43744 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2017 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices 

were published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for a permit or permit amendment had 

been submitted by the below-named 

applicants. To locate the Federal 

Register notice that announced our 

receipt of the application and a 

complete description of the research, go 

to www.regulations.gov and search on 

the permit number provided in the table 

below. 

File No. RIN Applicant Receipt of application 

Federal Register notice 

Permit or 

amendment 

issuance date 

16325–01 ....... 0648–XB042 Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., Center for Coastal Studies, 5 

Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02567.

77 FR 12244; February 29, 

2012.

August 16, 2017. 

19425–01 ....... 0648–XE009 Melissa McKinney, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 

3107 Horsebarn Hill Road, U–4210, Storrs, CT 06269.

82 FR 29277; June 28, 

2017.

August 17, 2017. 

19655 ............. 0648–XF085 Adam Pack, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 

West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720.

82 FR 3727; January 12, 

2017.

August 3, 2017. 

20315 ............. 0648–XF215 Kristen Hart, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast 

Ecological Science Center, 3321 College Avenue, 

Davie, FL 33314.

82 FR 11181; February 21, 

2017.

August 11, 2017. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

As required by the ESA, as applicable, 

issuance of these permit was based on 

a finding that such permits: (1) Were 

applied for in good faith; (2) will not 

operate to the disadvantage of such 

endangered species; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in Section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Authority: The requested permits 

have been issued under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226), as applicable. 

Dated: September 13, 2017. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, 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; Alaska Region 

Logbook Family of Forms 

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 Vernon Shoemaker, (907) 

586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a revision/ 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq. authorizes the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council to 

prepare and amend fishery management 

plans for any fishery in waters under its 

jurisdiction. National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Alaska Region (NMFS) manages 

(1) the crab fisheries in the Exclusive 

Economic Zone waters off the coast of 

Alaska under the Fishery Management 

Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Crab, (2) groundfish under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Groundfish of 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area, and (3) groundfish 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. The 

International Pacific Halibut 

Commission (IPHC) and NMFS manage 

fishing for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus 

stenolepis) through regulations 

established under the authority of the 

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. 

The IPHC promulgates regulations 

governing the halibut fishery under the 

Convention between the United States 

and Canada for the Preservation of the 

Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific 

Ocean and Bering Sea. 

Vessels required to have a Federal 

Fisheries Permit are issued free daily 

fishing logbooks (DFLs) for harvesters 

and daily cumulative production 

logbooks (DCPL) for processors to record 

groundfish, Crab Rationalization 

Program crab, Individual Fishing Quota 

(IFQ) halibut, IFQ sablefish, Western 

Alaska Community Development Quota 

Program halibut, and prohibited species 

catch information. Catcher vessels 

under 60 ft (18.3 m) length overall are 

not required to maintain DFLs. Multiple 

self-copy logsheets within each logbook 

are available for distribution to the 

harvester, processor, observer program, 

and NOAA Office for Law Enforcement. 

The longline or pot gear logbooks have 

an additional logsheet for submittal to 

the IPHC. 

As electronic logbooks become 

available, paper logbooks are 

discontinued and removed from this 

collection. The forms and DFL and 

DCPL logsheets may be viewed on the 

NMFS Alaska Region Home Page at 

https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ 

fisheries/rr-log. 

In addition to the logbooks, this 

collection includes the check-in/checkout reports for shoreside processors and 

motherships, the product transfer 

report, and the U.S. vessel activity 

report. 

The information collection currently 

approved under OMB Control Number 


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0648–0743 (Alaska Notification of Intent 

to Process Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod) 

will be merged into this collection. 

Under that collection, the City Manager 

of Adak and the City Administrator of 

Atka notify NMFS of their city’s intent 

to process Pacific cod in the upcoming 

year. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper logbooks and paper and 

electronic reports are required from 

participants. Methods of submittal 

include mail, Internet, and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

The notification from the City 

Manager of Adak and the City 

Administrator of Atka of their city’s 

intent to process Pacific cod must be 

submitted by certified mail through the 

United States Postal Service. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0213. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision/extension of a current 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

606. 

Estimated Time per Response: 35 

minutes per active response and 5 

minutes per inactive response for 

Catcher Vessel Longline and Pot Gear 

DFL; 18 minutes for active response and 

5 minutes for inactive response for 

Catcher Vessel Trawl Gear DFL; 7 

minutes for Mothership Check-in/ 

Check-out Report; 50 minutes per active 

response and 5 minutes per inactive 

response for Catcher/processor Longline 

and Pot Gear DCPL; 5 minutes for 

Shoreside Processor Check-in/Check-out 

Report; 20 minutes for Product Transfer 

Report; 14 minutes for Vessel Activity 

Report; and 30 minutes for Notification 

of Intent to Process Aleutian Islands 

Pacific Cod (currently approved under 

0648–0743). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,692 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $9,536 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. 2017–19887 Filed 9–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF657 

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act Provisions; General 

Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; 

Application for Exempted Fishing 

Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has 

made a preliminary determination that 

an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

renewal application from the 

Commercial Fisheries Research 

Foundation (CFRF) contains all of the 

required information and warrants 

further consideration. This permit 

would exempt participating commercial 

fishing vessels from Federal lobster 

escape vent, trap limit, and trap tag 

regulations, as well as restrictions on 

temporary possession of egg-bearing and 

v-notched female and sublegal-sized 

juvenile lobsters, to facilitate research 

on the abundance and distribution of 

juvenile American lobster and Jonah 

crab along the northwest Atlantic coast. 

Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and the Atlantic 

Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed Exempted 

Fishing Permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 4, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments 

on CFRF Lobster Study Fleet EFP.’’ 

• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on CFRF Lobster Study 

Fleet EFP.’’ 

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9180, 

Cynthia.Hanson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commercial Fisheries Research 

Foundation submitted a complete 

application to renew an existing 

Exempted Fishing Permit on August 10, 

2017, to conduct fishing activities that 

the regulations would otherwise restrict. 

The EFP would authorize 18 vessels to 

conduct a study using ventless traps to 

survey the abundance and distribution 

of juvenile American lobster and Jonah 

crab in regions and times of year not 

covered by traditional surveys. Overall, 

this EFP proposes to use a total of 54 

ventless lobster traps throughout lobster 

management areas 2, 3, 4, and 5; 

covering statistical areas 514, 515, 521, 

522, 525, 526, 533, 534, 537, 538, 539, 

541, 542, 543, 561, 562, 613, 615, 616, 

622, 623, 624, 626, 627, 628, 629, 632, 

633, 634, 636, 637, 638, and 640. Maps 

depicting these areas are available on 

request. The study is designed to aid 

and inform management by addressing 

the questions of changing reproduction 

and recruitment dynamics of lobster, 

and developing a foundation of 

knowledge for the emergent Jonah crab 

fishery. 

Funding for this study has been 

awarded through the Campbell 

Foundation and the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

Grants Program (Grant 

#NA17NMF4270208). For this research, 

CFRF is requesting exemptions from the 

following Federal lobster regulations: 

1. Gear specification requirements in 

50 CFR 697.21(c) to allow for closed 

escape vents and smaller trap mesh and 

entrance heads; 

2. Trap limit requirements, as listed in 

§ 697.19, for areas 2, 3, 4 and 5, to be 

exceeded by 3 additional traps per 

fishing vessel for a total of 54 additional 

traps; 

3. Trap tag requirements, as specified 

in § 697.19(j), to allow for the use of 

untagged traps (though each 


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