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experimental trap will have the 

participating fisherman’s identification 

attached); and 

4. Possession restrictions in 

§§ 697.20(a), 697.20(d), and 697.20(g) to 

allow for temporary possession of 

juvenile, v-notched, and egg-bearing 

lobsters for onboard biological 

sampling. 

If the EFP is approved, this research 

would take place during the regular 

fishing activity of the participating 18 

federally permitted commercial fishing 

vessels: 6 ‘‘inshore’’ vessels in lobster 

management area 2 and 12 ‘‘offshore’’ 

vessels in lobster management areas 3, 

4, and 5. Each participating vessel 

would have up to three modified traps 

attached to a standard, Atlantic Large 

Whale-compliant trap trawl. No more 

than 54 total modified traps would be in 

the water at any time. Modifications to 

conventional lobster traps used in this 

study include a closed escape vents, 

single parlors, and smaller mesh sizes 

and entrance heads, all to allow for the 

capture of juvenile lobsters and Jonah 

crabs. Sampling would occur during 

regular fishing activity on each vessel 

weekly in area 2, and every 10 days in 

the other areas. 

During sampling, all lobsters and 

Jonah crabs will be counted, sexed, and 

measured. Other biological information 

will be recorded on both lobster and 

Jonah crab catch, including shell 

hardness and presence of eggs. The 

possession exemptions are required to 

temporarily hold catch onboard for 

biological sampling before animals are 

promptly returned to the sea. No catch 

of any species from experimental traps 

will be landed for sale. All data 

collected will be made available to state 

and Federal management agencies to 

improve and enhance the available data 

for these two crustacean species. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

study period. EFP modifications and 

extensions may be granted without 

further notice if they are deemed 

essential to facilitate completion of the 

proposed research and have minimal 

impacts that do not change the scope or 

impact of the initially approved EFP 

request. Any fishing activity conducted 

outside the scope of the exempted 

fishing activity would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting 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 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Individual Fishing 

Quotas for Pacific Halibut and 

Sablefish in the Alaska Fisheries 

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 November 20, 

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 Stephanie Warpinski, (907) 

586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) established the Individual 

Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program to improve 

the long-term productivity of the 

sablefish and Pacific halibut fisheries by 

further promoting the conservation and 

management objectives of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq., (with respect to 

sablefish) and the Northern Pacific 

Halibut Act of 1982 (with respect to 

Pacific halibut) while retaining the 

character and distribution of the fishing 

fleets as much as possible. The IFQ 

Program includes several provisions, 

such as ownership caps and vessel use 

caps that protect small harvesters and 

processors, part-time participants, and 

entry-level participants that otherwise 

could be adversely affected by excessive 

consolidation. 

The IFQ Program also includes other 

restrictions to prevent the halibut and 

sablefish fisheries from domination by 

large boats or by any particular vessel 

class. NMFS designed the requirements 

to maintain a predominantly owneroperated fishery, which was a key 

characteristic of the halibut and 

sablefish fisheries prior to the 

implementation of the IFQ Program. The 

IFQ Program provides each fisherman 

an IFQ that can be used any time during 

the open season to allow each fisherman 

to set his/her own pace and fishing 

effort. 

Under the IFQ Program, quota share 

(QS) represents a harvesting privilege 

for a person. Annually, NMFS issues 

IFQ to QS holders to harvest specified 

poundage. The specific amount of IFQ 

held by a person is determined by the 

number of QS units held, the total 

number of QS units issued in a specific 

regulatory area, and the total pounds of 

sablefish or halibut allocated for the IFQ 

fisheries in a particular year. Fishermen 

may harvest the IFQ over the entire 

fishing season, which extends 

approximately from March through 

November 15. 

The IFQ Manual Landing Report form 

will be removed from this information 

collection. This form is approved under 

OMB Control Number 0648–0515 

(Alaska Interagency Electronic 

Reporting System (IERS)) and will 

remain in that collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

‘‘Fillable’’ forms and applications are 

available from the NMFS Alaska Region 

Web site at https://

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheriesapplications, except for those forms 

completed by NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement officers via the telephone. 

These forms and applications may be 

completed on the computer by the 

participant, downloaded, printed, and 

faxed to NMFS. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0272. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or 

households; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,639. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Application for Eligibility to receive QS/ 

IFQ (TEC), QS holder form 

(Identification of Ownership Interest), 

Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ 

(includes sweep-up); Application for 

Military Transfer, and Application for 


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Emergency Medical Transfer, 2 hours 

each; Application for IFQ/CDQ Hired 

Master Permit, Application for 

Registered Buyer permit, QS/IFQ 

Designated Beneficiary Form, and 

Application for replacement of 

certificates, permits, or licenses, 30 

minutes each; Registered Buyer landing 

report, and Transshipment 

Authorization, 12 minutes each; Prior 

Notice of Landing (PNOL), and IFQ 

Departure Report, 15 minutes each; IFQ 

Administrative Waiver, and Dockside 

Sales Receipt, 6 minutes each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,930 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $5,127 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: September 14, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19888 Filed 9–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries From Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the new 12-month 

cap on duty- and quota-free benefits. 

DATES: Applicable October 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria D’Andrea-Yothers, International 

Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–1550. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of 

the Trade and Development Act of 2000 

(TDA 2000), Public Law (Pub. L.) 106– 

200, as amended by Division B, Title 

XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act of 

2002, Pub. L. 107–210; Section 7(b)(2) of 

the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, 

Pub. L. 108–274; Division D, Title VI, 

section 6002 of the Tax Relief and 

Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 2006), 

Pub. L. 109–432, and section 1 of The 

African Growth and Opportunity 

Amendments (Pub. L. 112–163), August 

10, 2012; Presidential Proclamation 

7350 of October 2, 2000 (65 FR 59321); 

Presidential Proclamation 7626 of 

November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459); and 

Title I, Section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the 

Trade Preferences Extension Act of 

2015, Pub. L. 114–27, June 29, 2015. 

Title I of TDA 2000 provides for dutyand quota-free treatment for certain 

textile and apparel articles imported 

from designated beneficiary subSaharan African countries. 

Section 112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 

provides duty- and quota-free treatment 

for apparel articles wholly assembled in 

one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries from fabric wholly 

formed in one or more beneficiary subSaharan African countries from yarn 

originating in the United States or one 

or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. 

This preferential treatment is also 

available for apparel articles assembled 

in one or more lesser-developed 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries, regardless of the country of 

origin of the fabric used to make such 

articles, subject to quantitative 

limitation. Public Law 114–27 extended 

this special rule for lesser-developed 

countries through September 30, 2025. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the twelve-month period beginning 

October 1, 2017 will be an amount not 

to exceed 7 percent of the aggregate 

square meter equivalents of all apparel 

articles imported into the United States 

in the preceding 12-month period for 

which data are available. See Section 

112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this 

overall amount, apparel imported under 

the special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See Section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 6002(a)(3) of 

TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 

directed CITA to publish the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

12-month period in the Federal 

Register. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2017, and extending through 

September 30, 2018, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 

provisions is 2,022,822,376 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

1,011,411,188 square meters equivalent 

is available to apparel articles imported 

under the special rule for lesserdeveloped countries. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

Terry Labat, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS 

GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND 

EFFICIENCY 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board Membership 

AGENCY: Council of the Inspectors 

General on Integrity and Efficiency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

names and titles of the current 

membership of the Council of the 

Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency (CIGIE) Performance Review 

Board as of October 1, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable: October 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Individual Offices of Inspectors General 

at the telephone numbers listed below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, created the Offices of 

Inspectors General as independent and 


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