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identical to the initial 2020 IHA. The 

potential effects, and the mitigation and 

monitoring are all less impactful 

because of the smaller harassment zones 

sizes for the remaining scenarios. The 

estimated take is greatly reduced and no 

Level A harassment take is proposed 

because of the smaller Level A 

harassment zone sizes and the lack of 

multiple hammer use. 

NMFS has preliminarily concluded 

that there is no new information 

suggesting that our analysis or findings 

should change from those reached for 

the initial 2020 IHA. This includes 

consideration of the estimated 

abundance of the harbor seal stock 

decreasing slightly and the discussion of 

the specific scenarios to account for the 

remaining work. The new scenarios 

have smaller level A and Level B 

harassment zones than the worst case 

scenarios analyzed in the 2020 IHA 

because of the removal of simultaneous 

driving, the smaller pile sizes and 

durations remaining, and the use of only 

a vibratory hammer in this IHA. 

Based on the information and analysis 

contained here and in the referenced 

documents, NMFS has determined the 

following: (1) The required mitigation 

measures will effect the least practicable 

impact on marine mammal species or 

stocks and their habitat; (2) the 

authorized takes will have a negligible 

impact on the affected marine mammal 

species or stocks; (3) the authorized 

takes represent small numbers of marine 

mammals relative to the affected stock 

abundances; (4) San Francisco’s 

activities will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action, and; (5) appropriate 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

are included. 

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 consults internally, in this 

case with the West Coast Region 

Protected Resources Division Office, 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is proposed for authorization or 

expected to result from this activity. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

formal consultation under section 7 of 

the ESA is not required for this action. 

Proposed Authorization 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to issue 

an IHA to San Francisco for conducting 

the Treasure Island Ferry Dock Project 

in San Francisco, California from July 

15, 2021 through July 14, 2022, 

provided the previously described 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. A draft 

of the proposed IHA can be found at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request comment on our analyses 

(included in both this document and the 

referenced documents supporting the 

2020 IHA), the proposed authorization, 

and any other aspect of this notice of 

proposed IHA for the proposed 

construction activity at Treasure Isand. 

We also request comment on the 

potential for renewal of this proposed 

IHA as described in the paragraph 

below. Please include with your 

comments any supporting data or 

literature citations to help inform our 

final decision on the request for MMPA 

authorization. 

On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may 

issue a one-year renewal IHA following 

notice to the public providing an 

additional 15 days for public comments 

when (1) up to another year of identical 

or nearly identical, or nearly identical, 

activities as described in the Specified 

Activities section of this notice is 

planned or (2) the activities as described 

in the Specified Activities section of 

this notice would not be completed by 

the time the IHA expires and a renewal 

would allow for completion of the 

activities beyond that described in the 

Dates and Duration section of this 

notice, provided all of the following 

conditions are met: 

• A request for renewal is received no 

later than 60 days prior to the needed 

renewal IHA effective date (recognizing 

that the renewal IHA expiration date 

cannot extend beyond one year from 

expiration of the initial IHA); 

• The request for renewal must 

include the following: 

(1) An explanation that the activities 

to be conducted under the requested 

renewal IHA are identical to the 

activities analyzed under the initial 

IHA, are a subset of the activities, or 

include changes so minor (e.g., 

reduction in pile size) that the changes 

do not affect the previous analyses, 

mitigation and monitoring 

requirements, or take estimates (with 

the exception of reducing the type or 

amount of take); and 

(2) A preliminary monitoring report 

showing the results of the required 

monitoring to date and an explanation 

showing that the monitoring results do 

not indicate impacts of a scale or nature 

not previously analyzed or authorized; 

and 

• Upon review of the request for 

renewal, the status of the affected 

species or stocks, and any other 

pertinent information, NMFS 

determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

will remain the same and appropriate, 

and the findings in the initial IHA 

remain valid. 

Dated: May 24, 2021. 

Catherine Marzin, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11287 Filed 5–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB107] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of the following: Law 

Enforcement Committee (Closed 

Session); Snapper Grouper Committee; 

Dolphin Wahoo Committee; Mackerel 

Cobia Committee; Executive Committee; 

and Habitat and Ecosystem-Based 

Management Committee. The meeting 

week will also include a formal public 

comment session and a meeting of the 

Full Council (Partially Closed). Due to 

public health concerns associated with 

COVID–19 and current travel 

restrictions the meeting will be held via 

webinar. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held from 10 a.m. on Monday, June 14, 

2021 until 12 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held via webinar. 

Webinar registration is required. Details 

are included in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8440 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

information, including agendas, 

overviews, and briefing book materials 

will be posted on the Council’s website 

at: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/ 

council-meetings/. Webinar registration 

links for each meeting day will also be 

available from the Council’s website. 

Public comment: Public comment on 

items on this agenda may be submitted 

through the Council’s online comment 

form at: https://safmc.wufoo.com/forms/ 

m9mrll0e1fm0f/. Comments will be 

accepted from May 31 to June 18, 2021. 

These comments are accessible to the 

public, part of the Administrative 

Record of the meeting, and immediately 

available for Council consideration. 

The items of discussion in the 

individual meeting agendas are as 

follows: 

Law Enforcement Committee, Monday, 

June 14, 2021, 10 a.m. Until 10:30 a.m. 

(Closed Session) 

The Committee will review 

nominations and select recipient of the 

Council’s Law Enforcement Officer of 

the Year. 

Council Session I, Monday, June 14, 

2021, 10:30 p.m. Until 5:30 p.m. 

(Partially Closed) 

The Council will meet in Closed 

Session to review applicants for open 

seats on the Council’s Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) and various 

advisory panels. The Council will then 

meet in Open Session and receive 

reports from state agencies, Council 

liaisons, NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement, and the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The Council will review and approve 

South Atlantic Research Priorities, 

receive presentations from NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science 

Center (SEFSC) on the Southeast 

Longline Surveys and on the Dolphin 

Participatory Workshops, updates from 

the Recreational Reporting Workgroup 

and further discuss and comment on 

Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the 

Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 

Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday, 

June 15, 2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 5:30 p.m. 

and Wednesday, June 16, 2021 From 

8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m. 

The Committee will receive stock 

assessment reports for gag, golden 

tilefish, and red snapper. Each report 

will include a presentation on the stock 

assessment from NOAA Fisheries 

SEFSC, recommendations from the 

Council’s SSC, and a Fishery Overview. 

The Committee will then develop a 

management response for each stock 

assessment. The Committee will review 

draft Amendment 50 to the Snapper 

Grouper Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) addressing proposed measures 

for red porgy, review recommendations 

from its Snapper Grouper Advisory 

Panel (AP) and consider approving the 

amendment for public hearings. 

The Committee will also receive a 

Fishery Overview for yellowtail 

snapper, review an options paper, 

receive recommendations from the 

Council’s Snapper Grouper AP, and 

provide guidance on amendment 

development relative to yellowtail 

snapper. The Committee will also 

receive additional recommendations 

from the Snapper Grouper AP not 

covered earlier and updates on the 

South Atlantic Red Snapper Count and 

Greater Amberjack Count in the Gulf of 

Mexico and South Atlantic. 

Dolphin Wahoo Committee, 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:30 p.m. 

Until 3:45 p.m. and Thursday, June 17, 

2021 From 8:30 a.m. Until 10 a.m. 

The Committee will review actions 

and alternatives for Amendment 10 to 

the Dolphin Wahoo FMP. The 

Amendment includes actions 

addressing: Revisions to recreational 

data and catch level recommendations; 

modifications to recreational 

accountability measures; measures to 

allow properly permitted commercial 

vessels with trap, pot or buoy gear on 

board to possess commercial quantities 

of dolphin and wahoo; removal of the 

current Operator Card requirement; 

reductions in the recreational vessel 

limit for dolphin; and reductions in the 

recreational bag limit and establishment 

of a recreational vessel limit for wahoo. 

The Committee will also review a 

project plan for amendments to the 

Dolphin Wahoo FMP. 

Formal Public Comment, Wednesday, 

June 16, 2021, 4 p.m.—Public comment 

will be accepted via webinar on all 

items on the Council meeting agenda. 

Highlighted items: Approval of 

Amendment 10 to the Dolphin Wahoo 

FMP for submission to the Secretary of 

Commerce and public hearing approvals 

of Amendment 50 to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP (red porgy) and Coastal 

Migratory Pelagics Amendment 34 

(Atlantic king mackerel). The Council 

Chair will determine the amount of time 

provided to each commenter based on 

the number of individuals wishing to 

comment. 

Mackerel Cobia Committee, Thursday, 

June 17, 2021, 10 a.m. Until 12 p.m. 

The Committee will review the 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP) 

Amendment 34 addressing management 

measures for Atlantic king mackerel and 

CMP Amendment 32 addressing 

management measures to end 

overfishing for Gulf of Mexico cobia. 

CMP Amendment 34 is scheduled to be 

approved for public hearings. The 

Committee will also receive a report 

from the Mackerel Cobia Advisory 

Panel. 

Executive Committee, Thursday, June 

17, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Until 3 p.m. 

The Committee will receive a report 

from the Council Coordinating 

Committee meeting, review and approve 

the Council’s 2021 Budget, and review 

the Council’s FMP Workplan. 

Habitat Protection and EcosystemBased Management Committee, 

Thursday, June 17, 2021, 3 p.m. Until 

5 p.m. 

The Committee will review public 

hearing comments on Amendment 10 to 

the Coral FMP, which would establish 

a shrimp fishery access area for the 

deepwater shrimp fishery along the 

Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular 

Concern, and is scheduled to approve 

all actions. The Committee will also 

receive an update on the Habitat 

Blueprint and a report from the Habitat 

Protection and Ecosystem-Based 

Management AP. 

Council Session II, Friday, June 18, 

2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m. 

The Council will receive a report from 

the Executive Director and staff reports 

on development of the Council’s 

Allocation Tool to inform sector 

allocation decisions, Climate Change 

Scenario Planning, the Council’s Citizen 

Science Program, and Outreach and 

Communications efforts. The Council 

will receive a report from the Outreach 

and Communications AP and an update 

on relevant activities at the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). 

NOAA Fisheries SEFSC staff will 

provide an update on the status of 

commercial electronic logbooks. NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office staff 

will provide an overview of the draft 

Standardized Bycatch Reporting 

Methodology document, an update on 

the For-Hire Electronic Reporting 

program, and a Protected Resources 

report. 

The Council will receive reports from 

the following committees: Law 

Enforcement; Snapper Grouper; Dolphin 

Wahoo; Mackerel Cobia; Executive; and 

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Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based 

Management. 

The Council will discuss other 

business, upcoming meetings, and take 

action as necessary. 

Documents regarding these issues are 

available from the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

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 Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: May 25, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11325 Filed 5–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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; Individual Fishing Quotas for 

Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the 

Alaska Fisheries 

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 January 13, 

2021 (86 FR 2644), 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: Individual Fishing Quotas for 

Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the 

Alaska Fisheries. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0272. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension and revision of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 3,441. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for IFQ/CDQ Hired Master 

Permit, 1 hour; Application for IFQ/ 

CDQ Registered Buyer Permit, 30 

minutes; Application for Replacement 

of Certificates or Permits, 30 minutes; 

Application for Eligibility to Receive 

QS/IFQ by Transfer, 2 hours; QS Holder: 

Identification of Ownership Interest, 2 

hours; Application for Transfer of QS, 2 

hours; Application for Transfer of QS/ 

IFQ by Self Sweep Up, 2 hours; 

Application for Medical Transfer of IFQ, 

1.5 hours; Application for Temporary 

Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish IFQ, 2 

hours; (emergency) Application for 

Temporary Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish 

IFQ, 2 hours; Annual Report for CDQ 

IFQ Transfers, 40 hours; QS/IFQ 

Beneficiary Designation Form, 30 

minutes; Appeals, 4 hours; IFQ 

Administrative Waiver, 6 minutes; Prior 

Notice of Landing, 15 minutes; IFQ 

Departure Report, 15 minutes; 

Transshipment Authorization, 12 

minutes; Dockside sales, 6 minutes; 

Application for a Non-profit 

Corporation to be Designated as a 

Recreational Quota Entity, 200 hours; 

Application for Transfer of Quota Share 

To or From a Recreational Quota Entity, 

2 hours; Recreational Quota Entity 

Annual Report, 40 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,236 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska 

Regional Office, is requesting renewal 

and revision of this currently approved 

information collection that contains 

requirements for the Pacific Halibut and 

Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota 

Program (IFQ Program). 

The International Pacific Halibut 

Commission (IPHC) and NMFS Alaska 

Region manage fishing for Pacific 

halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) 

through regulations established under 

the authority of the Northern Pacific 

Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c 

(Halibut Act). The IPHC promulgates 

regulations governing the halibut fishery 

under the Convention between the 

United States Halibut Fishery of the 

Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 

(Convention). Regulations pursuant to 

the Convention are set forth at 50 CFR 

300 subpart E. 

The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, under the 

authority of the Halibut Act (with 

respect to Pacific halibut) and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 

and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 

seq.; Magnuson-Stevens Act) (with 

respect to sablefish), manages the IFQ 

Program. NMFS Alaska Region 

administers the IFQ Program. 

Regulations implementing the IFQ 

Program are set forth at 50 CFR part 679. 

The IFQ Program provides a limited 

access system for Pacific halibut in 

Convention waters in and off Alaska 

and sablefish fisheries in waters of the 

Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska. 

The IFQ Program provides coastal 

Alaska communities a source of 

revenue, while maintaining the social 

and economic character of the fixed-gear 

sablefish and halibut fisheries. The IFQ 

Program provides economic stability for 

these fisheries while reducing many of 

the conservation and management 

problems commonly associated with 

open-access fisheries. The IFQ Program 

includes several provisions, such as 

ownership caps and vessel use caps that 

protect small producers, part-time 

participants, and entry-level 

participants that otherwise could be 

adversely affected by excessive 

consolidation. 

Participation in the IFQ Program is 

limited to persons that hold quota share 

(QS), although there are several very 

limited provisions for ‘‘leasing’’ of 

annual IFQ. QS is a transferable permit 

that was initially issued to persons who 

owned or leased vessels that made legal 

commercial fixed-gear landings of 

Pacific halibut or sablefish in the waters 

off Alaska from 1988 through 1990. 

Currently, QS may only be obtained 

through transfer. 

Annually, NMFS issues eligible QS 

holders an IFQ fishing permit that 

authorizes participation in the IFQ 

fisheries. Those to whom IFQ permits 

are issued may harvest their annual 

allocation at any time during the eight 

plus-month IFQ halibut and sablefish 

seasons. 

More information on the IFQ Program 

is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region 

website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/ 

sustainable-fisheries/pacific-halibutand-sablefish-individual-fishing-quotaifq-program. 

Some of the collection instruments in 

this information collection are used by