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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 188 / Friday, October 1, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations 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 June 10, 2021 86 FR 30918 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: Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations.
OMB Control Number: 06480470.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission extension of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 37.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 167
hours.
Needs and Uses: Since 2002, NOAAs National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS has promulgated several rules restricting the use of large mesh and stringer pound net leaders in certain Virginia Chesapeake Bay waters during the late spring/early summer each year.
On June 17, 2002, an interim final rule was published 67 FR 41196 restricting leader use, which also required yearround reporting of sea turtle takes. In 2004, NMFS issued a final rule further restricting pound net leader use in Virginia 69 FR 24997. The 2004 rule retained the reporting requirement from the 2002 rule. These regulations modifications to 50 CFR parts 222 and 223 were implemented as a result of high sea turtle strandings each spring in Virginia and the documented take of sea
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turtles in pound net leaders. On March 31, 2018, a revised Biological Opinion on NMFS gear regulations in the Virginia pound net fishery was completed pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ESA. An Incidental Take Statement was included in this Biological Opinion, exempting the incidental take of a certain number of loggerheads, Kemps ridley, green, and leatherback sea turtles in pound net operations.
A non-discretionary term and condition of the Incidental Take Statement involved the reporting to NMFS of live or dead sea turtles taken in pound net operations reflected in 50
CFR 223.206. The collection of this information on the incidental take of sea turtles in the Virginia pound net fishery is necessary to ensure sea turtles are being conserved and protected, as mandated by the ESA. Documenting the accurate occurrence of sea turtle incidental take in pound net operations will help to determine if additional regulatory actions or management measures are necessary to protect sea turtles caught in pound net operations.
This information will help NMFS better assess the Virginia pound net fishery and its impacts or lack thereof on sea turtle populations in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay. The collection of this information is also imperative to ensure that the Incidental Take Statement is not being exceeded, the anticipated take levels are appropriate, and the effects analysis in the Biological Opinion is accurate. Further, reporting the take of live, injured sea turtles caught in pound net gear will ensure these turtles are transferred immediately to a stranding and rehabilitation center for appropriate medical treatment.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Reporting occurs when sea turtles are encountered in Virginia pound net gear, which could occur occasionally from May through November.
Respondents Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act.
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/
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Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of web conference.
AGENCY:

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council Council Charter Halibut Management Committee will meet October 26, 2021, through October 27, 2021.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. and on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web conference. Join online through the link at https meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/2495.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 995012252;
telephone: 907 2712809. Instructions for attending the meeting via video conference are given under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Marrinan, Council staff; phone:
907 2712809; email: sarah.marrinan@
noaa.gov. For technical support please contact our admin Council staff, email:
npfmc.admin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Agenda Tuesday, October 26, 2021, Through Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The Charter Halibut Management Committee agenda will include a review of ADF&G preliminary estimates of 2021 charter harvest and recommend management measures to be analyzed for 2022; b review Recreational Quota Entity RQE funding mechanism
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