46770 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 193 / Friday, October 6, 2017 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled SEDAR 

52 assessment scoping webinar for Gulf 

of Mexico red snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 52 assessment 

process of Gulf of Mexico red snapper 

will consist of an In-person Workshop, 

and a series of assessment webinars. 

DATES: The SEDAR 52 assessment 

scoping webinar will be held October 

26, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

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) 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 

original notice published in the Federal 

Register on August 29, 2017 (82 FR 

40995). The notice announces the 

rescheduled date of the meeting from 

September 21, 2017 to October 26, 2017. 

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. 

The items of discussion during the 

assessment scoping webinar are as 

follows: 

Panelists will review the data sets 

being considered for the assessment and 

discuss initial modeling efforts. 

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: October 3, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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: NMFS Alaska Region Vessel 

Monitoring System (VMS) Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0445. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,139. 

Average Hours per Response: 12 

minutes for VMS check-in report; 2 

hours for VMS operation (includes 

installation and maintenance). 

Burden Hours: 5,101. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

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information collection. 

Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) 

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(GPS) and communications electronics 

into a single, tamper-resistant package 

to automatically determine the vessel’s 

position several times per hour. The 

units can be set to transmit a vessel’s 

location periodically and automatically 

to an overhead satellite in real time. In 

most cases, the vessel owner is unaware 

of exactly when the unit is transmitting 

and is unable to alter the signal or the 

time of transmission. The VMS unit is 

passive and automatic, requiring no 

reporting effort by the vessel operator. A 

communications service provider 

receives the transmission and relays it 

to the National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) Office of Law Enforcement and 

the U.S. Coast Guard. Enforcement of 

management measures, such as directed 

fishing closures and critical habitat nofishing zones, relies heavily on the use 

of VMS. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

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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: October 3, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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