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focus of the work, and collect initial 

stakeholder input. 

DATES: These webinars will be held on 

Monday, August 30, 2021, at 

4 p.m.–5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 

September 1, 2021, at 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.; 

Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 10 

a.m.–11:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants 

and interested parties are strongly 

encouraged to register in advance of any 

webinar they are interested in attending. 

Meeting links for each webinar can be 

located at: https://www.mafmc.org/ 

climate-change-scenario-planning. 

Meeting addresses: The meetings will 

be held via webinar (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

Contact information and individual staff 

members working on this initiative can 

be found here: https://www.mafmc.org/ 

climate-change-scenario-planning. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Climate change is a growing threat to 

marine fisheries worldwide. On the East 

coast of the United States, there is 

evidence of climate-related shifts in 

distribution, abundance, and/or 

productivity of fishery resources. It is 

uncertain what the next couple of 

decades will bring, and how fishery 

management programs can best prepare 

to meet the challenges ahead. Over the 

next year, this joint effort will bring 

together researchers, fishery managers, 

fishery participants and others to 

discuss these questions and emerge with 

ideas and recommendations for how 

fishery management can potentially 

adapt to climate change. 

The management bodies in this region 

have decided to employ a scenario 

planning framework to discuss these 

issues. Scenario planning is a way of 

exploring how fishery management may 

need to evolve over the next few 

decades as climate change becomes a 

bigger issue. Specifically, scenarios are 

stories about possible future 

developments. This approach is 

designed to help stakeholders and 

managers think broadly about the future 

implications of climate change to help 

define what changes can potentially be 

made now to be better prepared. 

These introductory webinars are the 

first step of a multi-year scenario 

planning effort. Staff will explain the 

overall initiative and share draft 

objectives, possible outcomes and focus 

of the work. There will be a presentation 

introducing the basics of scenario 

planning and potential benefits of 

engaging in the process. At the end of 

the webinar there will be an opportunity 

for small group discussions for 

participants to share feedback and 

suggestions on the information 

presented and proposed. Additional 

details about the webinars will be 

posted to this page once available: 

https://www.mafmc.org/climate-changescenario-planning. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, 

Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 5, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Environmental Impact Statement on 

Phase 2 Modifications to the Atlantic 

Large Whale Take Reduction Plan To 

Reduce Serious Injury and Mortality of 

Large Whales in Commercial Trap/Pot 

and Gillnet Fisheries Along the U.S. 

East Coast 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement, 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends to 

begin a rulemaking process that will 

amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take 

Reduction Plan (Plan) to reduce the risk 

of mortalities and serious injuries of 

North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena 

glacialis) and other large whales caused 

by entanglement in commercial trap/pot 

and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. East 

Coast. An Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) will be prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

analyze the impacts to the environment 

of alternatives to amend the Plan. This 

notice informs the public of upcoming 

scoping meetings to solicit public input 

on Phase 2 of our efforts to reduce the 

risk of entanglement to right, humpback, 

and fin whales in U.S. commercial 

fisheries managed under the Plan. Phase 

1, a final rule implementing new 

modifications to reduce mortalities and 

serious injuries caused by incidental 

entanglement in the northeast American 

lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fishery, 

is anticipated shortly, and was analyzed 

in a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement released (FEIS) on July 2, 

2021. Phase 2 focuses on risk reduction 

in U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic 

mixed species trap/pot, and MidAtlantic lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot 

fisheries. 

DATES: Written or electronic scoping 

inputs must be received at the 

appropriate address, email mailbox, or 

phone number (see ADDRESSES) by 

October 21, 2021. 

Public Hearings: At least seven virtual 

public meetings will be held during the 

public comment period. In addition, we 

will be holding three call-in days for 

interested parties to call and speak to a 

NMFS staff member to ask questions or 

submit information and 

recommendations. 

See ADDRESSES to obtain public 

hearing and call-in day notification 

details. Scoping will also occur through 

presentations and discussions at the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission and New England, MidAtlantic, and South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council meetings during 

the scoping period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit input on 

this document via email. Submit all 

electronic public comments by sending 

an email to nmfs.gar.ALWTRT2021@

noaa.gov using the subject line 

‘‘Comments on Atlantic Large Whale 

Take Reduction Plan Scoping.’’ Input 

can also be provided via webinar during 

scoping meetings or via phone on callin days. Remote public meeting dates, 

access, and call-in information is 

available in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. Meeting 

information will also be posted on the 

Plan website fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

ALWTRP, or you may contact Marisa 

Trego for information on dates and 

times. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marisa Trego, Take Reduction Team 

Coordinator, Greater Atlantic Region. 

Telephone: 978 282–8484. Address: 55 

Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930. Email: marisa.trego@noaa.gov. 

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Purpose and Need for Proposed Action 

The proposed action for analysis in 

the EIS would be NMFS rulemaking to 

modify the Plan to reduce mortalities 

and serious injuries from incidental 

commercial fishing gear entanglements 

in U.S. East Coast gillnet fisheries as 

well as trap/pot fisheries, including the 

Atlantic mixed species and MidAtlantic lobster and Jonah crab fisheries. 

NMFS’ purpose for the proposed action 

is to fulfill the mandates of the MMPA 

to reduce incidental mortalities and 

serious injuries of large whales to below 

each stock’s potential biological removal 

(PBR) level. 

North Atlantic right whales are listed 

as endangered under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and considered 

depleted under the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA). After more than 

two decades of an increasing trend, the 

right whale population has been 

declining since 2010, and the most 

recent estimate of 368 whales in 2019 

(Pace 2021) is well below the optimum 

sustainable population. This estimate 

represents a minimum population 

number and reflects new research 

suggesting that many mortalities occur 

undetected (Pace et al. 2021). The 

decline was exacerbated by an Unusual 

Mortality Event (UME) that began in 

2017, when a total of 17 confirmed dead 

right whales were documented. As of 

July 2021, the UME totals 50 

individuals, comprising 34 right whale 

mortalities and an additional 16 

seriously injured right whales. Of these 

50 individuals, 18 definitively involved 

entanglement and another 5 were 

probable entanglements. During this 

period (2017–2021), only 40 calves have 

been born. 

One of the primary causes of mortality 

and serious injury of North Atlantic 

right whales is entanglement in fishing 

gear. Climate change and associated 

changes in prey abundance and 

distribution are exacerbating the 

population decline by shifting the 

overlap between right whales and 

fisheries and reducing the population’s 

resilience to stressors. With mortalities 

continuing to outpace births, the 

population decline continues and 

further mitigation of entanglements that 

cause mortality or serious injury is 

necessary for population recovery. 

The MMPA mandates that NMFS 

develop and implement Take Reduction 

Plans for preventing the depletion and 

assisting in the recovery of certain 

marine mammal stocks that are killed or 

seriously injured incidental to 

commercial fisheries. Pursuant to the 

MMPA, NMFS convenes Take 

Reduction Teams composed of 

stakeholders to develop 

recommendations that achieve a shortterm goal of reducing mortalities and 

serious injuries of marine mammals 

covered by the plan to a rate below each 

stock’s PBR level. NMFS considers 

those recommendations when 

implementing Take Reduction Plans 

through the rulemaking process. 

The Atlantic Large Whale Take 

Reduction Team (Team) was first 

convened in 1996 to recommend 

measures to reduce mortalities and 

serious injuries of right, humpback, and 

fin whales incidental to certain 

commercial fisheries. NMFS 

implements measures under the Plan. 

Since 1997, the Plan has been amended 

several times to reduce the impacts of 

fishing gear on large whales in the 

region through measures that include 

area closures, gear configuration 

requirements, and gear marking rules. A 

final rule implementing new 

modifications to reduce mortalities and 

serious injuries caused by entanglement 

in the northeast American lobster and 

Jonah crab trap/pot fishery is 

anticipated shortly, and was analyzed in 

a FEIS released on July 2, 2021 (86 FR 

35288). 

In 2021, the Team convened to 

address large whale mortalities and 

serious injuries caused by 

entanglements in the U.S. East Coast 

gillnet, Atlantic mixed species trap/pot, 

and mid-Atlantic lobster and Jonah crab 

trap/pot fisheries. Specifically, these 

fisheries include: (1) Mid-Atlantic 

gillnet fisheries for monkfish, spiny 

dogfish, smooth dogfish, bluefish, 

weakfish, menhaden, spot, croaker, 

striped bass, large and small coastal 

sharks, Spanish mackerel, king 

mackerel, American shad, black drum, 

skate species, yellow perch, white 

perch, herring, scup, kingfish, spotted 

seatrout, and butterfish; (2) Northeast 

sink gillnet fisheries for Atlantic cod, 

haddock, pollock, yellowtail flounder, 

winter flounder, witch flounder, 

American plaice, windowpane flounder, 

spiny dogfish, monkfish, silver hake, 

red hake, white hake, ocean pout, skate 

spp, mackerel, redfish, and shad; (3) 

Northeast drift gillnet fisheries for shad, 

herring, mackerel, and menhaden and 

any residual large pelagic driftnet effort 

in New England; (4) Southeast Atlantic 

gillnet fisheries for finfish, including, 

but not limited to: King mackerel, 

Spanish mackerel, whiting, bluefish, 

pompano, spot, croaker, little tunny, 

bonita, jack crevalle, cobia, and striped 

mullet; (5) Southeast Atlantic shark 

gillnet fisheries for large and small 

coastal sharks, including but not limited 

to blacktip, blacknose, finetooth, 

bonnethead, and sharpnose sharks; (6) 

Northeast anchored float gillnet fishery 

for mackerel, herring (particularly for 

bait), shad, and menhaden; and (7) 

Atlantic mixed species trap/pot fisheries 

for hagfish, shrimp, conch/whelk, red 

crab, Jonah crab, rock crab, black sea 

bass, scup, tautog, cod, haddock, 

Pollock, redfish (ocean perch), white 

hake, spot, skate, catfish, stone crab, and 

cunner; (8) Mid-Atlantic trap/pot 

fisheries for lobster and Jonah crab, and 

(9) Atlantic trap/pot fishery for Atlantic 

blue crab. 

The Team met most recently on June 

28 and July 1, 2021, to discuss the types 

of management actions that should be 

included in scoping to decrease the risk 

and severity of right whale and other 

large whale entanglements in the abovelisted fisheries. Further information 

about the Plan and the 2021 Team 

meetings where potential management 

measures were discussed, including 

recordings of all the meetings, can be 

found at the Team’s website: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alwtrp. 

Preliminary Description of Proposed 

Action and Alternatives 

NMFS will consider suites of 

regulatory measures that would modify 

existing Plan requirements to address 

ongoing large whale entanglements. The 

primary purpose of the Plan 

modifications is to reduce the mortality 

and serious injury of right whales in 

U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic mixed 

species trap/pot, and Mid-Atlantic 

lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. 

In addition to the proposed action and 

the no action alternative, potential 

alternatives that the draft EIS may 

analyze include measures that would 

reduce or weaken line in gear associated 

with these fisheries, to reduce cooccurrence of this gear and right whales, 

and to improve identification of 

entangling gear. For gillnet fisheries, 

possible management options include 

changing configurations such as 

increasing the minimum number of net 

panels per set to reduce endline 

numbers, gear tending or daytime-only 

sets for gillnets, installation of weak 

links at panels and weak rope that 

breaks at forces of less than 1,700 lb, 

establishing seasonal restricted areas, 

and expanding gear marking 

requirements. For trap/pot fisheries, 

possible management options include 

changing configurations such as traps 

per trawl to reduce endline numbers 

and installation of weak inserts or ropes 

that break at forces of less than 1,700 lb, 

establishment of seasonal restricted 

areas, and expansion of gear marking 

requirements. 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et al.) requires 

that Federal agencies conduct an 


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environmental analysis of their 

proposed actions to determine if the 

actions may significantly affect the 

human environment. NMFS has 

determined that an EIS should be 

prepared under NEPA for the purpose of 

informing rulemaking to modify the 

Plan. We will prepare an EIS in 

accordance with NEPA requirements, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et al.); NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508); and other Federal laws, 

regulations, and policies. Reasonable 

alternatives that are identified during 

the scoping period will be evaluated in 

the draft EIS. 

Summary of Expected Impacts 

The draft EIS will identify and 

describe the potential effects of the 

proposed action on the human 

environment that are reasonably 

foreseeable and have a reasonably close 

causal relationship to the proposed 

action. This includes such effects that 

occur at the same time and place as the 

proposed action or alternatives and such 

effects that are later in time or occur in 

a different place. The proposed action 

may include, but is not limited to, 

modifications to configurations of 

fishing gear, modification to fishing 

seasons and/or areas, and modifications 

to gear marking requirements. Expected 

potential impacts to commercial 

fishermen in the above-mentioned 

fisheries may include, but are not 

limited to, additional costs and labor for 

modifying gear configurations and gear 

markings, and reduced profit due to 

reduced catches, access to fishing 

grounds, or seasons. Expected potential 

impacts to Atlantic large whales 

include, but are not limited to, reduced 

mortality and serious injury due to a 

reduction in entanglement in fishing 

gear or reduced severity of any 

entanglements that do occur. Other 

potential impacts may include, but are 

not limited to, impacts (both beneficial 

and adverse) to other marine life, 

cultural resources, demographics, 

employment, and economics. These 

expected potential impacts will be 

analyzed in the draft and final EIS. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

After the draft EIS is completed, 

NMFS will publish a notice of 

availability (NOA) and request public 

comments on the draft EIS. NMFS 

expects to issue the NOA in the Fall of 

2022. After the public comment period 

ends, NMFS will review, consider, and 

respond to comments received and will 

develop the final EIS. NMFS expects to 

make the final EIS available to the 

public in 2023. A record of decision will 

be completed no sooner than 30 days 

after the final EIS is released, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11. 

Scoping Process: This NOI 

commences the public scoping process 

for identifying issues and potential 

alternatives for consideration. 

Throughout the scoping process, 

Federal agencies, state, tribal, local 

governments, and the general public 

have the opportunity to help NMFS 

determine reasonable alternatives and 

potential measures to be analyzed in the 

EIS, as well as to provide additional 

information. 

NMFS will hold virtual public 

scoping meetings at the following dates 

and times (eastern): 

• Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30– 

8:30 p.m., for Maryland, Delaware, 

Virginia, Northern North Carolina trap/ 

pot fisheries; 

• Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 6:30– 

8:30 p.m., for Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey 

trap/pot fisheries; 

• Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:30– 

8:30 p.m., for Maine, New Hampshire, 

Massachusetts, and Rhode Island trap/ 

pot fisheries; 

• Thursday, September 23, 2021, 

6:30–8:30 p.m., for Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey 

gillnet fisheries; 

• Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 6:30–8:30 

p.m., for Southern North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, all 

gear; 

• Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 6:30– 

8:30 p.m., for Maryland, Delaware, 

Virginia, Northern North Carolina 

gillnet fisheries; 

• Thursday, October 14, 2021, 6:30– 

8:30 p.m., for Maine, New Hampshire, 

Massachusetts, and Rhode Island gillnet 

fisheries. 

To register, go to our website: https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alwtrp. NMFS 

will also hold public call-in days: 

• Friday, October 1, 2021, 12 noon to 

6 p.m. 

• Monday, October 4, 2021, 8 a.m. to 

3 p.m. 

• Tuesday, October 12, 10 a.m. to 4 

p.m. 

For more information on how to call, 

go to our website: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alwtrp. 

Request for Identification of Potential 

Alternatives, Information, and 

Analyses Relevant to the Proposed 

Action 

Everyone potentially impacted by or 

interested in changes to the Plan, and 

particularly, management of commercial 

trap/pot and gillnet fisheries along the 

East Coast, is invited to participate in 

the public scoping process by 

submitting written input, attending 

public scoping webinar meetings, or 

calling us during designated call-in 

days. This scoping process aims to 

gather input regarding the scope of 

actions to be proposed for rulemaking, 

the development of alternatives to 

analyze in the EIS, and the potential 

impacts of management actions. 

For gillnet fisheries, the Team 

discussed and NMFS requests input on 

management options, particularly 

concerning information about 

operational challenges, time, and costs 

required to change configurations such 

as net panels per set to reduce endline 

numbers, gear tending or daytime-only 

sets for gillnets, installation of weak 

inserts or rope that breaks at forces of 

less than 1,700 lb, to establish restricted 

areas, and to expand gear marking 

requirements. For trap/pot fisheries, the 

Team discussed and NMFS requests 

input on management options, 

particularly including information about 

operational challenges, time, and costs 

required to change configurations such 

as traps per trawl to reduce endline 

numbers and to install weak inserts or 

rope that breaks at forces of less than 

1,700 lb, to establish restricted areas, 

and to expand gear marking 

requirements. 

NMFS and the Team particularly 

request input on latent effort in U.S. 

East Coast gillnet and trap/pot 

operations that may affect measures 

designed to reduce gear that could 

entangle whales, potential impacts to 

fishery operations arising from gear 

modifications likely to be considered, 

potential risks and benefits to large 

whales, and information regarding 

whale distribution or behavior along the 

U.S. East Coast that should be 

considered in developing risk reduction 

measures. In addition to direct costs of 

replacing new gear, input is requested 

on indirect cost of gear modification 

measure alternatives, such as costs and 

time required to install sleeves, install 

weak rope, and mark gear, and costs 

related to fewer vertical lines, seasonal 

closures, or exempted areas. Information 

on the value of whale conservation and 

the economic benefits of whale 

conservation is also requested. 

NMFS and the Team also identified 

data needs to support future 

discussions, including data on open 

access fisheries, gear configurations 

across the fisheries, whale distribution, 

whale behavioral information, and gear 

marking. Data related to fishing gear 

configurations specific to areas or target 

species, how gear alterations measures 

may affect those fisheries, and how 

existing gear configurations contribute 

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be very welcome. As an example, longer 

gear marks near the buoy and gear 

marks distinguishing permitting states, 

specific Federal and state water 

markings, and gear identification tape 

throughout buoy lines were analyzed in 

the FEIS released on July 2, 2021, for 

northeast lobster and Jonah crab trap/ 

pot fisheries. One Team member 

suggested restricting fishing rope 

diameter to no greater than 0.5 inch 

(1.27 cm) to distinguish it from offshore 

Canadian gear. 

Information received through this 

scoping process will inform the 

development of alternative risk 

reduction measures for an 

environmental impact analysis. Only 

inputs and suggestions that are within 

the scope of the proposed actions will 

be considered when developing the 

alternatives for analysis in the EIS. This 

includes items related to reducing risk 

of mortality and serious injury of large 

whales due to entanglements in 

commercial U.S. fishing gear and 

improving gear marking to reduce 

uncertainty about where entanglements 

occur. The purpose is to develop 

measures to fulfill the requirements of 

Section 118 of the MMPA, which 

regulates the taking of marine mammals 

incidental to U.S. commercial fishing 

operations. NMFS implements 

additional endangered species 

conservation and recovery programs 

under the ESA and also affords marine 

mammals protections under multiple 

programs pursuant to the MMPA. 

Therefore, for the purposes of the 

scoping period for this proposed action, 

we are not requesting input related to 

other stressors, such as vessel strikes, 

anthropogenic noise, natural mortality, 

international entanglement risk, 

offshore wind development, or climate 

change. 

To promote informed decisionmaking, input should be as specific as 

possible and should provide as much 

detail as necessary to allow a 

commenter’s meaningful participation 

and fully inform NMFS of the 

commenter’s position. Input should 

explain why the issues raised are 

important to the consideration of 

potential environmental impacts and 

alternatives to the proposed action, as 

well as economic and other impacts 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their input at such times and in such a 

manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Comments should be provided prior to 

the close of the scoping period and 

should clearly articulate the reviewer’s 

concerns and contentions. Input 

received in response to this solicitation, 

including names and addresses of those 

who comment, will be part of the public 

record for this proposed action. Input 

submitted anonymously will be 

accepted and considered. 

Citations 

Pace III, R.M. May 2021. Revisions and 

Further Evaluations of the Right Whale 

Abundance Model: Improvements for 

Hypothesis Testing. NOAA NEFSC Tech 

Memo 269. 

Pace, R.M., R. Williams, S.D. Kraus, A.R. 

Knowlton, H.M. Pettis. 2021. Cryptic 

mortality in North Atlantic right whales. 

Conserv. Sci. Pract. 3:e346. 

Authority: This NOI is published 

pursuant to NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et al., 

and MMPA, 31 U.S.C. 1361 et al. 

Dated: August 6, 2021. 

Catherine Marzin, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: 

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Administration 

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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a correction to a 

public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS, NOAA, published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

August 3, 2021, regarding a meeting of 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council (Council). The meeting has 

since changed to a hybrid meeting 

offering both in-person and virtual 

options for attending the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Carrie Simmons, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 3, 

2021, in FR Doc. 2021–16465, on page 

41832, in the first column, correct the 

third full paragraph to read: 

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting. 

You may register for the webinar to 

listen-in only by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the 

Council meeting on the calendar. 

On page 41831, under heading 

Wednesday, August 25, 2021; 8:30 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m., correct the last paragraph to 

read: 

The Council will hold public 

testimony from 2:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 

EDT for Potential Reconsideration of 

Final Document—Framework Action: 

Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper 

Recreational Data Calibration and 

Recreational Catch Limits, and open 

testimony on other fishery issues or 

concerns. Public comment may begin 

earlier than 2:45 p.m. EDT, but will not 

conclude before that time. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony inperson must register at the registration 

kiosk in the meeting room. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony 

virtually must sign up on the Council 

website on the day of public testimony. 

Registration for virtual testimony closes 

one hour (1:45 p.m. EDT) before public 

testimony begins. 

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

Dated: August 3, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No. CFPB–2021–0014] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (Bureau) is 

publishing this notice seeking comment 

on a Generic Information Collection 

titled ‘‘Electronic Disclosure on Mobile 

Devices’’ prior to requesting the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) 

approval of this collection under the 

Generic Information Collection Plan 

‘‘Generic Information Collection Plan 

for Studies of Consumers using 

Controlled Trials in Field and Economic 

Laboratory Settings,’’ OMB Control 

number 3170–0048. 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before September 10, 2021 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 


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