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unidentified hardshell sea turtles for 

purposes of scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

August 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 24140 or 24368 from 

the list of available applications. These 

documents are also available upon 

written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the relevant File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

File No. 24140: The applicant 

proposes to continue long term 

monitoring of the relative health, 

abundance, and distribution of green, 

loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley and 

hawksbill sea turtles inhabiting the 

northern Indian River Lagoon, including 

the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River in 

Volusia and Brevard Counties, Florida. 

Annually up to 30 greens, 30 

loggerheads, one Kemp’s ridley and one 

hawksbill would be captured by tangle 

net. Turtles would be measured, 

weighed, flipper tagged, and passive 

integrated transponder (PIT) tagged, 

photographed, and released. Green and 

loggerhead sea turtles would also be 

scute, skin, and blood sampled, and 

gastric lavaged prior to release. Up to 10 

green and 10 loggerhead sea turtles may 

be released with sonic transmitters. The 

permit would be valid for 10 years. 

File No. 24368: The SEFSC proposes 

to continue studying sea turtles legally 

bycaught within commercial fisheries 

and during other human activities 

operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of 

Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the high 

seas. The objective is to better 

understand movement and migration, 

habitat use, genetics, and population 

dynamics of the sea turtle species that 

interact with these human activities. Up 

to 111 green, 31 hawksbill, 260 Kemp’s 

ridley, 117 leatherback, 490 loggerhead, 

20 olive ridley, and 23 unidentified/ 

hybrid live turtles would be 

photographed, measured, weighed, 

flipper tagged and PIT tagged, skin 

biopsied, and released annually. 

Carcasses, tissues or parts also may be 

salvaged from dead sea turtles. This 

work includes the import of biological 

samples or dead parts collected on the 

high seas. The permit would be valid for 

10 years. 

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Julia Marie Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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; Socioeconomics of Coral 

Reef Conservation, Puerto Rico 2022 

Survey 

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 January 25, 

2021 (86 FR 6876) during a 60-day 

comment period and again on April, 16, 

2021 (86 FR 20120) during a 30-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Socioeconomics of Coral Reef 

Conservation, Puerto Rico 2022 Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0646. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 1,800. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

minutes (0.33 hours). 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 600 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new information collection under the 

currently approved hybrid-generic 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 0648–0646. The 

information collection is part of the 

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program 

(NCRMP), which was established by the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef 

Conservation Program (CRCP) under the 

authority of the Coral Reef Conservation 

Act of 2000. The CRCP was created to 

safeguard and ensure the welfare of the 

coral reef ecosystems along the 

coastlines of America’s states and 

territories. In accordance with its 

mission goals, NOAA developed a 

survey to track relevant information 

regarding each jurisdiction’s population, 

social and economic structure, the 

benefits of coral reefs and related 

habitats, the impacts of society on coral 

reefs, and the impacts of coral 

management on communities. The 

survey is repeated in each jurisdiction 

every five to seven years in order to 

provide longitudinal data and 

information for managers to effectively 

conserve coral reefs for current and 

future generations. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to obtain human 

dimensions information from residents 

in Puerto Rico. Specifically, NOAA is 

seeking information on the behaviors 

and activities related to coral reefs, as 

well as information on perceptions of 

coral reef conditions and attitudes 

toward specific reef conservation 

activities. The survey has a core set of 

questions that are the same for all 

jurisdictions to allow for information to 

be tracked over time. To account for 

geographical, cultural and linguistic 

differences between jurisdictions, the 

survey questions include items that are 

specific to the local context and 

developed based on jurisdictional 

partner feedback. 

We intend to use the information 

collected through this survey 

instrument for research purposes, as 

well as for measuring and improving the 

results of our reef protection programs. 

Because many of our efforts to protect 

reefs rely on education and changing 

attitudes toward reef protection, the 

information collected will allow CRCP 

to ensure that programs are designed 

appropriately at the start, future 

program evaluation efforts are as 


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successful as possible, and outreach 

efforts are targeting the intended 

recipients with useful information. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 5–7 years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000. 

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 either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0646. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14351 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JS–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; Greater Atlantic Region 

Permit Family of Forms 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before September 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0202 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Cynthia 

Ferrio, Greater Atlantic Regional 

Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Dr., 

Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281–9180, 

Cynthia.ferrio@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for revision of a 

current information collection. Under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, the 

Secretary of Commerce has the 

responsibility for the conservation and 

management of marine fishery 

resources. Much of this responsibility 

has been delegated to NOAA’s National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 

Under this stewardship role, the 

Secretary was given certain regulatory 

authorities to ensure the most beneficial 

uses of these resources. One of the 

regulatory steps taken to carry out the 

conservation and management 

objectives is to collect information from 

users of the resources. 

The Secretary has enacted rules to 

issue permits to individuals and 

organizations participating in federally 

controlled fisheries. Permits are 

necessary to: (1) Register fishermen, 

fishing vessels, fish dealers and 

processors; (2) list the characteristics of 

fishing vessels and/or dealer/processor 

operations; (3) exercise influence over 

compliance (e.g., withhold issuance 

pending collection of unpaid penalties); 

(4) maintain contact lists for the 

dissemination of important information 

to the industry; (5) register participants 

to be considered for limited entry; and 

(6) provide a universe for data collection 

samples. Identification of fishery 

participants, their gear types, vessels, 

and expected activity levels is an 

effective and necessary tool in the 

enforcement of fishery regulations. 

This collection is being revised to 

introduce a new online permitting 

system (FishOnline) to allow 

individuals and organizations to apply 

and renew their fishing vessel permits, 

operator permits, dealer permits, Letter 

of Authorization (LOA), and gillnet 

certificates. 

This collection also includes the 

requirement for participants in certain 

fisheries to use onboard vessel 

monitoring systems (VMS) and to notify 

NMFS before fishing trips for the 

purpose of observer placement. Other 

permitting in this collection includes 

the written request to participate in any 

of the various exemption programs 

offered in the Greater Atlantic region. 

Exemption programs may allow a 

vessel to fish in an area that is limited 

to vessels of a particular size, using a 

certain gear type, or fishing for a 

particular species. This collection also 

contains paperwork required for vessel 

owners to request gillnet and lobster 

trap tags through the Greater Atlantic 

region permit office. 

Lastly, vessel owners that own 

multiple vessels, but would like to 

request communication from NMFS be 

consolidated into one mailing (and not 

separate mailings for each vessel), may 

request the single letter vessel owner 

option to improve efficiency of their 

business practice. 

II. Method of Collection 

Vessel Permits: All vessel permit 

applications, including permit 

applications and renewals for vessels, 

dealers, and vessel operators, as well as 

gillnet and lobster trap tag purchase, are 

required to be submitted using an online 

account (FishOnline). 

VMS Requirements: Vessels with 

VMS requirements are required to 

declare their intent to fish (e.g., declare 

into the fishery) and submit daily catch 

reports using electronic VMS units on 

board the vessel. Other VMS actions 

may include trip start and end hails, 

pre-landing notifications, and days-atsea (DAS) adjustments. VMS power 

down exemption requests are submitted 

by signed paper form. 

Observer Program Call-in 

Requirements: Vessels issued certain 

permits such as Northeast multispecies, 

monkfish, scallop, and Atlantic herring 

permits are required to give advance 

notification to the Northeast Fisheries 

Observer Program (NEFOP) before the 

start of a trip in order to receive a 

fisheries observer or a waiver. Vessels 

use an online pre-trip notification 

system, email, toll-free call-in number, 

or a local phone number to comply with 

this requirement. 

Exempted Fisheries Programs: Vessels 

that would like to request participation 

in one or more of the Greater Atlantic 

region fisheries exemption programs 

must either submit a request 

electronically using their VMS unit, by 

declaring into an exempted fishery prior 


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