populations. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Endangered Species 

Act. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering the title of the collection. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04353 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB836] 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has 

made a preliminary determination that 

an Exempted Fishing Permit application 

contains all of the required information 

and warrants further consideration. The 

Exempted Fishing Permit would allow 

four commercial surfclam and ocean 

quahog vessels to conduct at-sea 

paralytic shellfish poisoning testing in 

the Closed Area II scallop access area in 

statistical area 562. Regulations under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

require publication of this notification 

to provide interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on applications 

for proposed Exempted Fishing Permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by the following method: 

• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘Sea Watch 

Surfclam EFP.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hansen, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9225, 

Laura.Hansen@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sea Watch 

is requesting exemption from the 

Georges Bank Closed Area specified at 

50 CFR 648.76(a)(4). The proposed 

project would conduct at-sea testing for 

paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in 

the Georges Bank Closed Area II Scallop 

Access area. 

This Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

would allow two commercial surfclam 

and ocean quahog vessels, using 


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