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through a parallel process with 

Amendment 21 to the FMP. The 

regulations implementing the program 

were effective January 1, 2011; all of the 

necessary tracking systems to make the 

program operational became active on 

January 11, 2011, the date fishing began 

under the new program. Since that time, 

the Council and NMFS have been 

addressing implementation issues as 

they arise. To achieve individual 

accountability for catch and bycatch and 

track total catch, the shorebased IFQ 

Program is subject to 100 percent 

monitoring both at-sea and dockside. In 

addition to 100 percent monitoring atsea, motherships and catcher/processors 

are subject to flow scale requirements 

that include daily testing, reporting, and 

an annual inspection. 

II. Method of Collection 

This collection utilizes both 

electronic and paper forms, depending 

on the specific item. Methods of 

submittal include email of electronic 

forms, and mail and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0619. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular (extension of 

a current information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

155. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

hours for a Provider permit, 2 hours for 

an annual renewal, 4 hours each for 

appeals and catch monitoring plans; 1 

hour each for a catch monitor 

qualification inseason testing of 

shorebased scales; 2 hours for an 

inspection; 10 minutes each for first 

receiver reports and electronic fish 

tickets ; 1 minute for Pacific whiting 

disposition recordkeeping; 30 minutes 

for daily at-sea scale testing reports, 10 

minutes for daily at-sea scale catch and 

cumulative weight reports, 1 minute 

each for at-sea scale audit trail, at-sea 

scale calibration log, and at-sea scale 

fault log, and 0 minutes for at-sea scale 

video monitoring. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,826. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $14,628 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: November 6, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24382 Filed 11–8–17; 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. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: West Coast Region Highly 

Migratory Species Vessel Identification 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0361. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,700. 

Average Hours per Response: All but 

purse seine vessels, 45 minutes; purse 

seine vessels, 1 hour, 15 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 644. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a current information 

collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 

660.704 require that all commercial 

fishing vessels with permits issued 

under authority of the National Marine 

Fishery Service’s (NMFS) Fishery 

Management Plan for United States 

(U.S.) West Coast Highly Migratory 

Species Fisheries display the vessel’s 

official number (U.S. Coast Guard 

documentation number or state 

registration number). The numbers must 

be of a specific size and format and 

located at specified locations. The 

official number must be affixed to each 

vessel subject to this section in block 

Arabic numerals at least 10 inches 

(25.40 centimeters) in height for vessels 

more than 25 feet (7.62 meters) but 

equal to or less than 65 feet (19.81 

meters) in length; and 18 inches (45.72 

centimeters) in height for vessels longer 

than 65 feet (19.81 meters) in length. 

Markings must be legible and of a color 

that contrasts with the background. The 

display of the identifying number aids 

in fishery law enforcement. This 

requirement does not apply to 

recreational charter vessels. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

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: November 6, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24425 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of Norfolk Harbor 

Navigation Improvements Draft 

General Reevaluation Report/ 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) in association with 

the nonfederal sponsor, the Virginia 

Port Authority, an agent of the 

Commonwealth of Virginia, announces 

the availability of the Norfolk Harbor 

Navigation Improvements Draft General 

Reevaluation Report/Environmental 

Assessment (GRR/EA) for public review 

and comment. The purpose of this Draft 

GRR/EA is to identify whether the 

original authorized plan is still in the 

federal interest and to evaluate 

alternatives that have the potential to 

improve the current and future 

operational efficiency of commercial 

vessels currently using the Norfolk 


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Harbor. Channel deepening and 

widening alternatives were evaluated as 

well as the No Action/Future Without 

Project Alternative. Pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the 

USACE developed the draft GRR/EA to 

examine and assess the impacts of the 

project alternatives and determined that 

implementation of the Proposed Action 

would have not have significant 

impacts. 

This study was authorized by Section 

216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 

(Pub. L. 91–611), which authorizes the 

review of completed federal projects in 

the interest of navigation and related 

purposes to determine the feasibility of 

further port deepening. 

DATES: The Draft GRR/EA is available 

for a 30-day review period. Written 

comments, pursuant to the NEPA, will 

be accepted until the close of public 

review at the close of business on 

December 10, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

questions from the public may be 

submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Norfolk District, ATTN: Ms. 

Kimberly Koelsch, Planning Branch, 

Environmental Analysis Section 

(CENAO–WR–PE), Norfolk, VA 23510 or 

via email to kimberly.c.koelsch@

usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kimberly Koelsch, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Norfolk District, VA 23510, 

757–201–7837 or via email at 

kimberly.c.koelsch@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

document is available at the following 

locations: 

(1) USACE Norfolk Harbor and 

Channels Deepening Project Web site: 

http://www.nao.usace.army.mil/About/ 

Projects/Norfolk-Harbor-ChannelDeepening/. 

(2) Slover Public Library, 235 East 

Plume Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. 

(3) Copies may also be requested in 

writing at (see ADDRESSES). 

Proposed Action. The Study Area is 

located in Hampton Roads, a 25 squaremile natural harbor serving port 

facilities in the cities of Norfolk, 

Newport News, Portsmouth, 

Chesapeake, and Hampton in 

southeastern Virginia. The study area 

consists of a network of federallyimproved channels extending from 

Atlantic Ocean Channel to Lamberts 

Bend (on the Elizabeth River). The 

project has not been constructed, nor is 

it maintained, to its authorized depth. 

The Action Alternative consists of 

constructing and maintaining the 

following features: 

• Deepening the Atlantic Ocean 

Channel to a required depth of 

approximately 59 feet. 

• Deepening the Thimble Shoal 

Channel to a required depth of 

approximately 56 feet. 

• Widening the Thimble Shoal 

Channel Meeting Areas (one on each 

side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge 

Tunnel) to approximately 1,200 feet (an 

additional 200 feet from current 

conditions) and deepening where 

necessary to a required depth of 56 feet. 

• Deepening Anchorage F to a 

required depth of approximately 55 feet. 

• Deepening the Norfolk Harbor 

Channel to a required depth of 

approximately 55 feet. 

• Deepening the Newport News 

Channel to a required depth of 

approximately 55 feet. 

• Associated Operations and 

Maintenance Activities. 

Implementation of the Preferred 

Alternative would have the potential to 

impact water quality, benthic resources, 

cultural resources, floodplains, federally 

listed threatened and endangered 

species, marine mammals, and other 

natural resources. The Proposed Action 

must be located in a floodplain in order 

to use the Craney Island Dredged 

Material Management Area (CIDMMA) 

as a dredged material placement site. 

The Proposed Action will adhere to the 

8-step process as outlined under 

Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 

Management. 

Alternatives. The Draft GRR/EA 

considers a reasonable range of 

widening and deepening alternatives in 

the project channels, meetings areas, 

and anchorages to meet the proposed 

action’s purpose and need. It also 

incorporates measures to avoid and 

minimize impacts to threatened and 

endangered species, fish and wildlife 

species, estuarine and marine habitat, 

and other resources. In response to 

problems and opportunities, a range of 

alternatives was evaluated through an 

iterative screening and formulation 

process, resulting in identification of a 

Preferred Alternative. 

Public Involvement. On September 22, 

2015, a Notice of Intent to publish an 

EA was published, along with 

information on a NEPA public scoping 

meeting on September 25, 2015. A 

Federal Register Notice was also 

published to announce the initiation of 

the feasibility study and also the public 

NEPA scoping meeting. As part of the 

public involvement process, all affected 

federal, Commonwealth of Virginia, and 

local agencies, private organizations, 

and the public were invited to the 

Public Scoping Meeting on September 

25, 2017 in Norfolk, VA. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24395 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Lower Bois 

d’Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin 

County, TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District has 

prepared a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) to analyze the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects of the 

construction of the proposed Lower Bois 

d’Arc Creek Reservoir (LBCR) and 

related actions proposed by the North 

Texas Municipal Water District 

(NTMWD) in Fannin County, Texas. 

The Proposed Action is a regional water 

supply project intended to provide up to 

175,000 acre-feet/year (AFY), with an 

estimated firm yield of 120,665 AFY, of 

new water for NTMWD’s member cities 

and direct customers in all or portions 

of nine counties in northern Texas— 

Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, 

Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, and Rockwall. 

Construction of the reservoir and related 

facilities would result in permanent 

impacts to approximately 5,874 acres of 

wetlands, 651,140 linear feet of streams, 

and 78 acres of open waters. This action 

requires authorization from the USACE 

under Section 404 of the Clean Water 

Act. The Section 404 permit applicant is 

the NTMWD. 

DATES: The FEIS will be used to inform 

the final USACE decision on this 

proposal. In accordance with the NEPA 

regulations, a final decision will not be 

made before December 9, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, if any, regarding 

the FEIS must be submitted by 

December 9, 2017, to Mr. Andrew R. 

Commer, Regulatory Office Chief, 

USACE Tulsa District (CESWT–RO), 

2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 

74137–4290, or via email: ceswt-ro@

usace.army.mil. Comments submitted 

by email must include ‘‘FEIS Lower 

Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir’’ in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Andrew R. Commer, USACE Tulsa 


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