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to the start of a trip, or by submitting a 

request to participate in the program(s) 

of interest using their FishOnline 

account. 

Vessel Owner Single Letter Option: 

Vessel owners that own multiple 

vessels, but would like to receive only 

a single Greater Atlantic Fisheries 

Bulletin or small entity compliance 

guide instead of one for each vessel 

permit, must submit a written request to 

NMFS to participate in this program. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0202. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular (revision of a 

current information collection). 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations are primarily 

affected. Individuals or households, 

state, local or tribal governments, and 

the Federal Government are also 

affected. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

129,453. 

Estimated Time per Response: Vessel 

Permits: Vessel permit application: 40 

minutes; vessel permit renewal forms: 

20 minutes; initial dealer permit 

applications: 15 minutes; dealer permit 

renewal forms: 5 minutes; initial and 

renewal vessel operator permit 

applications: 30 minutes; online 

account creation (FishOnline Account 

Information Collection): 15 minutes; 

limited access vessel replacement 

applications: 1.5 hours; and 

applications for retention of limited 

access permit history: 1.5 hours. VMS 

Requirements: Installing a VMS unit: 1 

hour; confirming VMS connectivity: 5 

minutes; VMS certification form: 5 

minutes; VMS installation for Canadian 

herring transport vessels: 1 hour and 20 

minutes; email to declare their entrance 

and departure from U.S. waters: 15 

minutes; automatic polling of vessel 

position using the VMS unit: 0 minutes; 

area and DAS declarations: 5 minutes; 

declaration of days-out of the gillnet 

fishery for monkfish and NE 

multispecies vessels: 5 minutes; Good 

Samaritan DAS credit request: 30 

minutes; entangled whale DAS credit 

request: 30 minutes; DAS credit for a 

canceled trip due to unforeseen 

circumstances, but have not yet begun 

fishing: 5 minutes to request via the 

VMS unit and 10 minutes to request via 

the paper form; VMS catch reports: 5 

minutes; VMS power down exemption: 

30 minutes. Observer Program Call-in 

Requirements: Requests for observer 

coverage are estimated to require either 

2 or 10 minutes per request, depending 

on the program for which observers are 

requested. Exempted Fisheries 

Programs: Letter of Authorization (LOA) 

to participate in any of the exemption 

programs: 5 minutes; Charter/Party 

Exemption Certificate for GOM Closed 

Areas: 5 minutes; limited access sea 

scallop vessels state waters DAS 

exemption program or state waters gear 

exemption program: 2 minutes; 

withdraw from either state waters 

exemption program prior to the end of 

the 7-day designated exemption period 

requirement: 2 minutes; request for 

change in permit category designation: 5 

minutes; request for transit to another 

port by a vessel required to remain 

within the GOM cod trip limit: 2 

minutes; gillnet category designation, 

including initial requests for gillnet tags: 

10 minutes; requests for additional tags: 

2 minutes; notification of lost tags and 

requests for replacement tag numbers: 2 

minutes; attachment of gillnet tags: 1 

minute; initial lobster area designations: 

5 minutes; requests for additional tags: 

2 minutes; and notification of lost tags: 

3 minutes; requests for state quota 

transfers in the bluefish, summer 

flounder and scup fisheries: 1 hour; 

GOM cod trip limit exemption: 5 

minutes; vessel owner single letter 

option: 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 18,737. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $2,302,677 in record keeping/ 

reporting costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 50, Chapter VI, 

Part 648: FISHERIES OF THE 

NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14292 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB202] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Northeast Trawl 

Advisory Panel (NTAP) Working Group 

will hold a public webinar meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, from 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Details on the proposed 

agenda, webinar listen-in access, and 

briefing materials will be posted at 

www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting was rescheduled from June 18, 

2021 to July 21, 2021 due to the new 

Juneteenth federal holiday. The purpose 

of this rescheduled meeting is for the 

NTAP Working Group to discuss (1) 

objectives of the restrictor cable 

research, (2) scope and timing of the 

research, and (3) prepare documentation 

for reporting out to the full panel. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

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auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Collins at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5253 at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14294 Filed 7–2–21; 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; Economic Analysis of 

Shoreline Treatment Options for 

Coastal New Hampshire 

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 April 26, 

2021 (86 FR 22034) during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Economic Analysis of Shoreline 

Treatment Options for Coastal New 

Hampshire. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0788. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[revision of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 2,701. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Pretest—17 minutes; Full survey—20 

minutes; Non-response survey—5 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 824. 

Needs and Uses: This is a request for 

a revision to information collection 

0648–0788, sponsored by the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) National Center 

for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). 

This collection will benefit the NOAA, 

Office of Coastal Management (OCM), 

and decision-makers on the state and 

local level in New Hampshire. NOAA 

will collect economic data pursuant to 

the Coastal Zone Management Act 

(CZMA) and Digital Coastal Act. 

The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and 

Hazards Commission (CRHC) was 

established by the State Legislature 

through RSA 483–E on July 2, 2013. The 

purpose of the Commission, as stated in 

the law, is to ‘‘recommend legislation, 

rules and other actions to prepare for 

projected sea-level rise and other coastal 

watershed hazards such as storms, 

increased river flooding and storm water 

runoff, and the risks such hazards pose 

to municipalities and the state assets in 

New Hampshire.’’ Further, in carrying 

out this charge, the Commission is 

specifically directed to ‘‘review National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration and other scientific 

agency projections of coastal storm 

inundation and flood risk to determine 

the appropriate information, data, and 

property risks’’ to incorporate into its 

recommendations. 

In 2016, the CRCH recommended the 

development of a ‘‘comprehensive, 

integrated New Hampshire Coastal 

Shoreline Management Plan (CSMP) 

that presents general priorities for 

coastal shoreline management, as well 

as site-specific and place-based 

strategies including, where appropriate, 

protection, adaptation, and 

abandonment.’’ Following a New 

Hampshire Shoreline Management 

workshop organized by GBNERR in 

2014 and consistent with CRHC 

Recommendation BL6, NHCP has 

prioritized living shoreline assessment 

and implementation in its five-year 

strategy to enhance coastal management 

(309 Strategy, 2015) and set a longer 

term goal to develop a Tidal Shoreline 

Management Plan (TSMP) for New 

Hampshire. 

The National Ocean Service (NOS) 

proposes to collect economic data to 

document perceived effects of weather 

and climate events and adaptation 

strategies, to assess probable public 

benefits that would be derived from 

shoreline treatment options within 

coastal New Hampshire, and to establish 

a baseline for future monitoring of 

NOAA’s success in meeting its 

mandates and obligations. 

Respondents will be randomly 

sampled from households (1) within 

New Hampshire, (2) within block 

groups in Maine adjacent to the 

Piscataqua River, and (3) within block 

groups in Massachusetts adjacent to the 

Hampton-Seabrook Estuary. Questions 

will explore such issues as participation 

in recreational activities, familiarity 

with weather and climate effects and 

adaptation methods, sense of place, and 

opinions on shoreline treatment 

options. No PII will be collected. The 

final collection will support the 

development of a CSMP for New 

Hampshire as well as provide 

information to help inform local coastal 

zone management and planning. 

Upon analysis of the pre-test data and 

guidance from experts in survey 

methodology, the following changes 

were made to enhance understanding, 

response rate, and to minimize 

respondent burden: 

• Question 4: ‘‘suffered damage’’ has 

been replaced with ‘‘been damaged’’ to 

avoid potential bias an increase data 

quality. 

• Questions 7a/8a: ‘‘coastal flooding’’ 

has been replaced with ‘‘flooding’’ to 

not exclude riverine flooding. 

• Questions 7a/8a, 7b/8b: ‘‘flooding 

damage’’ and ‘‘shoreline erosion 

damage’’ were replaced with ‘‘damage 

from flooding’’ and ‘‘damage from 

shoreline erosion’’ to improve 

understanding. 

• Questions 14h and 14i were 

removed based on pre-test results to 

reduce burden without decreasing data 

quality. 

• Questions 16–21 originally asked 

respondents to indicate their preference 

to six unique policy options, but now 

respondents are asked to compare three 

sets of unique policy options. Pre-test 

results suggested that respondents 

would prefer to compare policies rather 

than rate them individually, and 

comparing three sets of policy options 

should reduce burden while increasing 

data quality. 

• Question 22b: This question is now 

asked after each policy comparison 

instead of once to improve data quality. 

• Question 22f: ‘‘a public vote or 

referendum’’ was replaced with ‘‘being 

considered by the New Hampshire 

legislature’’ to convey the same 

information, but using region-specific 

terminology, which should increase 

data quality. 

• Question 22: An additional 

statement was added to capture 

potentially invalid responses due to 

‘‘scenario rejection,’’ which should 

increase data quality. 

• Question 23: The question and 

response option phrasings have been 

updated to reflect the modified choice 

experiment. 

• Question 30: The year has been 

updated from 2019 to 2020 when asking 

about the previous year’s household 

income. 

• A question has been added to ask 

how long the respondent has been a 


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