Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 16, 2022 / Notices 14841 

Call in information: +1 (415) 655– 

0060, Access Code: 547–372–805. 

ADDRESSES: Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will meet to review roles and 

responsibilities of the SSC as well as 

SSC work priorities for 2022. They will 

receive a presentation on the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC) 

State of the Ecosystem Report and 

provide the Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center any recommendations about 

revisions. They will consider other 

business as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action 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 the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05520 Filed 3–15–22; 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; Fishery Products Subject to 

Trade Restrictions Pursuant to 

Certification Under the High Seas 

Driftnet Fishing (HSDF) Moratorium 

Protection Act. 

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 on November 9, 

2021 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Fishery Products Subject to 

Trade Restrictions Pursuant to 

Certification Under the High Seas 

Driftnet Fishing (HSDF) Moratorium 

Protection Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0651. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100 

respondents annually filing 50 

responses each. 

Average Hours per Response: 0.167. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 835 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: National Marine 

Fisheries Service’s Office of 

International Affairs and Seafood 

Inspection is requesting an extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection. 

The information collection involves 

certification of admissibility for 

importation of certain fish and fish 

products that are subject to 

requirements of the High Seas Driftnet 

Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 

(Moratorium Protection Act) or the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA). 

Pursuant to a final rule implementing 

certain provisions of the Moratorium 

Protection Act (RIN 0648–BA89), certain 

fish or fish products of a nation may be 

subject to import prohibitions. To 

facilitate enforcement, the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

requires that other fish or fish products 

from that nation that are not subject to 

the import prohibitions must be 

accompanied by documentation of 

admissibility. A duly authorized 

official/agent of the applicant’s 

Government must certify that the fish in 

the shipments being imported into the 

United States (U.S.) are of a species, or 

from fisheries, that are not subject to an 

import restriction. If a nation is 

identified under the Moratorium 

Protection Act and fails to receive a 

positive certification decision from the 

Secretary of Commerce, products from 

that nation that are not subject to the 

import prohibitions must be 

accompanied by the documentation of 

admissibility. 

Under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act, import certification requirements 

apply in cases where foreign fisheries 

do not meet U.S. standards for marine 

mammal bycatch mitigation. A final rule 

(RIN 0648–AY15) implemented a 

procedure for making comparability 

findings for nations that are eligible for 

exporting fish and fish products to the 

United States. The nations may receive 

a comparability finding to export fish 

and fish products by providing 

documentation that a nation’s bycatch 

reduction regulatory program is 

comparable in effectiveness to that of 

the United States. Fish and fish 

products from a foreign fishery without 

a comparability finding are prohibited 

from entry into U.S. commerce. To 

facilitate enforcement, NMFS requires 

that other fish or fish products from that 

nation that are not subject to the import 

prohibitions must be accompanied by 

documentation of admissibility. 

The Certification of Admissibility 

information is used by Customs and 

Border Protection authorities to 

determine that inbound seafood 

shipments are not subject to trade 

restrictions. NMFS uses the information 

to ensure compliance with fish product 

embargos and to assess compliance with 

international fishery management 

regulations. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Dependent upon import 

rate of fish or fish products subject to 

prohibition(s). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR part 216; 50 

CFR part 300, subpart N. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 


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14842 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 16, 2022 / Notices 

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 either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0651. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05522 Filed 3–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

[CEQ–2022–0003] 

Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. Before doing so, CEQ is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. The PRA 

requires Federal agencies to publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 16, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CEQ– 

2022–0003, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–456–6546. 

• Mail: Council on Environmental 

Quality, 730 Jackson Place NW, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name, ‘‘Council on 

Environmental Quality,’’ and the docket 

number, CEQ–2022–0003. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be private, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information, the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this Information Collection Request, 

please contact Sharmila L. Murthy at 

202–395–5750 or Sharmila.L.Murthy@

ceq.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), CEQ is soliciting 

comments and information to enable it 

to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CEQ, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) evaluate the accuracy of CEQ’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

CEQ will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. CEQ then will submit the 

final ICR package to OMB for review 

and approval. At that time, CEQ will 

issue another Federal Register notice to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity provides a means to garner 

qualitative stakeholder feedback in an 

efficient, timely manner. CEQ envisions 

using surveys and focus groups to 

enhance customer service, improve 

product development, target messaging, 

ensure quality control, engage with 

stakeholders, and spur innovation. 

Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically representative results, 

but rather provide insight about the 

challenges that subsets of stakeholders 

face. This feedback will provide insights 

into stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an understanding of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative, 

and actionable communications 

between CEQ and its stakeholders. It 

also will allow feedback to contribute 

directly to the improvement of program 

management and services. The 

solicitation of feedback will target areas 

such as timeliness, appropriateness, 

accuracy of information, courtesy, 

efficiency of service delivery, and 

resolution of issues with service 

delivery. CEQ will assess responses to 

plan and inform efforts to improve or 

maintain the quality of service offered to 

the public. If this information is not 

collected, vital feedback from 

stakeholders on CEQ’s services will be 

unavailable. 

CEQ will only submit a collection for 

approval under this generic clearance if 

the collections are voluntary; the 

collections are low burden for 

respondents and are low- or no-cost for 

both the respondents and the Federal 

Government; the collections are 

noncontroversial and do not raise issues 

of concern to other Federal agencies; the 

collections are targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

a program or may have experience with 

a program in the near future; personally 

identifiable information is collected 

only to the extent necessary and is not 

retained; information gathered will be 

used only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes; information gathered will not 

be used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and information gathered will yield 

qualitative information. 

Title of Collection: CEQ Stakeholder 

Engagement. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Individuals and households; businesses, 

academic institutions, non-profit 

groups, and other organizations; or state, 

Tribal, local, or foreign governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

125,000 (over three years). 

Frequency of response: Once. 


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