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(PFU) and Person Followup Reinterview 

(PFU RI) operations as part of the 2010 

Census. Changes were made to this 

request since the notice was published 

in the Federal Register (Vol. 74, No. 

249, 69061, December 30, 2009). 

Respondent debriefings of the CCM 

Person Interview (PI) and CCM PFU 

have been added. These are to be 

conducted as part of a CCM evaluation. 

Details of this evaluation were not yet 

available at the time of this notice or in 

time to include in the CCM PI OMB 

package. 

The CCM program will provide 

estimates of net coverage error and 

components of census coverage 

(including omissions and erroneous 

enumerations) for housing units and 

persons in housing units (see Definition 

of Terms in Part B, Collections of 

Information Employing Statistical 

Methods). The data collection and 

matching methodologies for previous 

coverage measurement programs were 

designed only to measure net coverage 

error. 

The 2010 CCM will be comprised of 

two samples selected to measure census 

coverage of housing units and the 

household population: The population 

sample (P sample) and the enumeration 

sample (E sample). The primary 

sampling unit is a block cluster, which 

consists of one or more contiguous 

census blocks. The P sample is a sample 

of housing units and persons obtained 

independently from the census for a 

sample of block clusters. The E sample 

is a sample of census housing units and 

enumerations in the same block cluster 

as the P sample. The PFU operation will 

contain approximately 57,776 sample 

addresses. The PFU RI Operation will be 

a sample of those cases with an estimate 

8,667 sample addresses. 

The paper PFU questionnaire will be 

used to collect address and dates of stay 

information for persons selected for 

followup to verify their residence on 

Census Day (April 1, 2010) and on the 

day of the CCM Person Interview for 

that household. PFU will also contain 

questions to resolve match and 

duplication status discrepancies 

between the CCM Person Interview and 

the Census. 

We also will conduct a quality control 

operation called PFU Reinterview (PFU 

RI) on 15 percent of the PFU cases. The 

purpose of the operation is to confirm 

that the PFU enumerator conducted a 

PFU interview with an actual household 

member or a valid proxy respondent 

and to conduct a full PFU interview 

when falsification is suspected. 

In addition to the CCM PFU and PFU 

RI operations, respondent debriefings of 

the CCM Person Interview (PI) and CCM 

PFU will be conducted. The purpose of 

the respondent debriefings is to obtain 

a qualitative gauge of how well the PI 

and PFU instruments performed the 

tasks they were designed to accomplish, 

those being to capture members of the 

household and assign usual residence. 

Census Residence Rules experts will 

observe approximately 220 PI and PFU 

personal visit interviews and ask 

respondent debriefing questions at 

approximately 110 households (80 PI 

households and 30 PFU households). 

They will clarify or verify the usual 

residence of the persons listed and other 

persons who should have been counted. 

The experts will audiotape all observed 

interviews and debriefings of 

respondents if permission is given by 

the respondent. These audiotapes are for 

use in evaluations. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory 

(participation in debriefings is 

voluntary). 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Sections 141 and 193. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW63 

Magnuson Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator, 

Southwest Region, NMFS, has made a 

preliminary determination that an 

application for an Exempted Fishing 

Permit (EFP) warrants further 

consideration. The application was 

submitted by members of the Pacific 

sardine fishing industry, who request an 

exemption from seasonal closures of the 

directed fishery to conduct a survey 

designed to estimate the population size 

of Pacific sardine. NMFS requests 

public comment on the application. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this notice, identified by 0648– 

XW63, by any one of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Rodney R. McInnis, Regional 

Administrator, Southwest Region, 

NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 

4200, Long Beach, CA 90802. 

• Fax: (562) 980–4047, Att: Joshua 

Lindsay. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the application can viewed at 

the following website http:// 

swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/fmd/cps/ 

SardinelEFPl2010lFulll 

Applicationl042910–1.pdf; or by 

contacting Joshua Lindsay, Southwest 

Region, NMFS, (562) 980–4034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

10, 2010, NMFS published a final rule 

implementing the harvest guideline 

(HG) and annual specifications for the 

2010 Pacific sardine fishing season off 

the U.S. West Coast (75 FR 11068). As 

part of these management measures the 

Council recommended, and NMFS 

approved, that 5,000 metric tons (mt) of 

the maximum harvest guideline (HG) be 

initially subtracted and set aside for 

potential industry based research 

projects. Members of the Pacific sardine 

fishing industry, concerned about the 

difficulty of securing fishing vessels for 

research purposes during the normal 

fishing season, requested this separate 

allocation so that they could conduct 

research fishing activities after fishing is 

closed. The 5,000 mt set aside was 

intended to allow for potential research 

fishing in the second seasonal period 

(July 1 - September 14, 2009) and third 

seasonal period (September 15 - 

December 31, 2009), to continue if that 

period’s directed fishery allocation is 

reached and directed fishing is closed. 

NMFS approval and issuance of an 

EFP is required to conduct the fishing 

activities proposed by the applicants to 

occur when directed fishing is not 


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allowed. At the March 2010 Council 

meeting, the Council reviewed an EFP 

application that proposed to utilize the 

entire 5,000 mt set aside. The applicants 

proposed the use of 4200 mt to replicate 

the summer survey conducted under the 

EFP approved in 2009 and expand the 

sample size and area covered. In 

addition to the summer survey, the 

applicants proposed to use 800 mt of the 

set aside to run a fall pilot project to test 

the viability of alternative tools and 

methodologies. The proposal went 

forward for public comment and was 

reviewed by the Council again at their 

April meeting, at which time the 

Council recommended that NMFS 

approve and issue the EFP. 

One of the goals set forth in the EFP 

application is the development of an 

index of biomass for Pacific sardine, 

with the desire that this index be 

included in the subsequent Pacific 

sardine stock assessment. If NMFS 

determines that an EFP cannot be 

issued, then the set aside will be re 

allocated to the third period’s directed 

harvest allocation. Any research set 

aside attributed to an EFP for use during 

the closed fishing time in the second 

allocation period (prior to September 

15), but not utilized, will roll into the 

third allocation period’s directed 

fishery. Any research set aside 

attributed to an EFP for use during the 

closed fishing time in the third 

allocation period, but not utilized, will 

not be re-allocated. 

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

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW53 

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act Provisions; 

Application for Exempted Fishing 

Permit; Horseshoe Crabs 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of a proposal to 

conduct exempted fishing; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Office of 

Sustainable Fisheries, has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

application submitted by Limuli 

Laboratories of Cape May Court House, 

New Jersey, contains all the required 

information and warrants further 

consideration. The proposed EFP would 

allow the harvest of up to 10,000 

horseshoe crabs from the Carl N. 

Shuster Jr. Horseshoe Crab Reserve for 

biomedical purposes and require, as a 

condition of the EFP, the collection of 

data related to the status of horseshoe 

crabs within the reserve. The Acting 

Director has also made a preliminary 

determination that the activities 

authorized under the EFP would be 

consistent with the goals and objectives 

of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s (Commission) Horseshoe 

Crab Interstate Fisheries Management 

Plan (FMP). However, further review 

and consultation may be necessary 

before a final determination is made to 

issue the EFP. Therefore, NMFS 

announces that the Acting Director 

proposes to recommend that an EFP be 

issued that would allow up to 3 

commercial fishing vessels to conduct 

fishing operations that are otherwise 

restricted by the regulations 

promulgated under the Atlantic Coastal 

Fisheries Cooperative Management Act 

(Atlantic Coastal Act). The EFP would 

allow for an exemption from the Carl N. 

Shuster Jr. Horseshoe Crab Reserve 

(Reserve). 

Regulations under the Atlantic 

Coastal Act require publication of this 

notification to provide interested parties 

the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Written comments on this action 

must be received on or before June 18, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Emily Menashes, Acting 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13362, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Mark 

the outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments 

on Horseshoe Crab EFP Proposal.’’ 

Comments may also be sent via fax to 

(301) 713–0596. Comments on this 

notice may also be submitted by e-mail 

to: Horseshoe-Crab.EFP@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: Horseshoe Crab EFP Proposal. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Hooker, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (301) 713–2334 ext. 173. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Limuli Laboratories submitted an 

application for an EFP on May 14, 2010, 

to collect up to 10,000 horseshoe crabs 

for biomedical and data collection 

purposes from the Reserve. The 

applicant has applied for, and received, 

a similar EFP every year from 2001– 

2009. The current EFP application 

specifies that: (1) the same methods 

would be used in 2010 that were used 

in years 2001–2009, (2) at least 15 

percent of the bled horseshoe crabs 

would be tagged, and (3) there had not 

been any sighting or capture of marine 

mammals or endangered species in the 

trawling nets of fishing vessels engaged 

in the collection of horseshoe crabs 

since 1993. The project submitted by 

Limuli Laboratories would provide 

morphological data on horseshoe crab 

catch, would tag caught horseshoe 

crabs, and would use the blood from the 

caught horseshoe crabs to manufacture 

Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), an 

important health and safety product 

used for the detection of endotoxins. 

The LAL assay is used by medical 

professionals, drug companies, and 

pharmacies to detect endotoxins in 

intravenous pharmaceuticals and 

medical devices that come into contact 

with human blood or spinal fluid. 

Results of 2009 EFP 

No horseshoe crabs were collected 

from the Reserve by the applicant 

during the 2009 season. Thus, no results 

were submitted. The last year in which 

the applicant actually collected 

horseshoe crabs authorized under an 

EFP was 2007. Results from 2007 were 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 2, 2008 (73 FR 31434), and thus are 

not repeated here. Data collected under 

previous EFPs were supplied to NMFS, 

the Commission, and the State of New 

Jersey. 

Proposed 2010 EFP 

Limuli Laboratories proposes to 

conduct an exempted fishery operation 

using the same means, methods, and 

seasons proposed/utilized during the 

EFPs in 2001–2009. Limuli proposes to 

continue to tag at least 15 percent of the 

bled horseshoe crabs as they did in 

2007. NMFS would require that the 

following terms and conditions be met 

for issuance of the EFP: 

1. Limiting the number of horseshoe 

crabs collected in the Reserve to no 

more than 500 crabs per day and to a 

total of no more than 10,000 crabs per 

year; 

2. Requiring collections to take place 

over a total of approximately 20 days 

during the months of July, August, 

September, October, and November. 

(Horseshoe crabs are readily available in 

harvestable concentrations nearshore 

earlier in the year, and offshore in the 

Reserve from July through November); 


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