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audiences, to communicate with the 

public regarding other data collections, 

and to improve our communications 

and outreach materials (e.g., data 

products, Web sites, etc.). 

Once every ten years, the Census 

Bureau conducts an enumeration of the 

United States, Puerto Rico, and U. S. 

territories populations and housing. It is 

an extremely complex undertaking that 

requires the participation of every 

household in the country, reaching 

people from the most remote Alaskan 

villages to the most crowded inner 

cities. The role of the IPC is to increase 

public awareness and motivate people 

to self-respond to the census promptly. 

The Census Bureau developed the 

2010 Census Integrated 

Communications Campaign (ICC) in an 

effort to build on the success of the 

Census 2000 Partnership and Marketing 

Program. The ICC was multi-targeted, 

multi-media, and multi-lingual, using 

traditional media like television, radio, 

print, and out-of-home, as well as new 

media, such as blogs, social media, and 

other online efforts, and non-traditional 

media like food trucks, ethnic stores, 

and restaurants. 

The Census Bureau is planning a 2020 

Census that will provide more ways to 

self-respond—paper, Internet, and 

telephone. To support this goal, the IPC 

will create a communications campaign 

with messages and media plans 

developed for specific audience 

segments with unique response 

behaviors, attitudes, and demographics. 

Targeted messages and the selection of 

the unique channels that these specific 

audiences consume will almost 

guarantee the visibility this campaign 

needs among target audiences. These 

audience segments will be developed 

using 2010 Census and American 

Community Survey (ACS) participation 

data as well as measures of knowledge, 

attitudes, barriers, and motivators to 

2010 decennial participation 

documented in past CBAMS surveys. 

However, the environmental landscape 

has shifted since the Census 2010, and 

the Census Bureau is facing new 

challenges. CBAMS 2020, in 

conjunction with the analysis of other 

data sources, will measure current 

barriers to census data collection 

including: 

• Distrust in federal, state and local 

government entities, 

• Concerns about privacy and 

confidentiality, 

• Lack of census familiarity and 

knowledge, and 

• Limits of Internet penetration and 

use. 

The immediate purpose of CBAMS 

2020 is to inform message development 

and media planning for the IPC with the 

ultimate goal of increasing selfresponse, though results will inform 

across the board improvements in 

customer communications where 

possible. Although collected data will 

not be used to produce official Census 

Bureau estimates, the Census Bureau 

will publish a report detailing results 

and explaining by whom this data will 

be used. This report will in no way 

identify individuals. 

Method of Collection 

CBAMS 2020 will be administered to 

a sample of addresses. First, a prenotification letter will notify addresses 

of the data collection. Later mailings 

will give addresses a choice of filling 

out the survey online or via a mailed 

paper questionnaire. Non-responding 

households will be mailed reminders, 

and flagged-Hispanic households will 

receive a two-sided letter in both 

English and Spanish. This protocol 

provides no follow-up to 

nonrespondents in person or by phone. 

CBAMS 2020 will test the use of $2, $5, 

and $10 gifts provided to sample 

members to increase the response rate. 

All participants will receive a monetary 

incentive, but the dollar amount will 

vary. CBAMS 2020 survey will focus on 

the following topic areas: 

• Awareness and familiarity with the 

decennial census; 

• Likelihood to participate in the 

decennial census; 

• Attitudinal, personal, and 

community motivators related to 

decennial census participation; 

• Barriers to decennial census 

participation; 

• Internet use and skills; 

• Knowledge related to the decennial 

census; 

• Trust in federal, state and local 

government entities; 

• Civic participation; 

• Media use; and 

• Sociodemographic characteristics. 

For more information, please contact 

Gina Walejko at 301–763–1643 or by 

email to gina.k.walejko@census.gov or 

by contacting Monica Vines at 301–763– 

8813 or by email to monica.j.vines@

census.gov. 

II. Data 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control Number: 0607–0978. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Nonsubstantive 

change request. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Approximately 14,600 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is 

no cost to the respondents other than 

their time. 

Confidentiality: Yes, Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 9 confidentiality applies to the 

information the respondent provides. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 182. 

III. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on this collection 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF516 

Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine 

Conservation Plan for Guam; Western 

Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of agency decision. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of 

a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for 

Guam. 

DATES: This agency decision is valid 

from August 4, 2017, through August 3, 

2020. 


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ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2017–0075, from the Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2017-0075, or from the 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St., 

Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 

808–522–8220, www.wpcouncil.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie Brown, Sustainable Fisheries, 

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 

808–725–5171. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the 

Secretary of State, with the concurrence 

of the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary), and in consultation with the 

Council, to negotiate and enter into a 

Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement 

(PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign 

fishing within the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to 

American Samoa, Guam, or the 

Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor 

of the Pacific Insular Area to which the 

PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. 

The Secretary of State may negotiate 

and enter the PIAFA after consultation 

with, and concurrence of, the applicable 

Governor. 

Before entering into a PIAFA, the 

applicable Governor, with concurrence 

of the Council, must develop and 

submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP 

providing details on uses for any funds 

collected by the Secretary under the 

PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the 

Secretary for MCP review and approval. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires 

payments received under a PIAFA to be 

deposited into the United States 

Treasury and then conveyed to the 

Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for 

which funds were collected. 

In the case of violations by foreign 

fishing vessels in the EEZ around any 

Pacific Insular Area, amounts received 

by the Secretary attributable to fines and 

penalties imposed under the MagnusonStevens Act, including sums collected 

from the forfeiture and disposition or 

sale of property seized subject to its 

authority, shall be deposited into the 

Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area 

adjacent to the EEZ in which the 

violation occurred, after direct costs of 

the enforcement action are subtracted. 

The Pacific Insular Area government 

may use funds deposited into the 

Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for 

fisheries enforcement and for 

implementation of an MCP. 

Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 

authorize NMFS to specify catch limits 

for of longline-caught bigeye tuna for 

U.S. territories. NMFS may also 

authorize each territory to allocate a 

portion of that limit to U.S. longline 

fishing vessels that are permitted to fish 

under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for 

Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific 

(FEP). Payments collected under 

specified fishing agreements are 

deposited into the Western Pacific 

Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any 

funds attributable to a particular 

territory may be used only for 

implementation of that territory’s MCP. 

An MCP must be consistent with the 

Council’s fishery ecosystem plans, must 

identify conservation and management 

objectives (including criteria for 

determining when such objectives have 

been met), and must prioritize planned 

marine conservation projects. 

The Council reviewed and concurred 

with the Guam MCP in June 2017. On 

July 14, 2017, the Governor of Guam 

submitted the Guam MCP to NMFS for 

review and approval. The following 

describes the objectives of the MCP. 

Please refer to the MCP for planned 

projects and activities designed to meet 

each objective, the evaluative criteria, 

and priority rankings. The MCP 

contains six conservation and 

management objectives, listed below. 

1. Fisheries resource assessment, 

research and monitoring; 

2. Effective surveillance and 

enforcement mechanisms; 

3. Promote ecosystems approach to 

fisheries management, climate change 

adaptation and mitigation, and regional 

cooperation; 

4. Public participation, education and 

outreach, and local capacity building; 

5. Domestic fisheries development; 

and 

6. Recognizing the importance of 

island cultures and traditional fishing 

practices and community-based 

management. 

This notice announces that NMFS has 

reviewed the MCP, and has determined 

that it satisfies the requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. Accordingly, 

NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3- 

year period from August 4, 2017, 

through August 3, 2020. This MCP 

supersedes the MCP previously 

approved for the period August 4, 2014, 

through August 3, 2017 (79 FR 47095, 

August 12, 2014). 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF341 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Conducting 

Subsea Cable Operations and 

Maintenance Activities in the Arctic 

Ocean 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued an IHA to 

Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC 

(Quintillion) to take, by harassment, 

small numbers of 13 species of marine 

mammals incidental to conducting 

subsea cable-laying and maintenance 

activities in the Beaufort, Bering, and 

Chukchi seas, during the open-water 

season of 2017. 

DATES: This authorization is valid from 

July 1, 2017, through November 15, 

2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Guan, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated 

to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking of 

small numbers of marine mammals by 

U.S. citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region if 

certain findings are made and either 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, a notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. 


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