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abundance of the relevant species or 

stock in our determination of whether 

an authorization is limited to small 

numbers of marine mammals. When the 

predicted number of individuals to be 

taken is fewer than one third of the 

species or stock abundance, the take is 

considered to be of small numbers. 

Additionally, other qualitative factors 

may be considered in the analysis, such 

as the temporal or spatial scale of the 

activities. 

NMFS has authorized incidental take 

(by Level B harassment only) of 14 

marine mammal species (with 15 

managed stocks). The total amount of 

authorized takes relative to the best 

available population abundance is less 

than 33 percent for all stocks (Table 5). 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the planned activity (including 

the required mitigation and monitoring 

measures) and the anticipated take of 

marine mammals, NMFS finds that 

small numbers of marine mammals will 

be taken relative to the population size 

of the affected species or stocks. 

Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis 

and Determination 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of the affected marine mammal stocks or 

species implicated by this action. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

the total taking of affected species or 

stocks would not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

such species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence purposes. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must evaluate our 

proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an 

IHA) and alternatives with respect to 

potential impacts on the human 

environment. This action is consistent 

with categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 of the 

Companion Manual for NAO 216–6A, 

which do not individually or 

cumulatively have the potential for 

significant impacts on the quality of the 

human environment and for which we 

have not identified any extraordinary 

circumstances that would preclude this 

categorical exclusion. Accordingly, 

NMFS has determined that this action 

qualifies to be categorically excluded 

from further NEPA review. 

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 Office of Protected 

Resources (OPR) consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

NMFS is authorizing take of North 

Atlantic right whale and fin whales, 

which are listed under the ESA. On June 

29, 2021 (revised September 2021), 

GARFO completed an informal 

programmatic consultation on the 

effects of certain site assessment and 

site characterization activities to be 

carried out to support the siting of 

offshore wind energy development 

projects off the U.S. Atlantic coast. Part 

of the activities considered in the 

consultation are geophysical surveys 

such as those proposed by Dominion 

Energy and for which we have authorize 

take. GARFO concluded site assessment 

surveys are not likely to adversely affect 

endangered species or adversely modify 

or destroy critical habitat. NMFS has 

determined issuance of the IHA is 

covered under the programmatic 

consultation; therefore, ESA 

consultation has been satisfied. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

NMFS has issued an IHA to Dominion 

Energy authorizing take, by Level B 

harassment, incidental to conducting 

marine site characterization surveys off 

of Virginia for a period of one year, that 

includes the previously explained 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements. 

Dated: May 31, 2022. 

Catherine Marzin, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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; Marine Recreational 

Information Program, Access-Point 

Angler Intercept Survey 

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 2/7/2022 

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: Marine Recreational Information 

Program, Access-Point Angler Intercept 

Survey (APAIS). 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0659. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 0.083. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,333. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Marine recreational anglers are 

surveyed to collect catch and effort data, 

fish biology data, and angler 

socioeconomic characteristics. These 

data are required to carry out provisions 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, 

regarding conservation and management 

of fishery resources. 

Marine recreational fishing catch and 

effort data are collected through a 

combination of mail surveys, telephone 

surveys and on-site intercept surveys 

with recreational anglers. Amendments 

to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) require the development of an 

improved data collection program for 

recreational fisheries. To partially meet 

these requirements, NOAA Fisheries 

designed and implemented a new 

Access-Point Angler Intercept Survey 

(APAIS) in 2013 to ensure better 

coverage and representation of 

recreational fishing activity. 

The APAIS intercepts marine 

recreational fishers at public-access sites 

in coastal counties from Maine to 

Mississippi, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to 

obtain information about the justcompleted day’s fishing activity. 

Respondents are asked about the time 

and type of fishing, the angler’s avidity 

and residence location, and details of 

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identification, number, and size are 

collected for any available landed catch. 

Data collected from the APAIS are used 

to estimate the catch per angler of 

recreational saltwater fishers. These 

APAIS estimates are combined with 

estimates derived from independent but 

complementary surveys of fishing effort, 

the Fishing Effort Survey and the ForHire Survey, to estimate total, state-level 

fishing catch, by species, and 

participation. These estimates are used 

in the development, implementation, 

and monitoring of fishery management 

programs by the NMFS, regional fishery 

management councils, interstate marine 

fisheries commissions, and state fishery 

agencies. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Frequency: One-time, in-person 

interview. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 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 0648–0659. 

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; North Atlantic Recreational 

Fishing Survey III 

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 March 21, 

2022, 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: Survey to Collect Economic 

Data from Recreational Anglers Along 

the Atlantic Coast. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0783. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular [revision of 

currently approved information 

collections]. 

Number of Respondents: 442. 

Average Hours per Response: Eligible 

Anglers, 14 minutes; Ineligible Anglers, 

4 minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 58. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection and is 

sponsored by NOAA’s Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). The 

original data collection effort in 2019 

under OMB Control Number 0648–0783 

was to assess how changes in saltwater 

recreational fishing regulations affect 

angler effort, angler welfare, fishing 

mortality, and future stock levels. That 

data collection effort focused on anglers 

who fished for Atlantic cod and 

haddock off the Atlantic coast from 

Maine to Massachusetts (North Atlantic 

Recreational Fishing Survey I). In 2020, 

the collection was revised to remove the 

cod and haddock survey and add a 

survey focused on anglers who fish for 

summer flounder and black sea bass 

along the Atlantic coast from 

Massachusetts to North Carolina (North 

Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey II). 

This current revision will re-add the 

original cod and haddock survey to this 

control number (North Atlantic 

Recreational Fishing Survey III). 

The objective of this survey will be to 

update our understanding of how 

anglers who fish for Atlantic cod and 

haddock, respond to changes in 

management options and fishing 

regulations (e.g., bag limits, size limits, 

dates of open seasons, etc.) along the 

Atlantic coast from Maine to 

Massachusetts. The survey data will 

provide the information fisheries 

managers need to conduct updated and 

improved analysis of the socioeconomic effects to recreational anglers 

and to coastal communities of proposed 

changes in fishing regulations. The 

recreational fishing community and 

regional fisheries management councils 

have requested more species-specific 

socio-economic studies of recreational 

fishing that can be used in the analysis 

of fisheries policies. This survey will 

address that stated need for more 

species-specific studies. 

The survey population consists of 

those anglers who fish in saltwater 

along the North Atlantic coast from 

Maine to Massachusetts and who 

possess a license to fish. A sample of 

anglers will be drawn from state fishing 

license frames. The survey will be 

conducted using both mail and email to 

contact anglers and invite them to take 

the survey online. Anglers not 

responding to the online survey may 

receive a paper survey in the mail. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Frequency: The NARFS III will be a 

cross-sectional survey asking anglers to 

respond once to a single questionnaire. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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 0648–0783. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2021–0039] 

Climate Change Mitigation Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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