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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 58058, October 2, 2006). 

These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years. 

Certificates issued in 2022 will expire in 

2025. 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. 

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 on board 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. January 7, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Faro

Blanco Resort Curio by Hilton, 1996 

Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050. 

2. February 4, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.,

Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown 

Portsmouth, 100 Deer Street, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801. 

3. March 6, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.,

Holiday Inn Express–Houston Medical 

Center, 9300 S. Main Street, Houston, 

TX 77025. 

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 the owner and operator of a 

vessel that fishes with longline or gillnet 

gear 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 owners and 

operators of vessels that fish with 

longline and gillnet gear to renew their 

certificates in December 2021. To be 

eligible for online recertification 

workshops, dealers and vessel owners 

and operators need to have previously 

attended an in-person 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: December 18, 2024. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30668 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 27, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Please find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public

Comments’’ or by using the website’s

search function. Comments can be

entered electronically by clicking on the

‘‘comment’’ button next to the

information collection on the ‘‘OIRA

Information Collections Under Review’’

page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency

Submission’’ page. A copy of the

supporting statement for the collection

of information discussed herein may be

obtained by visiting https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

In addition to the submission of 

comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 

indicated above, a copy of all comments 

submitted to OIRA may also be 

submitted to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking 

on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to 

the descriptive entry for OMB Control 

No. 3038–3043, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/ 

PublicInfo.aspx. 

Or by either of the following methods: 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,

Secretary of the Commission,


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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

2 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 

(b)(3)(vi). The OMB control numbers for the CFTC 

regulations were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail above. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments 

submitted to the Commission should 

include only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. If you wish 

the Commission to consider information 

that you believe is exempt from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1 The 

Commission reserves the right, but shall 

have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove 

any or all of your submission from 

https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

ICR will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Chiang, Senior Assistant 

General Counsel, Office of the General 

Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5578; email: 

mchiang@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–3043. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Rules Relating to Review of 

National Futures Association Decisions 

in Disciplinary, Membership Denial, 

Registration, and Member 

Responsibility Actions (OMB Control 

Number 3038–0043). This is a request 

for extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: 17 CFR part 171 rules 

require a registered futures association 

to provide fair and orderly procedures 

for membership and disciplinary 

actions. The Commission’s review of 

decisions of registered futures 

associations in disciplinary, 

membership denial, registration, and 

member responsibility actions is 

governed by Section 17(h)(2) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 

21(h)(2). The rules establish procedures 

and standards for Commission review of 

such actions, and the reporting 

requirements included in the procedural 

rules are either directly required by 

Section 17 of the Commodity Exchange 

Act or are necessary to the type of 

appellate review role Congress intended 

the Commission to undertake when it 

adopted that provision. Because the 

number of respondents, responses per 

respondent, and time per response has 

not changed, this renewal does not 

change the reporting burden for this 

collection. 

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.2 On December 3, 2024, 

the Commission published in the 

Federal Register notice of the proposed 

extension of this information collection 

and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 89 

FR 80896 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’) The 

Commission did not receive any 

relevant comments on the 60-Day 

Notice. 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

total annual respondent burden for this 

collection is three hours. This estimate 

includes the time needed to transmit 

decisions of disciplinary, membership 

denial, registration, and member 

responsibility actions to the 

Commission for review. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Average Burden Hour(s) 

per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: December 19, 2024 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30766 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0074: Core Principles 

and Other Requirements for Swap 

Execution Facilities 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed 

renewal of a collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’), 

Federal agencies are required to publish 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. This notice solicits 

comments on the proposed renewal of 

the Information Collection Request 

(‘‘ICR’’) titled: OMB Control Number 

3038–0074, Core Principles and Other 

Requirements for Swap Execution 

Facilities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Renewal of Collection 

3038–0074, Core Principles and Other 

Requirements for Swap Execution 

Facilities’’ by any of the following 

methods: 

• The CFTC website, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail 

above. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roger Smith, Associate Chief Counsel, 

Division of Market Oversight 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5344; email: 

rsmith@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0074. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 

and includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, 


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