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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 incidental take authorization 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. 

NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ 

means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance, which 

(i) has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

Summary of Request 

On October 1, 2021, NMFS received 

an application from Ocean Wind 

requesting authorization for take of 

marine mammals incidental to 

construction activities related to the 

development of the Ocean Wind 1 

Offshore Wind Farm off of New Jersey 

in Commercial Lease (OCS–A–0498). In 

response to our comments, and 

following extensive information 

exchange with NMFS, Ocean Wind 

submitted a revised application on 

February 8, 2022 that we determined 

was adequate and complete on February 

11, 2022. Ocean Wind requested the 

regulations and subsequent Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) be valid for five 

years beginning in 2023. 

Ocean Wind considered the following 

activities associated with wind farm 

construction in its application: Impact 

installation of monopiles for wind 

turbine generators (WTG) foundations; 

impact installation of monopiles or pin 

piles for offshore sub-station (OSS) 

foundations; potential detonations of 

unexploded ordinances UXOs; 

construction of temporary cofferdams at 

the sea-to-shore transitions, which 

includes vibratory installation and 

removal of sheet pile; site 

characterization surveys using a range of 

frequencies; fisheries monitoring; 

placement of scour protection; and 

export cable trenching, laying, and 

burial. Vessels will be used to transport 

crew, supplies, and materials to the 

Project area and to support pile 

installation. A subset of these activities 

(e.g., installing piles using pile driving, 

UXO detonation, and site 

characterization surveys) may result in 

the take, by Level A harassment and 

Level B harassment, of marine 

mammals. Therefore, Ocean Wind 

requests authorization to incidentally 

take marine mammals. 

Specified Activities 

In Executive Order 14008, President 

Biden stated that it is the policy of the 

United States to organize and deploy the 

full capacity of its agencies to combat 

the climate crisis to implement a 

Government-wide approach that 

reduces climate pollution in every 

sector of the economy; increases 

resilience to the impacts of climate 

change; protects public health; 

conserves our lands, waters, and 

biodiversity; delivers environmental 

justice; and spurs well-paying union 

jobs and economic growth, especially 

through innovation, commercialization, 

and deployment of clean energy 

technologies and infrastructure. 

Through a competitive leasing process 

under 30 CFR 585.211, Ocean Wind was 

awarded Commercial Lease OCS–A 

0498 offshore of New Jersey and the 

exclusive right to submit a construction 

and operations plan (COP) for activities 

within the lease area. Ocean Wind, LLC 

has submitted a COP to BOEM 

proposing the construction, operation, 

maintenance, and conceptual 

decommissioning of the Ocean Wind 1 

project, a 1,100-megawatt (MW) 

commercial-scale offshore wind energy 

facility located within the northeastern 

portion of Lease Area OCS–A 0498 and 

consisting of up to 98 wind turbines, 3 

offshore sub-stations, and 3 

transmission cables to shore. 

Ocean Wind anticipates activities 

potentially resulting in take of marine 

mammals could occur for the life of the 

requested regulations and LOA. This 

includes: 

• Several construction-related highresolution site assessment geophysical 

surveys in all 5 years (88 days per year 

during Years 1, 4, and 5; 180 days per 

year during Years 2 and 3); 

• the installation of up to 98 tapered 

(i.e., one end has a larger diameter than 

the other end) WTGs (monopile 

foundation; 8⁄11-meter (m) diameter 

piles) by impact pile driving; 

• the installation of up to 3 OSSs 

foundations by impact pile driving 

consisting of either 3 monopiles (8⁄11-m 

diameter tapered piles) or 48 pin piles 

(jacket; 2.44-m diameter piles) from May 

through December in Years 1 and 2 over 

the course of 56 to 116 days; 

• the installation and removal of up 

to 7 temporary cofferdams by vibratory 

pile driving at the cable tie-in area in 

Year 1 (4 days for installation and 

removal per cofferdam; 28 days total); 

and, 

• the potential detonation of up to 10 

UXOs over the course of 10 days in Year 

1 (1 UXO detonation per day, as 

necessary). 

Ocean Wind has noted that these are 

the most accurate estimates for the 

durations of each planned activity, but 

that the schedule may shift over the 

Project due to weather, mechanical, or 

other related delays. 

Information Solicited 

Interested persons may submit 

information, suggestions, and comments 

concerning Ocean Wind’s request (see 

ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all 

information, suggestions, and comments 

related to the request during the 

development of proposed regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals by Ocean Wind, if 

appropriate. 

Dated: March 1, 2022. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB858] 

Schedules for Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshops. 

SUMMARY: Free Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshops will be held in April, May, 


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and June of 2022. Certain fishermen and 

shark dealers are required to attend a 

workshop to meet regulatory 

requirements and to maintain valid 

permits. Specifically, the Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshop is mandatory 

for all federally permitted Atlantic shark 

dealers. The Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop is mandatory 

for vessel owners and operators who use 

bottom longline, pelagic longline, or 

gillnet gear, and who have also been 

issued shark or swordfish limited access 

permits. Additional free workshops will 

be conducted later in 2022 and will be 

announced in a future notice. In 

addition, NMFS has implemented 

online recertification workshops for 

persons who have already taken an inperson training. Information about the 

online workshops can be found on the 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

Management Division’s website (see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshops will be held on April 21, 

2022 and June 2, 2022. The Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshops will be held on April 14, 

May 19, and June 23, 2022. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further 

details. 

ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops will be held in 

Wilmington, NC, and Ronkonkoma, NY. 

The Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops will be held in 

Manahawkin, NJ; Panama City, FL; and 

Warwick, RI. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for further details on 

workshop locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Cockrell by email at 

craig.cockrell@noaa.gov or by phone at 

301–427–8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic 

highly migratory species (HMS) 

fisheries are managed under the 

authority of the Atlantic Tunas 

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

and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery 

Management Plan and its amendments 

are implemented by regulations at 50 

CFR part 635. Section 635.8 describes 

the requirements for the Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshops. The workshop schedules, 

registration information, and a list of 

frequently asked questions regarding the 

Atlantic Shark Identification and Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

workshops are posted online at: https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops and https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/safe-handling-releaseand-identification-workshops. 

Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshops 

Since January 1, 2008, Atlantic shark 

dealers have been prohibited from 

receiving, purchasing, trading, or 

bartering for Atlantic sharks unless a 

valid Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshop certificate is on the premises 

of each business listed under the shark 

dealer permit that first receives Atlantic 

sharks (71 FR 58057; October 2, 2006). 

Dealers who attend and successfully 

complete a workshop are issued a 

certificate for each place of business that 

is permitted to receive sharks. These 

certificate(s) are valid for 3 years. Thus, 

certificates that were initially issued in 

2019 will expire in 2022. 

Approximately 191 free Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops have been 

conducted since October 2008. 

Currently, permitted dealers may send 

a proxy to an Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshop. However, if a 

dealer opts to send a proxy, the dealer 

must designate a proxy for each place of 

business covered by the dealer’s permit 

that first receives Atlantic sharks. Only 

one certificate will be issued to each 

proxy. A proxy must be a person who 

is currently employed by a place of 

business covered by the dealer’s permit; 

is a primary participant in the 

identification, weighing, and/or first 

receipt of fish as they are offloaded from 

a vessel; and who fills out dealer 

reports. Atlantic shark dealers are 

prohibited from renewing a Federal 

shark dealer permit unless a valid 

Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop 

certificate for each business location 

that first receives Atlantic sharks has 

been submitted with the permit renewal 

application. Additionally, a copy of a 

valid dealer or proxy Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshop certificate must 

be in any trucks or other conveyances 

that are extensions of a dealer’s place of 

business. 

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

1. April 21, 2022, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

Hampton Inn, 124 Old Eastwood Rd., 

Wilmington, NC 28403. 

2. June 2, 2022, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

Hilton Garden Inn Islip MacArthur 

Airport, 3485 Veterans Memorial 

Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Atlantic 

Shark Identification Workshop, please 

contact Eric Sander at ericssharkguide@

yahoo.com or at (386) 852–8588. Preregistration is highly recommended, but 

not required. 

Registration Materials 

To ensure that workshop certificates 

are linked to the correct permits, 

participants will need to bring the 

following specific items to the 

workshop: 

• Atlantic shark dealer permit holders 

must bring proof that the attendee is an 

owner or agent of the business (such as 

articles of incorporation), a copy of the 

applicable permit, and proof of 

identification. 

• Atlantic shark dealer proxies must 

bring documentation from the permitted 

dealer acknowledging that the proxy is 

attending the workshop on behalf of the 

permitted Atlantic shark dealer for a 

specific business location, a copy of the 

appropriate valid permit, and proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshops are designed to reduce the 

number of unknown and improperly 

identified sharks reported in the dealer 

reporting form and increase the 

accuracy of species-specific dealerreported information. Reducing the 

number of unknown and improperly 

identified sharks will improve quota 

monitoring and the data used in stock 

assessments. These workshops will train 

shark dealer permit holders or their 

proxies to properly identify Atlantic 

shark carcasses. 

Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops 

Since January 1, 2007, shark limitedaccess and swordfish limited-access 

permit holders who fish with longline 

or gillnet gear have been required to 

submit a copy of their Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshop 

certificate in order to renew either 

permit (71 FR 58057; October 2, 2006). 

These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years. 

Certificates issued in 2019 will expire in 

2022. As such, vessel owners who have 

not already attended a workshop and 

received a NMFS certificate, or vessel 

owners whose certificate(s) will expire 

prior to the next permit renewal, must 

attend a workshop to fish with, or 

renew, their swordfish and shark 

limited-access permits. Additionally, 

new shark and swordfish limited-access 

permit applicants who intend to fish 

with longline or gillnet gear must attend 

a Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop and submit a 

copy of their workshop certificate before 

either of the permits will be issued. 

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Release, and Identification Workshops 

have been conducted since 2006. 

In addition to vessel owners, at least 

one operator on board vessels issued a 

limited-access swordfish or shark 

permit that uses longline or gillnet gear 

is required to attend a Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshop 

and receive a certificate. Vessels that 

have been issued a limited-access 

swordfish or shark permit and that use 

longline or gillnet gear may not fish 

unless both the vessel owner and 

operator have valid workshop 

certificates onboard at all times. Vessel 

operators who have not already 

attended a workshop and received a 

NMFS certificate, or vessel operators 

whose certificate(s) will expire prior to 

their next fishing trip, must attend a 

workshop to operate a vessel with 

swordfish and shark limited-access 

permits on which longline or gillnet 

gear is used. 

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

1. April 14, 2022, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., The 

Mainland Holiday Inn, 151 Rt. 72 East, 

Manahawkin, NJ 08050. 

2. May 19, 2022, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton 

Garden Inn, 1101 US–231, Panama City, 

FL 32405. 

3. June 23, 2022, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton 

Garden Inn, 1 Thurber Street, Warwick, 

RI 02886. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshop, please contact Angler 

Conservation Education at (386) 682– 

0158. Pre-registration is highly 

recommended, but not required. 

Registration Materials 

To ensure that workshop certificates 

are linked to the correct permits, 

participants will need to bring the 

following specific items with them to 

the workshop: 

• Individual vessel owners must 

bring a copy of the appropriate 

swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy 

of the vessel registration or 

documentation, and proof of 

identification; 

• Representatives of a businessowned or co-owned vessel must bring 

proof that the individual is an agent of 

the business (such as articles of 

incorporation), a copy of the applicable 

swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and 

proof of identification; and 

• Vessel operators must bring proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops are designed 

to teach longline and gillnet fishermen 

the required techniques for the safe 

handling and release of entangled and/ 

or hooked protected species, such as sea 

turtles, marine mammals, smalltooth 

sawfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and 

prohibited sharks. In an effort to 

improve reporting, the proper 

identification of protected species and 

prohibited sharks will also be taught at 

these workshops. Additionally, 

individuals attending these workshops 

will gain a better understanding of the 

requirements for participating in these 

fisheries. The overall goal of these 

workshops is to provide participants 

with the skills needed to reduce the 

mortality of protected species and 

prohibited sharks, which may prevent 

additional regulations on these fisheries 

in the future. 

Online Recertification Workshops 

NMFS implemented an online option 

for shark dealers and longline and 

gillnet fishermen to renew their 

certificates in December 2021. To be 

eligible for online recertification 

workshops, dealers and fishermen need 

to have previously attended an inperson workshop. Information about the 

courses is available online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops and https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/safe-handling-releaseand-identification-workshops. To access 

the course please visit: https://

hmsworkshop.fisheries.noaa.gov/start. 

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

Dated: March 2, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04750 Filed 3–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Program for International Student 

Assessment 2022 (PISA 2022) Main 

Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 6, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Program for 

International Student Assessment 2022 

(PISA 2022) Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0755. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 11,728. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,691. 


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