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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 EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast 

Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on 

the Massachusetts Haddock Trawl 

Study.’’ Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to (978) 281–9135, or 

submitted via e-mail to the following 

address: DA9052@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Murphy, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9122, fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

complete application for an EFP was 

submitted on February 27, 2009, by 

David Chosid and Michael Pol of the 

Massachusetts Division of Marine 

Fisheries (DMF). The project was 

funded by the DMF/University of 

Massachusetts, Dartmouth, School for 

Marine Science and Technology, Marine 

Fisheries Institute grant program. The 

primary goal of the research is to test the 

effectiveness of a sweepless (no ground 

gear) raised footrope, semi–pelagic 

trawl, referred to as the ‘‘5–point trawl’’ 

net. This net was designed to minimize 

the catch of Atlantic cod while 

maximizing the catch of haddock. The 

intent of the researchers is that the 

experimental net, if successful, could 

potentially be an acceptable alternative 

trawl design to be used in the 

groundfish fishery. 

The project is a continuation of 

research previously conducted in 2006 

and 2007 by DMF, which has 

preliminarily shown that this new trawl 

net design significantly reduces the 

bycatch of cod, as compared to the 

standard trawl used. The experimental 

net was designed to exploit the 

differences in behavior of haddock and 

cod in relation to towed gears. Similar 

to the haddock separator trawl, this 

experimental net proposes to reduce cod 

mortality; however, it avoids some of 

the complexities associated with 

separator trawls, since, under the 

experimental net, the cod would not 

pass through meshes, or encounter grids 

or escape vents. Although this study 

would focus on reducing cod-haddock 

interactions, this net may also reduce 

the bycatch of flatfish species such as 

winter flounder, yellowtail flounder, 

witch flounder, and American plaice. 

All fish would be sorted and weighed, 

and fish of legal size would be retained 

for sale. All discards would be released 

as quickly as practicable to reduce 

incidental mortality. Exemptions from 

the NE multispecies possession limits at 

50 CFR 648.86, the U.S. Canada 

Management Area harvest control 

regulations at § 648.85(a)(3)(iv), the 

U.S./Canada Management Area gear 

requirements for trawl nets at 

§ 648.85(a)(3)(iii), and the Eastern U.S./ 

Canada Area May 1– July 31 seasonal 

trawl gear prohibition specified under 

the Regional Administrator’s authority, 

are necessary because valid testing of 

the experimental nets would require 

continued sampling after daily and 

overall trip limits have been reached for 

certain species in order to obtain 

adequate replicates for analysis. The 

participating vessel would be subject to 

any U.S./Canada Management Area 

Closures or possession prohibitions due 

to the achievement of a cod, haddock, 

or yellowtail flounder Total Allowable 

Catch (TAC). Based on catch data from 

previous experimental tows with this 

net design, the researchers anticipate 

that a total of 24.2 mt of fish would be 

harvested throughout the course of the 

study. All proceeds from the sale of the 

fish would be returned to DMF for the 

purpose of enhancing future research. 

Following is the total estimated catch 

and discards by species: Cod, 3.20 mt; 

haddock, 1.60 mt; pollock, 0.00 mt; 

witch flounder, 0.10 mt; yellowtail 

flounder, 0.40 mt; winter flounder, 2.00 

mt; American plaice, 0.40 mt; monkfish, 

0.90 mt; spiny dogfish, 1.20 mt; skates, 

8.80 mt; American lobster, 0.60 mt; and 

other discards, 5.00 mt. 

All at-sea research would be 

conducted from one fishing vessel, 

which intends to fish in the Eastern 

U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access 

Program (SAP). A total of 7 days would 

be used for testing the experimental 

trawl. An anticipated 84 1-hour tows 

would be conducted during that time. 

DMF staff would be aboard the vessel at 

all times during testing. 

Based on preliminary review of this 

project, and in accordance with NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, a 

Categorical Exclusion from 

requirements to prepare either an 

Environmental Impact Statement or an 

Environmental Assessment under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

appears to be justified. The applicant 

may request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. 

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

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

Kristen C. Koch, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is submitting 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for their review the following collection 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Committee Form 403—Annual 

Certification—Qualified Nonprofit 

Agency Serving People Who Are Blind. 

Committee Form 404—Annual 

Certification—Qualified Nonprofit 

Agency Serving People Who Are 

Severely Disabled. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments about the collection 

on or before May 13, 2009. The agency’s 

60-day notice informing the public of 

the intent to renew this form with no 

changes was published in the Federal 

Register on February 3, 2009 on page 

5913–5914. A subsequent correction 

notice was published on February 13, 

2009 on page 7216. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Jasmeet K. Seehra, 

OMB Desk Officer, by any of the 

following two methods within 30 days 

from the date of publication in the 

Federal Register: (1) By fax to: (202) 

395–6974, Attention: Ms. Jasmeet K. 

Seehra, OMB Desk Office; and (2) 

Electronically by e-mail to: 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Requests for copies of documents 

pertaining to the collection should be 

addressed to Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Attention: Edward Yang, 

Information Technology Specialist, 

Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 

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eyang@abilityone.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee has two annual certification 

forms, one for nonprofit agencies 

serving people who are blind 

(Committee Form 403, OMB Control 

Number 3037–0001) and one for 

nonprofit agencies primarily serving 

people who have other severe 

disabilities (Committee Form 404, OMB 

Control Number 3037–0002). The 

information included on the forms is 

required to ensure that nonprofit 

agencies that participate in the 

Committee’s program meet the 

requirements of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (JWOD), 41 U.S.C. 46–48c. 

One comment was received in response 

to the agency’s 60-day notice informing 

the public of the intent to renew this 

form with no changes, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 3, 2009 on page 5913–5914. A 

subsequent correction notice was 

published on February 13, 2009 on page 

7216. 

Title: Annual Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Blind, Committee Form 403. 

OMB Number: 3037–0001. 

Agency Number: 3037. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Nonprofit agencies 

serving people who are blind that 

participate in the AbilityOne Program. 

Number of Respondents: 70. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 420. 

Total Annual Costs: $12,600. 

Title: Annual Certification—Qualified 

Nonprofit Agency Serving People Who 

Are Severely Disabled, Committee Form 

404. 

OMB Number: 3037–0002. 

Agency Number: 3037. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Nonprofit agencies 

serving people with severe disabilities 

that participate in the AbilityOne 

Program. 

Number of Respondents: 555. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,330. 

Total Annual costs: $99,900. 

On February 3, 2009, the Committee 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (Volume 74, Number 21, pages 

5913–5914). A subsequent correction 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on February 13, 2009 (Volume 

74, Number 29, page 7216). These 

notices requested public comment on 

the renewal of annual certification 

requirements for nonprofit agencies 

participating in the AbilityOne Program. 

The comment period lasted 60 days, 

ending April 8, 2009. By that date, the 

Committee received comments from one 

respondent containing four comments. 

The respondent concurred that the 

Committee has the authority to enforce 

conditions for participation in the 

program pursuant to the JWOD Act. 

However, the respondent inferred that 

there is sub-regulatory guidance issued 

by the Committee that should instead be 

issued through regulation. This 

information collection request is limited 

to annual reports from participating 

nonprofit agencies in the AbilityOne 

Program which are not affected by any 

sub-regulatory guidance. 

The respondent’s next comment 

questioned the burden estimate by 

indicating there was no justification, 

rationale or dollar burden estimate 

provided. Much of the respondent’s 

comment does not deal with the 

reporting of data for the annual 

certification under this specific 

collection notice, but for the 

recordkeeping requirement tracked 

under a separate OMB Paperwork 

Reduction Act tracking number. 

Specific justification for the annual 

certification, including burden and cost 

estimate, was included in the 

supporting documentation provided to 

OMB with the renewal request. The 

burden estimate used was based on 

questions asked during actual 

compliance visits to participating 

nonprofit agencies and included the 

time for entering data into the webbased quarterly system and reviewing 

the draft annual certification by the 

central nonprofit agencies. As a result of 

the Committee’s review of the process, 

the previous estimate that had been 

used since at least 1992 was doubled. 

The Committee has used a cost estimate 

of $30 per hour, therefore the estimated 

cost to each participating nonprofit 

would be $180 or a total burden of 

$112,500. 

The respondent’s next two comments 

included recommendations for 

improving the quality, utility and clarity 

of reporting by participating nonprofit 

agencies and ways to minimize the 

burden. While not specifically related to 

this information collection renewal 

request, the Committee appreciates all 

recommendations for improvement in 

our information collection and overall 

AbilityOne Program efforts. 

Kimberly Zeich, 

Deputy Executive Director & COO. 

[FR Doc. E9–8792 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

PROCUREMENT LIST 

Proposed Additions and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletions from Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and to 

delete products previously furnished by 

such agencies. 

DATES: Comments Must Be Received on 

or Before: May 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice for service will be required to 

procure the services listed below from 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the services to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

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