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subsistence harvest sites and the 

proposed activities contained herein. 

Furthermore, and as stated above, the 

range to effects for non-impulsive 

acoustic sources in this experiment is 

much smaller than the distance from 

shore, with acoustic sources that could 

constitute take being located far away 

from known subsistence hunting areas. 

Lastly, the proposed action would not 

remove individuals from the 

population. 

Based on the description of the 

specified activity, the measures 

described to minimize adverse effects 

on the availability of marine mammals 

for subsistence purposes, and the 

proposed mitigation and monitoring 

measures, NMFS has preliminarily 

determined that there will not be an 

unmitigable adverse impact on 

subsistence uses from ONR’s proposed 

activities. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species, in 

this case with the NMFS Alaska 

Regional Office (AKR). 

NMFS is proposing to authorize take 

of ringed seals, which are listed under 

the ESA. The Office of Protected 

Resources has requested initiation of 

Section 7 consultation with AKR for the 

issuance of this IHA. NMFS will 

conclude the ESA consultation prior to 

reaching a determination regarding the 

proposed issuance of the authorization. 

Proposed Authorization 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to issue 

an IHA to ONR for conducting their 

fourth year of Arctic Research Activities 

in the Beaufort and eastern Chukchi 

Seas from October 2021–October 2022, 

provided the previously mentioned 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. A draft 

of the proposed IHA can be found at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

national/marine-mammal-protection/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-militaryreadiness-activities. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request comment on our analyses, 

the proposed authorization, and any 

other aspect of this notice of proposed 

IHA for the proposed fourth year of 

Arctic Research Activities. We also 

request at this time comment on the 

potential renewal of this proposed IHA 

as described in the paragraph below. 

Please include with your comments any 

supporting data or literature citations to 

help inform decisions on the request for 

this proposed IHA or a subsequent 

renewal IHA. 

On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may 

issue a one-time, one-year renewal IHA 

following notice to the public providing 

an additional 15 days for public 

comments when (1) up to another year 

of identical or nearly identical, or nearly 

identical, activities as described in the 

Description of Proposed Activities 

section of this notice is planned or (2) 

the activities as described in the 

Description of Proposed Activities 

section of this notice would not be 

completed by the time the IHA expires 

and a renewal would allow for 

completion of the activities beyond that 

described in the Dates and Duration 

section of this notice, provided all of the 

following conditions are met: 

• A request for renewal is received no 

later than 60 days prior to the needed 

renewal IHA effective date (recognizing 

that the renewal IHA expiration date 

cannot extend beyond one year from 

expiration of the initial IHA); 

• The request for renewal must 

include the following: 

(1) An explanation that the activities 

to be conducted under the requested 

renewal IHA are identical to the 

activities analyzed under the initial 

IHA, are a subset of the activities, or 

include changes so minor (e.g., 

reduction in pile size) that the changes 

do not affect the previous analyses, 

mitigation and monitoring 

requirements, or take estimates (with 

the exception of reducing the type or 

amount of take); and 

(2) A preliminary monitoring report 

showing the results of the required 

monitoring to date and an explanation 

showing that the monitoring results do 

not indicate impacts of a scale or nature 

not previously analyzed or authorized. 

Upon review of the request for 

renewal, the status of the affected 

species or stocks, and any other 

pertinent information, NMFS 

determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

will remain the same and appropriate, 

and the findings in the initial IHA 

remain valid. 

Dated: August 18, 2021. 

Angela Somma, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18070 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection 3038–0033, Notification of 

Pending Legal Proceedings 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comments on the 

proposed extension 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 information collection 

requirements concerning notification of 

pending legal proceedings. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control No. 3038– 

0033 by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at http://

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. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or if not, 

accompanied by an English translation. 

Comments will be posted as received to 

http://www.cftc.gov. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

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


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agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information that they conduct or 

sponsor. ‘‘Collection of Information’’ is 

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

1320.3(c) 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, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. To comply with 

this requirement, the CFTC is 

publishing notice of the proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information listed below. 

Title: Notification of Pending Legal 

Proceedings Pursuant to 17 CFR 1.60 

(OMB Control Number 3038–0033). This 

is a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: The rule is designed to assist 

the Commission in monitoring legal 

proceedings involving the 

responsibilities imposed on designated 

contract markets (DCMs) and their 

officials and futures commission 

merchants (FCMs) and their principals 

by the Commodity Exchange Act, and is 

applicable to swap execution facilities 

(SEFs) through 17 CFR 37.2. This 

renewal updates the total requested 

burden based on available reported data. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, the CFTC 

invites comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

You should submit 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, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from http://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 Information Collection 

Request will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedures Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

respondent burden for this collection 

during the renewal period is estimated 

to be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 97. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

Hours per Respondent: .25. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 24.25. 

Frequency of Collection: As needed. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

costs or maintenance costs associated 

with this collection. 

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

Dated: August 18, 2021. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18079 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2021–HQ–0020] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Emergency notice. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

its implementing regulations, this 

document provides notice DoD is 

submitting an Information Collection 

Request to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct research 

to investigate the theoretical 

relationship between diversity, 

inclusion policies and practices, and 

Soldier and team performance. DoD 

requests emergency processing and 

OMB authorization to collect the 

information after publication of this 

notice for a period of six months. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The Department has 

requested emergency processing from 

OMB for this information collection 

request by 2 days after publication of 

this notice. Interested parties can access 

the supporting materials and collection 

instrument as well as submit comments 

and recommendations to OMB at 

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

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

2-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of this information 

collection. They will also become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection requirement is 

necessary to evaluate the statistical 

validity of a scientific model and 

associated measurement instrument. 

The model and instrument could be 

used by the Army for deeper 

understanding of how to improve 

inclusion policies and practices. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Inclusion Policy Practice 

Decoupling Phase II; OMB Control 

Number 0702–IPPD. 

Type of Request: Emergency. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 2,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,500. 

Affected Public: None. 

Frequency: Once. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of DoD, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

DoD’s estimate of the burden (including 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) ways to 


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