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work products. Do you believe that the 

OSAC should develop ‘‘best practices’’ 

and other materials that are not formal 

‘‘standards’’? 

(D) Structure: What are your views as 

to whether the current the OSAC 

structure works efficiently? Do you 

believe that another structure should be 

utilized? Please provide your opinion 

about whether there are any issues in 

the current work product development 

process that should be addressed 

structurally. In your view, does the 

reliance on standards development 

organizations function as intended 

(please include the reasons for your 

opinion)? 

(E) Participation: What are your views 

as to the community the OSAC should 

serve? In your opinion, what 

stakeholders must be a part of the OSAC 

(e.g., practitioners, researchers, forensic 

science societies, accreditation bodies, 

scientific societies, human factors 

experts, metrologists, standards 

development organizations, legal 

practitioners)? If you think that any of 

these entities should be excluded, 

please explain why and identify other 

venues for the views of the excluded 

entities to be incorporated into forensic 

practice, if appropriate. In your view, 

should some stakeholders serve more 

limited roles and, if so, how and why? 

(F) Funding: What is your opinion as 

to the funding model that the OSAC 

should employ—Entirely funded by the 

Federal government, by non-Federal 

funds, or a combination of funding 

sources? (Please include your thoughts 

on the role of funding sources such as 

membership fees, certification fees, and 

meeting registration fees.) What are your 

views about the implications of funding 

models for the other traits, particularly 

oversight and independence? 

Response to this request for 

information (RFI) is voluntary, and 

comments are not limited to the specific 

questions posed. Respondents need not 

reply to all questions; however, it is 

requested that they clearly indicate the 

letter of each question to which they are 

responding. All responses to this RFI 

must be submitted electronically 

through www.regulations.gov. 

All responses received will be posted 

on www.regulations.gov without making 

any changes to the responses or 

redacting any information, including 

any personally identifiable information 

provided. It is the responsibility of the 

respondent to safeguard personally 

identifiable information. You are not 

required to submit personally 

identifying information in order to 

respond and it is recommended that 

respondents’ personally identifiable 

information not be included. Responses 

may be provided anonymously, but 

those respondents who do share contact 

information are requested to include 

brief background information regarding 

the respondent’s subject-matter 

experience and expertise. Responses 

submitted through www.regulations.gov 

will not include the email address of the 

respondent unless the respondent 

chooses to include that information as 

part of the response. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10). 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18355 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Southeast Region 

IFQ Programs 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 30, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Adam Bailey, National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, 

(727) 824–5303, or adam.bailey@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection under the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

Control Number 0648–0551, Southeast 

Region IFQ (individual fishing quota) 

Programs. The NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office manages three 

commercial IFQ and individual 

transferable quota (ITQ) programs in the 

Southeast Region under the authority of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq. The IFQ programs for red 

snapper, and grouper and tilefish occur 

in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 

and the ITQ program for wreckfish 

occurs in Federal waters of the South 

Atlantic. 

This collection of information tracks 

the transfer and use of IFQ and ITQ 

shares, and IFQ allocation and landings 

necessary to operate, administer, and 

review management of the IFQ and ITQ 

programs. Regulations for the IFQ and 

ITQ programs are located at 50 CFR part 

622. 

The NMFS Southeast Regional Office 

also proposes to revise parts of the 

information collection approved under 

OMB Control Number 0648–0551 to 

account for updates to burden time and 

cost estimates, as well as administrative 

updates to online and paper forms. 

NMFS intends the revisions would 

make instructions and data collection 

requirements clearer and easier to 

understand, resulting in more accurate 

and efficient information available for 

use by fishery managers. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information for the Gulf red snapper, 

and grouper and tilefish IFQ programs 

is collected electronically via a webbased system, through satellite-linked 

vessel monitoring systems, through a 

24-hour call line, and with paper form 

submission for landing corrections, 

closing an account, and account 

applications, as well as landing 

transactions under catastrophic 

circumstances. 

The share transfer process in the 

wreckfish ITQ program requires the 

signatures of witnesses on paper forms. 

The ITQ program remains paper based 

until the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and NMFS 

consider whether to implement an 

electronic system. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0551. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension and revision of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,059. 

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Estimated Time per Response: Share 

Transfer Receipt form, Cost Recovery 

Fee Submission form, 1 minute; Share 

Transfer form, IFQ Close Account form, 

Cost Recovery Fee Submission form, 

Landing Transaction Correction Request 

form, Landing Location Submission 

form, Transfer Allocation form, Cost 

Recovery Fee payment through pay.gov, 

3 minutes; Notification of Landing form, 

5 minutes; Landing Transaction Report 

form, 6 minutes; IFQ Online Account 

Application form, 15 minutes; 

Wreckfish Quota Share Transfer form, 

18 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,322. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $150 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. 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. 

Dated: August 25, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18372 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Greater Atlantic Observers 

Providers’ Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0546. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 515. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for approval of observer 

service provider and applicant response 

to denial of application for approval of 

observer service provider, 10 hours 

each; observer service provider request 

for observer training, 30 minutes; 

observer deployment report and 

observer availability reports, 10 minutes 

each; safety refusal report, 30 minutes; 

submission of raw observer data and 

biological samples, 5 minutes each; 

observer debriefing, 2 hours; rebuttal of 

pending removal from list of approved 

observer service providers, 8 hours; 

vessel request to observer service 

provider for procurement of a certified 

observer, 25 minutes; vessel request for 

waiver of observer coverage requirement 

and observer contact list updates, 5 

minutes each; observer availability 

updates, 1 minute; service provider 

material submissions and service 

provider contracts, 30 minutes each. 

Burden Hours: 5,250. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) has 

the responsibility for the conservation 

and management of marine fishery 

resources. Much of this responsibility 

has been delegated to the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA)/National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 

Under this stewardship role, the 

Secretary was given certain regulatory 

authorities to ensure the most beneficial 

uses of these resources. One of the 

regulatory steps taken to carry out the 

conservation and management 

objectives is to collect data from users 

of the resource. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 648.11(g) 

require observer service providers to 

comply with specific requirements in 

order to operate as an approved 

provider in the Atlantic sea scallop 

(scallop) fishery. Observer service 

providers must comply with the 

following requirements: Submit 

applications for approval as an observer 

service provider; formally request 

observer training by the Northeast 

Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP); 

submit observer deployment reports and 

biological samples; give notification of 

whether a vessel must carry an observer 

within 24 hours of the vessel owner’s 

notification of a prospective trip; 

maintain an updated contact list of all 

observers that includes the observer 

identification number; observer’s name 

mailing address, email address, phone 

numbers, homeports or fisheries/trip 

types assigned, and whether or not the 

observer is ‘‘in service.’’ The regulations 

also require observer service providers 

submit any outreach materials, such as 

informational pamphlets, payment 

notification, and descriptions of 

observer duties as well as all contracts 

between the service provider and 

entities requiring observer services for 

review to NMFS/NEFOP. Observer 

service providers also have the option to 

respond to application denials, and 

submit a rebuttal in response to a 

pending removal from the list of 

approved observer providers. These 

requirements allow NMFS/NEFOP to 

effectively administer the scallop 

observer program. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: Daily and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: August 25, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18371 Filed 8–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Programmatic Environmental; 

Assessment for the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric, Administration 

National Data Buoy Center 

AGENCY: National Weather Service 

(NWS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

DATES: The Draft PEA is available for 

public review and comment for 30 days 

after posting. It can be accessed at 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/pea/ndbc_

draft_pea.pdf. 

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