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participants in the Western Alaska 

Community Development Quota (CDQ) 

Program. The purpose of the CDQ 

Program is to provide eligible western 

Alaska villages with the opportunity to 

participate and invest in fisheries in the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area (BSAI); to support 

economic development in western 

Alaska; to alleviate poverty and provide 

economic and social benefits for 

residents of western Alaska; and to 

achieve sustainable and diversified local 

economies in western Alaska. In fitting 

with these goals, NMFS allocates a 

portion of the annual catch limits for a 

variety of commercially valuable marine 

species in the BSAI to the CDQ Program. 

Pacific halibut is one of these species. 

More information on the CDQ Program 

is provided on the NMFS Alaska Region 

website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/ 

sustainable-fisheries/communitydevelopment-quota-cdq-program. 

Information collection requirements for 

the CDQ Program are approved under 

OMB Control Number 0648–0269. 

This information collection is 

required to manage commercial halibut 

and sablefish fishing under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Halibut Act, 

and under 50 CFR parts 300 and 679. 

This information collection contains 

the forms used by participants in the 

IFQ Program to apply for, renew, or 

replace permits; transfer or lease IFQ 

and QS; determine compliance with IFQ 

program requirements; and designate a 

beneficiary for a QS holder. Two of the 

permit applications are also used by 

participants in the CDQ Program. This 

information collection also contains 

annual reports and other collections 

submitted by telephone or other 

methods and that do not have forms. 

The type of information collected 

includes information on the applicants, 

transferors, transferees, permits, IFQ or 

QS types and owners, beneficiaries, 

vessels, business operations, medical 

declarations, landings, gear types, 

products, and harvests and harvest 

areas. 

This information is used to identify 

and authorize participants in the halibut 

and sablefish fisheries, to track and 

transfer quota share, to limit transfers to 

authorized participants, and to monitor 

quota share balances and harvest in 

these fisheries. 

Several revisions are made to this 

collection. The emergency version of the 

Application for Temporary Transfer of 

Halibut/Sablefish Individual Fishing 

Quota (IFQ), which was approved under 

an emergency approval (OMB Control 

No. 0648–0795), is added for use during 

emergency situations. Two forms are 

revised to remove information that is 

not needed. The Application for 

Transfer of QS/IFQ by Self Sweep-up is 

revised to remove the notary 

certification, and the Application for 

Eligibility to Receive QS/IFQ is revised 

to no longer collect social security 

numbers. The Application for Eligibility 

to Receive QS/IFQ and Application for 

Transfer of QS are revised to collect the 

NMFS ID number to improved 

identification. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion; Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary; 

Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits; 

Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; Northern 

Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 

773c. 

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 0648–0272. 

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 

[RTID 0648–XB099] 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 72 Assessment 

Webinar III for Gulf of Mexico gag 

grouper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 72 stock 

assessment process for Gulf of Mexico 

gag grouper will consist of a series of 

data and assessment webinars. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 72 Assessment 

Webinar III will be held June 15, 2021, 

from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie A. 

Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request 

an invitation providing webinar access 

information. Please request webinar 

invitations at least 24 hours in advance 

of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) a series of assessment 

webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. 

The product of the Data Workshop is a 

report that compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses. The assessment 

webinars produce a report that describes 

the fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

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The items of discussion during the 

Assessment Webinar are as follows: 

1. Using datasets and initial 

assessment analysis recommended from 

the data webinars, panelists will employ 

assessment models to evaluate stock 

status, estimate population benchmarks 

and management criteria, and project 

future conditions. 

2. Participants will recommend the 

most appropriate methods and 

configurations for determining stock 

status and estimating population 

parameters. 

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 intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business days prior to each workshop. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB126] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Committee via webinar to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants 

and interested parties can register to 

join the webinar at https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

3662505533044797452. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Committee will discuss 

the 2022/23 Scallop Research Set-Aside 

(RSA): Develop research 

recommendations for federal funding 

announcement. Scallop Framework 34: 

Receive an update on the timeline and 

likely measures. This action will be 

initiated at the June 2021 Council 

meeting. They will also discuss the 

Rotational Management Program 

Evaluation and receive an update and 

provide input on issues that could be 

considered as part of the review. Also 

on the agenda is the Leasing Petition: 

Review Scallopers Campaign letter to 

NMFS requesting secretarial action to 

implement a scallop leasing program, 

develop input for Council to consider. 

Other business may be discussed, as 

necessary. 

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 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

(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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB125] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Advisory Panel via webinar to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, June 14, 2021 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants 

and interested parties can register to 

join the webinar at https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

3428615220560991756. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Advisory Panel (AP) will 

discuss 2022/23 Scallop Research SetAside (RSA): Develop research 

recommendations for federal funding 

announcement. 

They will also discuss Scallop 

Framework 34 and receive an update on 

the timeline and likely measures. This 

action will be initiated at the June 2021 

Council meeting. The AP plans to 

discuss the Rotational Management 

Program Evaluation and receive an 

update and provide input on issues that 

could be considered as part of the 

review. Also on the agenda is the 

Leasing Petition: Discuss Scallopers 

Campaign letter to NMFS requesting 

secretarial action to implement a scallop