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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 / Notices application to a Georges Bank example Fishery Ecosystem Plan eFEP.
Following the lunch break, the Council will be briefed on the NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regions for-hire electronic reporting requirements and their application to New England recreational party/charter vessels that possess permits for South Atlantic species. Next, the Council will receive a presentation from the NMFS Highly Migratory Species HMS Management Division on Amendment 13 to the Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan, which focuses on bluefin tuna issues. The Council will discuss and approve comments on this proposed rule. Immediately following, the Council will receive reports on recent meetings of NMFSs HMS Advisory Panel and the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. The Council then will close out the meeting with other business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained on this agenda may come before the Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305c of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Councils intent to take final action to address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.
Special Accommodations This meeting is being conducted entirely by webinar. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Thomas A. Nies see ADDRESSES at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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Dated: June 3, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Applications and Reporting Requirements for the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the publics reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 29, 2021 86 FR 7544 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
Title: Applications and Reporting Requirements for the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 06480151.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission extension of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 699.
Average Hours per Response: 281
hours for an Incidental Harassment Authorization IHA application; 30
hours for an IHA Interim Draft Report;
140 hours for an IHA draft annual report; 28 hours for an IHA final annual report if applicable; 1,200 hours for the initial preparation of an application for new regulations; 70 hours for an annual Letter of Authorization LOA
application; 225 hours for an LOA draft annual report; 70 hours for a LOA final annual report if applicable; 640 hours for a LOA draft comprehensive report;
300 hours for an LOA final comprehensive report; 140 hours for a Gulf of Mexico Rule GOM draft annual report; 28 hours for a GOM final annual report; and 1,540 hours for PAM/PSO
Surveys. Response times will vary for
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the public based upon the complexity of the requested action.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 259,743.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently approved information collection, 06480151.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.
prohibits the take of marine mammals unless otherwise authorized or exempted by law. Among the provisions that allow for lawful take of marine mammals, sections 101a5A and D
of the MMPA direct the Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity other than commercial fishing, within a specified geographical region if, after notice and opportunity for public comment, we find that the taking will have a negligible impact on the affected species or stocks and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stocks for subsistence uses where relevant.
NMFS also must set forth the permissible methods of taking; other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the species or stock and its habitat mitigation; and requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
NMFS Office of Protected Resources leads the process for the agency.
Issuance of an incidental take authorization Authorization under section 101a5A or 101a5D of the MMPA requires three sets of information collection: 1 A complete application for an Authorization, as set forth in our implementing regulations at 50 CFR 216.104, which provides the information necessary for us to make the necessary statutory determinations, including estimates of take and an assessment of impacts on the affected species and stocks; 2 information relating to required monitoring; and 3
information related to required reporting. These collections of information enable us to: 1 Evaluate the proposed activitys impact on marine mammals; 2 arrive at the appropriate determinations required by the MMPA and other applicable laws prior to issuing the authorization; and 3 monitor impacts of activities for which we have issued Authorizations to determine if our predictions regarding impacts on marine mammals remain valid.
We do not propose any changes to the information collection beyond expecting an increased number of respondents and responses due to increases in the number of requests for incidental take authorizations and requests for Letters
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