51344 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 15, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB420] 

Management Track Assessment for 

Georges Bank Atlantic Cod and Gulf of 

Maine Atlantic Cod 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS and the Assessment 

Oversight Panel (AOP) will convene the 

Management Track Assessment Peer 

Review Meeting for the purpose of 

reviewing both Georges Bank and Gulf 

of Maine Atlantic cod stocks. The 

Management Track Assessment Peer 

Review is a formal scientific peerreview process for evaluating and 

presenting stock assessment results to 

managers for fish stocks in the offshore 

U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. 

Assessments are prepared by the lead 

stock assessment analyst and reviewed 

by an independent panel of stock 

assessment experts called the AOP. The 

public is invited to attend the 

presentations and discussions between 

the review panel and the scientists who 

have participated in the stock 

assessment process. 

DATES: The public portion of the 

Management Track Assessment Peer 

Review Meeting will be held from 

September 13, 2021—September 15, 

2021. The meeting will conclude on 

September 15, 2021 at 5 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

daily meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via Google Meet (https://

meet.google.com/bqy-awcd-kqv). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Traver, phone: 508–495–2195; 

email: michele.traver@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please visit the 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

(NEFSC) website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/population-assessments/ 

fishery-stock-assessments-new-englandand-mid-atlantic. For additional 

information about the AOP meeting and 

the stock assessment peer review, please 

visit the NMFS/NEFSC web page at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/newengland-mid-atlantic/populationassessments/management-track-stockassessments. 

Daily Meeting Agenda—Management 

Track Peer Review Meeting 

The agenda is subject to change; all 

times are approximate and may be 

changed at the discretion of the Peer 

Review Chair. 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 

Time Activity Lead 

10 a.m.–9:15 a.m ............................................... Welcome/Logistics/Introductions/Process ........ Russ Brown/Michele Traver. 

10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m ........................................ Background/AOP Review ................................ Russ Brown. 

10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m ........................................ Gulf of Maine Cod ............................................ Charles Perretti. 

11:45 a.m. –12:15 p.m ....................................... Discussion/Review/Summary ........................... Review Panel. 

12:15 p.m.–12:30 p.m ........................................ Public Comment ............................................... Public. 

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m .......................................... Lunch.

1:30 p.m.–3 p.m ................................................. Gulf of Maine Cod cont. ................................... Charles Perretti. 

3 p.m.–3:15 p.m ................................................. Break.

3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m ............................................ Gulf of Maine Cod cont. ................................... Charles Perretti. 

3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m ............................................ Discussion/Review/Summary ........................... Review Panel.

4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m ............................................ Public Comment ............................................... Public. 

4:30 p.m ............................................................. Adjourn.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 

Time Activity Lead 

9 a.m.–9:15 a.m ................................................. Brief Overview and Logistics ........................... Michele Traver/Richard Merrick (Chair). 

9:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m .......................................... Georges Bank Cod .......................................... Kathy Sosebee. 

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m ........................................ Break.

10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m ........................................ Georges Bank Cod cont. ................................. Kathy Sosebee. 

11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m ........................................ Discussion/Review/Summary ........................... Review Panel. 

12:15 p.m.–12:30 p.m ........................................ Public Comment ............................................... Public. 

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m .......................................... Lunch.

1:30 p.m.–2 p.m ................................................. Key Points/Wrap Up ........................................ Review Panel. 

2 p.m.–4:30 p.m ................................................. Report Writing .................................................. Review Panel. 

4:30 p.m ............................................................. Adjourn.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 

Time Activity Lead 

9 a.m.–4:30 p.m ................................................. Report Writing .................................................. Review Panel. 

4:30 p.m ............................................................. Adjourn.

The meeting is open to the public; 

however, during the ‘Report Writing’ 

session on Tuesday, September 14th, 

and Wednesday, September 15th, the 

public should not engage in discussion 

with the Peer Review Panel. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Special 


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requests should be directed to Michele 

Traver, via email. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19949 Filed 9–10–21; 4:15 pm] 

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; Highly Migratory Species 

Permit Family of Forms 

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 June 8, 2021, 

(86 FR 30411) during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species Permit Family of Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0327. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 34,803. 

Average Hours per Response: Renewal 

applications for the following vessel 

permits—Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/ 

Headboat, HMS Angling, and Swordfish 

General Commercial, 10 minutes; initial 

applications for the following vessel 

permits—Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/ 

Headboat, HMS Angling, and Swordfish 

General Commercial, 34 minutes; Onetime application for the IMO/LP 

number, 30 minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,017. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

the revision and extension of a current 

information collection. This collection 

is being revised to remove the Atlantic 

tuna dealer permits as this burden is 

captured under OMB Control Number 

0648–0202. 

Under the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible 

for management of the Nation’s marine 

fisheries. In addition, NMFS must 

comply with the United States’ 

obligations under the Atlantic Tunas 

Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 

et seq.). NMFS issues permits to fishing 

vessels in order to collect information 

necessary to comply with domestic and 

international obligations, secure 

compliance with regulations, and 

disseminate necessary information. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 635.4 require 

that vessels participating in commercial 

and recreational fisheries for Atlantic 

highly migratory species (HMS) obtain a 

Federal permit issued by NMFS. Vessel 

permits include Atlantic Tunas (except 

Longline permits, which are approved 

under PRA 0648–0205), HMS Charter/ 

Headboat, HMS Angling, and Swordfish 

General Commercial permits. This 

action also includes the one-time 

requirement for commercial vessels 

greater than 20 meters in length to 

obtain an International Maritime 

Organization/Lloyd’s Registry (IMO/LR) 

number. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations (commercial and 

for-hire vessel owners), Individuals or 

households (private recreational vessel 

owners). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 

(16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) 

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 0648–0327. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19942 Filed 9–14–21; 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; Pacific Islands Region Permit 

Family of Forms 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comments. 

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 November 15, 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– 

0490 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 Walter 

Ikehara, Fishery Information Specialist, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), Pacific Islands Regional Office, 

1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, 

HI 96818, (808) 725–5175, 

walter.ikehara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a revision to merge 

the permit application forms from two 


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