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Time) until business is completed and 

continues Wednesday, October 13, 

2021, beginning at 9 a.m. (Pacific 

Daylight Time) and concluding when 

business is completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit 

Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2422. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for the 

HMSMT to discuss the contents of 

reports it would submit to the Pacific 

Council on topics included on the 

November 2021 Pacific Council meeting 

and future Pacific Council meetings. 

Potential topics include, but are not 

limited to, a range of alternatives for 

hard caps for the California large mesh 

driftnet fishery and updates to the 

Pacific Council’s Swordfish 

Management and Monitoring Plan. The 

HMSMT may also discuss other HMSrelated topics not currently scheduled 

on Pacific Council meeting agendas. A 

detailed agenda for this meeting, 

including topics and estimated times, 

will be posted to the Pacific Council 

website in advance of the meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: September 17, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB434] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad Hoc Southern Oregon Northern 

California Coast (SONCC) Coho 

Workgroup (Workgroup) will host an 

online meeting that is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Wednesday and Thursday, October 13– 

14, 2021, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. 

Pacific Daylight Time, or until business 

for the day has been completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Ehlke, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

incorporate Pacific Council guidance 

from its September 2021 meeting in 

relevant modeling and analyses needed 

to update the current risk assessment 

and harvest control rule alternatives for 

consideration at the November 2021 

Pacific Council meeting. The 

Workgroup may also discuss and 

prepare for future Workgroup meetings 

and future meetings with the Pacific 

Council and its advisory bodies. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: September 17, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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; Questionnaire for National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration Federal Financial 

Assistance Applicants 

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 30445) during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Questionnaire for National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration Federal Financial 

Assistance Applicants. 

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OMB Control Number: 0648–0538. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular [Revision 

and extension of a current information 

collection.]. 

Number of Respondents: 736. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,208 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection 

through the Environmental Compliance 

Questionnaire for National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration Federal 

Financial Assistance Applicants 

(Questionnaire). This Questionnaire is 

used by the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to 

collect information about proposed 

activities for the purpose of complying 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (‘‘NEPA,’’ 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370) and 

other environmental compliance 

requirements associated with proposed 

activities. NEPA requires federal 

agencies to complete an environmental 

analysis for all major federal actions, 

including funding non-federal activities 

through federal financial assistance 

awards where federal participation in 

the funded activity is expected to be 

significant. The Questionnaire is used in 

conjunction with NOAA Notices of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO). 

The NOFO will indicate the specific 

questions to which an applicant must 

respond in one of three ways: (1) The 

applicable questions are inserted 

directly into the NOFO with reference to 

the OMB Approval Number (0648–0538) 

for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify 

which questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant 

must answer, with the entire OMBapproved Questionnaire attached to the 

NOFO; or (3) applicants to be 

recommended for funding will be 

required to answer relevant questions 

from the Questionnaire. The federal 

program officer will determine which 

questions are relevant to each specific 

applicant. Answers must be provided 

before the application can be submitted 

for final funding approval. This 

Questionnaire has been revised to (1) 

remove repetitive questions; (2) revise 

specific questions to use plain language; 

and (3) add 18 new questions that 

would be helpful to a wider range of 

NOAA programs. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Required when 

responding to a NOFO. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321–4370). 

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 0648–0538. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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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; Submission of Conservation 

Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection, request for comment. 

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 a 

request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

extension of an information collection 

must be received on or before November 

22, 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– 

0466 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 Lisa 

Manning, National Marine Fisheries 

Service at 301–427–8466 or 

Lisa.Manning@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), Office of Protected Resources, 

is sponsoring a request for extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection. 

Under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), determinations whether to list 

species as endangered or threatened 

must be based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available, including 

consideration of those efforts, if any, 

being made by any state or foreign 

nation (or any of their political 

subdivisions) to protect the particular 

species. On March 28, 2003, NMFS and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the 

‘‘Services’’) announced a final policy on 

the criteria the Services will use to 

evaluate certain conservation efforts by 

states, tribes, and other non-federal 

entities when making listing 

determinations under the ESA (68 FR 

15100). The conservation efforts usually 

involve the development of a 

conservation plan or agreement, 

procedures for monitoring the 

effectiveness of the plan or agreement, 

and an annual report. 

The development of conservation 

plans could prevent some species from 

becoming so imperiled that the only 

recourse is to add them to the list of 

threatened and endangered species 

under the Endangered Species Act. The 

purpose of this policy is to encourage 

such plans and to give applicants 

guidance about how NMFSs will 

evaluate such plans. This policy 

identifies criteria for evaluating the 

certainty of implementation and 

effectiveness of a conservation effort. 

NMFS developed this policy to ensure 

consistent and adequate evaluation of 

agreements and plans in making listing 

decisions and to help States and other 

entities develop agreements and plans 

that will be adequate to make listing 

species unnecessary.