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the ex-vessel value of crab debited from 

the allocation. Program details may be 

found in the implementing regulations 

at 50 CFR 680.44. 

Fee Percentage 

Each year, NMFS calculates and 

publishes in the Federal Register the fee 

percentage according to the factors and 

methodology described at § 680.44(c)(2). 

The formula for determining the fee 

percentage is the ‘‘direct program costs’’ 

divided by ‘‘value of the fishery,’’ where 

‘‘direct program costs’’ are the direct 

program costs for the Program for the 

previous fiscal year, and ‘‘value of the 

fishery’’ is the ex-vessel value of the 

catch subject to the crab cost recovery 

fee liability for the current year. Fee 

collections for any given year may be 

less than or greater than the actual costs 

and fishery value for that year, as 

regulations establish the fee percentage 

in the first quarter of the crab fishing 

year based on the fishery value and 

costs in the prior year. 

According to the fee percentage 

formula described above, the estimated 

percentage of costs to value for the 

2020/2021 fishery was 1.09 percent. 

Therefore, the fee percentage will be 

1.09 percent for the 2021/2022 crab 

fishing year. The fee percentage 

decreased by approximately 17 percent 

from the 2020/2021 crab fishing year fee 

percentage of 1.31 percent (85 FR 41566, 

July 10, 2020). Direct program costs for 

managing the fishery decreased by 

approximately 9 percent from 2020/ 

2021 to 2021/2022, while fishery value 

increased by approximately 10 percent, 

resulting in the decreased fee 

percentage. Similar to previous years, 

the largest direct program costs were 

incurred by the NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement and the Alaska Department 

of Fish and Game, respectively. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109– 

241; Pub. L. 109–479. 

Dated: July 1, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Lake Ontario National 

Marine Sanctuary; Announcement of 

Public Meetings; Request for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

meetings; Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

has prepared a draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS) that considers 

three alternatives for the proposed 

designation of a national marine 

sanctuary to manage a nationally 

significant collection of shipwrecks and 

other underwater cultural resources in 

New York’s eastern Lake Ontario and 

the Thousand Islands region of the St. 

Lawrence River. NOAA also prepared a 

draft management plan that describes 

the proposed goals, objectives, and 

strategies for managing the proposed 

sanctuary. NOAA is soliciting public 

comment on the DEIS and draft 

management plan. 

DATES: NOAA will consider all 

comments received by September 10, 

2021. NOAA will conduct public 

meetings on the following dates: 

(1) Date: August 18, 2021, Location: 

Lake Ontario Event and Conference 

Center, Address: 26 East First Street, 

Oswego, NY 13126, Time: 6:30 p.m. to 

8:30 p.m. EDT. A virtual meeting 

platform may substitute if public safety 

concerns remain to prevent the spread 

of COVID–19. 

(2) Date: August 19, 2021, Location: 

Clayton Opera House, Address: 405 

Riverside Drive, Clayton, NY 13624, 

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT. A 

virtual meeting platform may substitute 

if public safety concerns remain to 

prevent the spread of COVID–19. 

(3) Date: August 24, 2021, Location: 

virtual meeting, Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 

p.m. EDT 

(4) Date: August 26, 2021, Location: 

virtual meeting, Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 

p.m. EDT 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by the following method: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

‘‘NOAA–NOS–2021–0050’’, and click 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NOAA. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (for example, name, 

address, etc.), confidential business 

information, or otherwise sensitive 

information submitted voluntarily by 

the commenter will be publicly 

accessible. NOAA will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

Copies of the DEIS can be 

downloaded or viewed on the internet 

at www.regulations.gov (search for 

docket NOAA–NOS–2021–0050) or at 

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lakeontario/. Copies can also be obtained by 

contacting Ellen Brody (in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brody, Great Lakes Regional 

Coordinator, address: 4840 South State 

Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108–9719; 

phone: 734–741–2270; email: 

ellen.brody@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Marine Sanctuaries Act 

(NMSA; 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary), through NOAA, to designate 

and protect as national marine 

sanctuaries areas of the marine 

environment that are of special national 

significance due to their conservation, 

recreational, ecological, historical, 

scientific, cultural, archeological, 

educational, or esthetic qualities. Dayto-day management of national marine 

sanctuaries has been delegated by the 

Secretary to NOAA’s Office of National 

Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS). The 

primary objective of the NMSA is to 

protect the sanctuary system’s biological 

and cultural resources, such as coral 

reefs, marine animals, historic 

shipwrecks, other historic structures, 

and archaeological sites. 

In the DEIS, NOAA’s proposed action 

is to designate a national marine 

sanctuary in New York’s eastern Lake 

Ontario and the Thousand Islands 

region of the St. Lawrence River to 

manage a nationally significant 

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underwater cultural resources. This area 

would include up to 1,786 square miles 

of lake waters and bottomlands adjacent 

to Jefferson, Wayne, Oswego, Cayuga, 

and St. Lawrence counties in the state 

of New York. The proposed area 

contains 64 known shipwrecks and one 

aircraft representing events spanning 

more than 200 years of our nation’s 

history. Based on historical records, an 

additional 20 shipwrecks and three 

aircraft may be located there. NOAA 

proposes to designate the area as a 

national marine sanctuary to protect 

these significant underwater cultural 

resources through a regulatory and nonregulatory framework; document, 

further locate, and monitor these 

resources; provide interpretation of their 

cultural, historical, and educational 

value to the public; promote responsible 

use of these resources for their 

recreational value; and promote 

recreation, tourism, and economic 

development opportunities in the 

region. NOAA would co-manage the 

sanctuary with the state of New York. 

On January 17, 2017, pursuant to 

section 304 of the NMSA and the 

sanctuary nomination process (79 FR 

33851), leaders of four counties 

(Oswego, Jefferson, Cayuga, and Wayne) 

and the City of Oswego, with support 

from Governor Andrew Cuomo, 

submitted a nomination asking NOAA 

to consider designating a national 

marine sanctuary in eastern Lake 

Ontario waters to protect, and increase 

awareness of, a nationally significant 

collection of shipwrecks. NOAA 

accepted the nomination March 21, 

2017 and initiated the sanctuary 

designation process by issuing a Notice 

of Intent on April 17, 2019 to conduct 

scoping and prepare a DEIS (84 FR 

16004). Scoping included a 105-day 

public period during which NOAA 

solicited public comments related to the 

scale and scope of the proposed 

sanctuary. In addition, NOAA hosted 

four public meetings in June 2019 and 

accepted comments through a webbased portal and by traditional mail 

until July 31, 2019. During the scoping 

period, 82 individuals provided written 

input. About 165 people attended the 

four scoping meetings, with 28 people 

providing oral comments. In February 

2020, NOAA established a Sanctuary 

Advisory Council to bring members of 

the local community together to provide 

advice to NOAA and serve as a liaison 

with the nominating community 

throughout the designation process. 

II. NOAA’s Proposed Action 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the NMSA (16 

U.S.C. 1434), NOAA has prepared a 

DEIS that considers three alternatives 

for the proposed national marine 

sanctuary. This DEIS analyzes and 

summarizes the environmental 

consequences of the proposed action 

and alternatives. The alternatives 

include proposed sanctuary boundaries, 

proposed regulatory concepts, and a 

draft sanctuary management plan to 

support the management and protection 

of sanctuary resources. NOAA has not 

selected a preferred alternative. In 

accordance with section 304(a) of the 

NMSA, the DEIS also serves as a 

resource assessment that documents 

present and potential uses of the area. 

The draft management plan outlines a 

series of goals and strategies in the areas 

of research and monitoring, education 

and outreach, tourism and economic 

development, sanctuary resource 

protection, and sanctuary operations. 

NOAA is seeking public comment on 

the DEIS and draft management plan, 

which are available at https://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario or 

may be obtained by contacting the 

individual listed under the heading FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. While 

members of the public can comment on 

any aspect of the DEIS and draft 

management plan, NOAA requests 

specific comment on: Whether NOAA 

should move forward with the No 

Action Alternative, Alternative 1, or 

Alternative 2 for the rest of the 

designation process; the regulatory 

concepts NOAA proposes to use to 

create regulations for the sanctuary in 

the next phase of the process; the 

proposed goals, strategies, and activities 

for managing the sanctuary that are 

outlined in the draft management plan; 

and ideas for a sanctuary name that 

reflects the special significance of the 

area. 

In addition, as part of its compliance 

with Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

470f), and its implementing regulations 

(36 CFR 800), NOAA is seeking public 

comment under 800.14(b)(2)(ii) of the 

National Historic Preservation Act to 

inform its development of a 

Programmatic Agreement with the state 

of New York to provide a process for 

consideration of future undertakings 

that may result from management of the 

proposed sanctuary, associated field 

operations, and other routine activities, 

if the sanctuary is designated. Following 

public comment on the DEIS and draft 

management plan, NOAA will prepare 

and release for public comment draft 

regulations for the proposed sanctuary. 

At that time, a detailed discussion of the 

regulatory text will be included in the 

notice of proposed rulemaking and 

published in the Federal Register for 

public comment. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. 

Rebecca R. Holyoke, 

Acting Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for Applicant 

Operational and Financial Management 

Survey 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (operating as 

AmeriCorps) has submitted a public 

information collection request (ICR) 

entitled Applicant Operational and 

Financial Management Survey for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

August 6, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by calling AmeriCorps, Linda 

Southcott, at 202–606–6638 or by email 

to lsouthcott@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of AmeriCorps, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions; 


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