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fishing permit must be submitted in a 

written format. The exempted fishing 

permit data reports may be submitted in 

person, faxed, submitted by telephone 

or emailed by the monitor, plant 

manager, vessel owner or operator to 

NOAA Fisheries or the states of 

Washington, Oregon, or California. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0203. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals, Nonprofit institutions, State, local, or tribal 

government; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

539. 

Estimated Time per Response: Permit 

renewals: 20 minutes; Permit transfers: 

30 minutes; Sablefish ownership 

interest form: 10 minutes; EFP 

Applications: 32 hours; EFP Trip 

Notifications: 2 minutes; EFP Harvest 

Plans: 16 hours; EFP Data Reports: 2 

hours; EFP Summary Reports: interim 

report, 4 hours; final report, 20 hours; 

Letters of Authorization: 6 hours; 

Exempted Educational Activities 

Authorizations, 6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,011 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $56,468. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801). 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit NOAA Fisheries to: (a) Evaluate 

whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Solicitation for Applications for 

Advisory Councils Established 

Pursuant to the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act and Executive Order 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

ONMS will solicit applications to fill 

non-governmental seats on its 15 

established national marine sanctuary 

advisory councils and the Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Reserve Advisory Council (advisory 

councils), under the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act and the Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Reserve Executive Order, respectively. 

The list of 16 established advisory 

councils in the Contact Information for 

Each Site section includes the advisory 

council established for the Proposed 

Lake Ontario National Marine 

Sanctuary. Vacant seats, including 

positions (i.e., primary and alternate), 

for each of the advisory councils will be 

advertised differently at each site in 

accordance with the information 

provided in this notice. This notice 

contains web page links and contact 

information for each site, as well as 

additional resources on advisory 

council vacancies and the application 

process. 

DATES: Please visit individual site web 

pages, or reach out to a site as identified 

in this notice’s SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section on Contact 

Information for Each Site, regarding the 

timing and advertisement of vacant 

seats, including positions (i.e., primary 

or alternate), for each of the advisory 

councils. Applications will only be 

accepted in response to current, open 

vacancies and in accordance with the 

deadlines and instructions included on 

each site’s website. 

ADDRESSES: Vacancies and applications 

are specific to each site’s advisory 

council. Contact information for each 

site is contained in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on a particular 

advisory council or available seats, 

please contact the site as identified in 

this notice’s SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section on Contact 

Information for Each Site, below. For 

general inquiries related to this notice or 

ONMS advisory councils established 

pursuant to the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act or Executive Order 

13178, contact Katie Denman, Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries Policy and 

Planning Division (katie.denman@

noaa.gov; 240–533–0702). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

315 of the National Marine Sanctuaries 

Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 1445A) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 

establish advisory councils to advise 

and make recommendations regarding 

the designation and management of 

national marine sanctuaries. Executive 

Order 13178 similarly established a 

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council 

pursuant to the NMSA for the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral 

Reef Ecosystem Reserve. In this 

Supplementary Information section, 

NOAA provides details regarding the 

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 

the role of advisory councils, and 

contact information for each site. 

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries 

(ONMS) 

ONMS serves as the trustee for a 

network of underwater parks 

encompassing more than 620,000 square 

miles of marine and Great Lakes waters 

from Washington state to the Florida 

Keys, and from Lake Huron to American 

Samoa. The network includes a system 

of 15 national marine sanctuaries and 

Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea and Rose Atoll 

marine national monuments. National 

marine sanctuaries protect our Nation’s 

most vital coastal and marine natural 

and cultural resources through active 

research, management, and public 

engagement. These activities sustain 

healthy environments that are the 

foundation for thriving communities 

and local economies. 

One of the many ways ONMS ensures 

public participation in the designation 

and management of national marine 

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councils. Advisory councils are 

community-based advisory groups that 

advise ONMS on issues including 

management, science, service, and 

stewardship. Councils also serve as 

liaisons between their constituents in 

the community and the sanctuary. 

Pursuant to Section 315(a) of the 

National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1445A(a), advisory councils are 

exempt from the requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Additional information on ONMS and 

its advisory councils can be found at 

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov. 

Advisory Council Membership 

Under Section 315 of the NMSA, 

advisory council members may be 

appointed from among: (1) persons 

employed by federal or state agencies 

with expertise in management of natural 

resources; (2) members of relevant 

regional fishery management councils; 

and (3) representatives of local user 

groups, conservation and other public 

interest organizations, scientific 

organizations, educational 

organizations, or others interested in the 

protection and multiple use 

management of sanctuary resources. For 

the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory 

Council, Section 5(f) of Executive Order 

13178 (as amended by Executive Order 

13196) specifically identifies member 

and representative categories. 

The charter for each advisory council 

defines the number and type of seats 

and positions on the council; however, 

as a general matter, available seats could 

include: conservation, education, 

research, fishing, whale watching, 

diving and other recreational activities, 

boating and shipping, tourism, harbors 

and ports, maritime business, 

agriculture, maritime heritage, and 

citizen-at-large. 

NOAA selects council members from 

among applicants based on their 

expertise and experience in relation to 

the seat for which they are applying; 

community and professional affiliations; 

views on the protection and 

management of marine or Great Lakes 

resources; and possibly the length of 

residence in the area affected by the site. 

Applicants chosen as members or 

alternates should expect to serve two- or 

three-year terms, pursuant to the charter 

of the specific national marine 

sanctuary advisory council or 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral 

Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory 

Council. More information on advisory 

council membership and processes, and 

materials related to the purpose, 

policies, and operational requirements 

for advisory councils can be found in 

the charter for a particular advisory 

council (http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

management/ac/council_charters.html) 

and the National Marine Sanctuary 

Advisory Council Implementation 

Handbook (http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

management/ac/acref.html). 

Contact Information for Each Site 

• Channel Islands National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Channel 

Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

Ocean Science Education Building 514, 

MC 6155, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; 

805–893–6437; https:// 

channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/council_

news.html. 

• Cordell Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Cordell 

Bank National Marine Sanctuary, P.O. 

Box 159, Olema, CA 94950; 415–464– 

5260; http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/ 

council/applicants.html. 

• Florida Keys National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Florida 

Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 33 

East Quay Road, Key West, FL 33040; 

305–809–4700; https:// 

floridakeys.noaa.gov/sac/ 

recruitment.html. 

• Flower Garden Banks National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: 

Flower Garden Banks National Marine 

Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U, Building 

216, Galveston, TX 77551; 409–621– 

5151; http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/ 

advisorycouncil/recruitment.html. 

• Gray’s Reef National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Gray’s 

Reef National Marine Sanctuary, 10 

Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 

31411; 912–598–2345; http:// 

graysreef.noaa.gov/management/sac/ 

council_news.html. 

• Greater Farallones National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Greater 

Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, 

991 Marine Drive, The Presidio, San 

Francisco, CA 94129; 415–561–6622; 

https://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/ 

sac_recruitment.html. 

• Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale 

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory 

Council: Hawaiian Islands Humpback 

Whale National Marine Sanctuary, 

NOAA Inouye Regional Center, NOS/ 

ONMS/HIHWNMS, 1845 Wasp 

Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 

96818; 808–879–2818; https:// 

hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/ 

management/advisory/ 

recruitment.html. 

• Mallows Bay—Potomac River 

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory 

Council: Mallows Bay—Potomac River 

National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA 

Chesapeake Bay Office, 200 Harry S 

Truman Parkway, Room 460, Annapolis, 

MD 21401; (240) 460–1978; https://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/mallows-potomac/ 

involved/recruitment.html. 

• Monitor National Marine Sanctuary 

Advisory Council: Monitor National 

Marine Sanctuary, 100 Museum Drive, 

Newport News, VA 23606; 757–599– 

3122; https://monitor.noaa.gov/ 

advisory/news.html. 

• Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Monterey 

Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 99 

Pacific Street, Building 455A, Monterey, 

CA 93940; 831–647–4201; http://

montereybay.noaa.gov/sac/recruit.html. 

• National Marine Sanctuary of 

American Samoa Advisory Council: 

National Marine Sanctuary of American 

Samoa, Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, 

P.O. Box 4318, Pago Pago, American 

Samoa 96799; 684–633–6500; https://

americansamoa.noaa.gov/council/ 

recruitment/. 

• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory 

Council: NOAA Inouye Regional Center, 

NOS/ONMS/PMNM, 1845 Wasp 

Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 

96818; 808–725–5800; http://

www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/newabout/council/apply/. 

• Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Olympic 

Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 115 

East Railroad Avenue, Suite 301, Port 

Angeles, WA 98362; 360–457–6622; 

http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/involved/ 

sac/recruitment.html. 

• Proposed Lake Ontario Sanctuary 

Advisory Council; NOAA Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries, 4840 

South State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108; 

734–741–2270; https://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/ 

advisory/members.html. 

• Stellwagen Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Stellwagen 

Bank National Marine Sanctuary, 175 

Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA 

02066; 781–545–8026; http://

stellwagen.noaa.gov/management/sac/ 

recruitment.html. 

• Thunder Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: Thunder 

Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 500 

West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI 49707; 

989–356–8805; https://

thunderbay.noaa.gov/involved/ 

recruitment.html. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

ONMS has a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number (0648–0397) for the collection 

of public information related to the 

processing of ONMS national marine 

sanctuary advisory council applications 

across the National Marine Sanctuary 

System. Soliciting applications for 


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sanctuary advisory councils fits within 

the estimated reporting burden under 

that control number. See https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch 

(Enter Control Number 0648–0397). 

Therefore, ONMS will not request an 

update to the reporting burden certified 

for OMB control number 0648–0397. 

Send comments regarding this burden 

estimate, or any other aspect of this data 

collection, including suggestions for 

reducing the burden, to: Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/NMS, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The OMB 

control number is #0648–0397. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. 

John Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12511 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Matching Fund Opportunity 

for Ocean and Coastal Mapping and 

Request for Partnership Proposals 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of matching 

fund program opportunity, request for 

proposals, and request for interest by 

September 30, 2022. 

SUMMARY: By establishing selection 

criteria and requirements for the NOAA 

Rear Admiral Richard T. Brennan Ocean 

Mapping Matching Fund program, to be 

known as the Brennan Matching Fund, 

this notice invites non-Federal entities 

to partner with NOAA National Ocean 

Service’s ocean and coastal mapping 

programs on jointly funded projects of 

mutual interest. NOAA would receive 

and match partner funds and rely on its 

existing contract arrangements to 

conduct the surveying and mapping 

activities in FY2024. Proposers benefit 

from this opportunity by leveraging 

NOAA’s contracting expertise, 

including its pool of pre-qualified 

technical experts in surveying and 

mapping as well as data management to 

ensure that the mapping data are fit for 

purpose and are usable for a broad set 

of purposes. This program is subject to 

funding availability. 

DATES: Proposals, including any 

optional GIS files of the proposed 

project areas, must be received via email 

by 5 p.m. ET on September 30, 2022. If 

an entity is unable to apply for this 

particular opportunity, but has an 

interest in participating in similar, 

future opportunities, NOAA requests a 

one-page statement of interest, also by 

September 30, 2022, to help gauge 

whether to offer the Brennan Matching 

Fund program in future years. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be 

submitted via email to iwgocm.staff@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Meredith 

Westington or Paul Turner, NOAA 

Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping, 

at iwgocm.staff@noaa.gov, or (505) 278– 

9851 and (302) 648–7612, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey (OCS) 

and National Geodetic Survey (NGS) are 

responsible for conducting 

hydrographic surveys and coastal 

mapping for safe navigation, the 

conservation and management of coastal 

and ocean resources, and emergency 

response. NOAA is committed to 

meeting these missions as 

collaboratively as possible, adhering to 

the Integrated Ocean and Coastal 

Mapping (IOCM) principle of ‘‘Map 

Once, Use Many Times.’’ 

One of IOCM’s strongest advocates, 

Rear Admiral Richard T. Brennan, 

developed an Ocean Mapping Plan for 

OCS in which IOCM plays a large role. 

Responsive to the June 2020 

publications of the National Strategy for 

Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing 

the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone 

(NOMEC) and the Alaska Coastal 

Mapping Strategy (ACMS), the Coast 

Survey Ocean Mapping Plan includes a 

goal to map the full extent of waters 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction to modern 

standards (all three plans are available 

at https://iocm.noaa.gov/about/ 

strategic-plans.html). Although we lost 

RDML Brennan tragically and 

unexpectedly in May 2021, we continue 

to implement his vision and passion for 

collaborative ocean mapping through 

this and other avenues. 

The Coast Survey Ocean Mapping 

Plan describes a number of motivating 

forces for surveying and mapping waters 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including, 

but not limited to: 

• Safe marine transportation; 

• Coastal community resilience; 

• A need to better understand the 

influence of the ocean’s composition on 

related physical and ecosystem 

processes that affect climate, weather, 

and coastal and marine resources and 

infrastructure; 

• Interest in capitalizing on the Blue 

Economy in growth areas like seafood 

production, tourism and recreation, 

marine transportation, and ocean 

exploration; 

• The national prerogative to exercise 

U.S. sovereign rights to explore, 

manage, and conserve natural resources 

in waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction; 

and 

• International commitments to map 

the global oceans by 2030. 

Knowledge of the depth, shape, and 

composition of the seafloor has farreaching benefits, including safer 

navigation, hazard mitigation for coastal 

resilience, preservation of marine 

habitats and heritage, and a deeper 

understanding of natural resources for 

sustainable ocean economies. However, 

the resources needed to fully achieve 

the goal of comprehensively mapping 

U.S. oceans and coasts currently exceed 

NOAA’s capacity. Mapping the full 

extent of waters subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction means relying on partners 

to contribute to the effort. 

Coast Survey has considerable 

hydrographic expertise, including 

cutting edge understanding of the 

science and related acoustic systems as 

well as data standards to ensure broad 

usability of that data. More detail on 

Coast Survey’s surveying expertise and 

capabilities is available in the NOAA 

Coast Survey Ocean Mapping 

Capabilities report (https://

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/about/docs/ 

about/ocean-mapping-capabilities.pdf). 

Information on the Hydrographic 

Services Contract Vehicle and the types 

of data and services available can be 

found at https://

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/data/ 

hydrographic-surveys-contractvehicle.html. 

The NOAA Coastal Mapping Program 

under NGS, responsible for updating the 

shoreline and nearshore bathymetry for 

application to NOAA Nautical Charts 

and other coastal applications, relies in 

part on its NGS Shoreline Mapping 

Services contract. This contract also 

supports additional NGS geodetic and 

surveying missions in support of the 

National Spatial Reference System and 


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