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2007), and that issuance of the permit 

would not have a significant adverse 

impact on the human environment. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Dr. Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02385 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648-XB160 

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 16193 and 

17157 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

two major permit amendments have 

been issued: Permit No. 16193-01 has 

been issued to Todd Robeck, D.V.M, 

Ph.D., Sea World Parks and 

Entertainment Corp, 500 Sea World 

Drive, San Diego, CA 92109; and, Permit 

No. 17157-02 has been issued to 

Stephen John Trumble, Ph.D., Baylor 

University, 101 Bagby Ave., Waco, TX 

76706. 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendments 

and related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427– 

8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan, (301) 

427-8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2015, notices were 

published in the Federal Register (File 

No. 16193-01, 80 FR 76276; and File No. 

17157-02, 80 FR 76278) that requests for 

amendments had been submitted by the 

above-named applicants to amend their 

permits to receive, import, and export 

specimens from marine mammals for 

scientific research. The requested 

permit amendments have been issued 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222-226). 

Permit No. 16193, issued on August 

28, 2012, authorizes the permit holder 

to receive, import, and export cetacean 

and pinniped specimens to study 

reproductive physiology, including 

endocrinology, gamete biology, and 

cryophysiology. Permit No. 16193-01 

amends the authorization to include 

unlimited samples from up to 300 wild 

Amazon River dolphins (Inia 

geoffrensis) annually. 

Permit No. 17157, issued on July 18, 

2012, and amended on November 7, 

2014, authorizes the receipt, import and 

export of up to 25 earplugs annually of 

each of the following species of whale: 

blue (Balaenoptera musculus), sei (B. 

borealis), minke (B. acutorostrata), 

humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), 

gray (Eschrichtius robustus), bowhead 

(Balaena mysticetus), fin (B. physalus), 

and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus). 

The samples may be obtained from 

natural history museums as well as from 

collections in Barrow, Alaska, of 

bowhead whale subsistence harvests. 

Permit No. 17157–02 authorizes an 

increase in the number of animals that 

samples that may be received, imported, 

and exported from 25 to 100 individuals 

annually. In addition, the permit has 

been amended to authorize the receipt, 

import, and export of baleen samples 

from blue and fin whales. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

As required by the ESA, issuance of 

this permit was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) Was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02384 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Technology Advisory Committee 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC or 

Commission) announces that on 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, from 9:45 

a.m. to 3:45 p.m., the CFTC’s 

Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) 

will hold a rescheduled public meeting 

at the CFTC’s Washington, DC 

headquarters. The TAC meeting 

previously scheduled for January 26, 

2016, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., was 

canceled due to inclement weather that 

closed the Federal Government. The 

TAC will discuss: (1) The Commission’s 

proposed Regulation Automated 

Trading (Reg AT); (2) swap data 

standardization and harmonization; and 

(3) blockchain and the potential 

application of distributed ledger 

technology to the derivatives market. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 from 9:45 

a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Members of the public 

who wish to submit written statements 

in connection with the meeting should 

submit them by Monday, February 22, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s 

headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. Written statements should be 

submitted by mail to: Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581, attention: Office 

of the Secretary, or by electronic mail to: 

secretary@cftc.gov. Please use the title 

‘‘Technology Advisory Committee’’ in 

any written statement you submit. Any 

statements submitted in connection 

with the committee meeting will be 

made available to the public, including 

publication on the CFTC Web site, 

www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ward P. Griffin, TAC Designated 

Federal Officer, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5425. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public with 

seating on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Members of the public may also 

listen to the meeting by telephone by 

calling a domestic toll-free telephone or 

international toll or toll-free number to 


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connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. 

Call-in participants should be prepared 

to provide their first name, last name, 

and affiliation. Instructions for domestic 

and international calls will be posted on 

the CFTC’s Web site, http://

www.cftc.gov, on the page for the 

meeting, under Related Documents. 

After the meeting, a transcript of the 

meeting will be published through a 

link on the CFTC’s Web site, http://

www.cftc.gov. All written submissions 

provided to the CFTC in any form will 

also be published on the CFTC’s Web 

site. Persons requiring special 

accommodations to attend the meeting 

because of a disability should notify the 

contact person above. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(a)(2). 

Dated: February 3, 2016. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02375 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2016–0002] 

Notice of Availability: CPSC’s Draft 

2016–2020 Strategic Plan 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’) has drafted a 

Strategic Plan for 2016–2020. CPSC 

seeks comments from the public on the 

draft plan. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 9, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2016– 

0002, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. The Commission 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, as described above. 

Written Submissions: Submit written 

submissions by mail/hand delivery/

courier to: Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If furnished at all, such 

information should be submitted in 

writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http://

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number CPSC–2016–0002, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Inserra, Office of Financial 

Management, Planning and Evaluation, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–7421; email: ainserra@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CPSC 

is an independent federal regulatory 

agency with a public health and safety 

mission to protect the public from the 

unreasonable risks of injury and death 

from consumer products. The CPSC is 

providing notice that the agency is 

seeking public comments on its new 

draft 2016–2020 Strategic Plan. 

Under the draft new Strategic Plan, 

the CPSC’s mission is ‘‘Keeping 

Consumers Safe.’’ The agency’s 

overarching vision is ‘‘A nation free 

from unreasonable risks of injury and 

death from consumer products.’’ The 

CPSC will work to achieve four strategic 

goals that will contribute to realizing the 

agency’s vision and achieving its 

mission. CPSC’s programs will align 

with the strategic goals, and staff will 

implement strategies to achieve the 

strategic goals. The strategic goals are: 

1. Cultivate the most effective 

consumer product safety workforce. 

2. Prevent hazardous products from 

reaching consumers. 

3. Respond quickly to address 

hazardous consumer products in the 

marketplace and with consumers. 

4. Communicate useful information 

quickly and effectively to better inform 

decisions. 

The draft 2016–2020 Strategic Plan 

sets out how the CPSC will pursue the 

four strategic goals. The draft Strategic 

Plan is available on the Commission’s 

Web site at: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/

About-CPSC/Agency-Reports/

Performance-and-Budget/. 

The CPSC seeks comments on all 

aspects of the draft 2016–2020 Strategic 

Plan. CPSC has a wide range of external 

stakeholders from industry, trade 

associations, consumer groups, 

nonprofits, and standards development 

organizations, as well as from the 

international, congressional, federal, 

state, and local sectors. The agency 

looks forward to receiving comments 

from all individuals and entities 

involved in, and affected by, the CPSC’s 

activities. Please provide comments as 

directed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

Dated: February 3, 2016. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02360 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9928–97–OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Kerwin (202) 566–1669, or 

email at kerwin.courtney@epa.gov and 

please refer to the appropriate EPA 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 1723.07; 

Importation of Nonroad Engines and 

Recreational Vehicles (Renewal); 40 

CFR 85, 40 CFR part 89, 40 CFR part 90, 

40 CR part 91, 40 CFR part 92, 40 CFR 

part 94, and 40 CFR part 1068; was 

approved without change on 5/20/2015; 

OMB Number 2060–0320; expires on 

5/31/2016. 


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