81_FR_24878 81 FR 24797 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Permit Application and Reports for Permits (fka Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument)

81 FR 24797 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Permit Application and Reports for Permits (fka Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 81 (April 27, 2016)

Page Range24797-24798
FR Document2016-09922

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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24797-24798]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09922]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 
Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument Permit 
Application and Reports for Permits (fka Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
Marine National Monument)

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and

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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 June 27, 2016.

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 [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Tia Brown, (808) 397-2660 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for revision and extension of a currently approved 
information collection. There will be minor changes to the forms and 
instructions.
    On June 15, 2006, President Bush established the 
Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument by issuing 
Presidential Proclamation 8031 (71 FR 36443, June 26, 2006) under the 
authority of the Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 431). The proclamation 
includes restrictions and prohibitions regarding activities in the 
monument consistent with the authority provided by the act. 
Specifically, the proclamation prohibits access to the monument except 
when passing through without interruption or as allowed under a permit 
issued by NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Vessels 
passing through the monument without interruption are required to 
notify NOAA and FWS upon entering into and leaving the monument. 
Individuals wishing to access the monument to conduct certain regulated 
activities must first apply for and be granted a permit issued by NOAA 
and FWS to certify compliance with vessel monitoring system 
requirements, monument regulations and best management practices. On 
August 29, 2006, NOAA and FWS published a final rule codifying the 
provisions of the proclamation (71 FR 51134).

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms. 
Methods of submittal include email of electronic forms, and mail and 
facsimile transmission of paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0548.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Affected Public: Individuals, not for profit institutions; Federal, 
State, local, government, Native Hawaiian organizations; business or 
other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 411.
    Estimated Time per Response: Research, Conservation and Management 
and Education (``general'' permits), 5 hours; Special Ocean Use 
permits, 10 hours; Native Hawaiian Practices permits, 8 hours; 
Recreation permits, 6 hours; modification requests and final reports, 
10 hours; annual reports, 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,794.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $61,783 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs and vessel monitoring system installation and 
maintenance.

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: April 23, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09922 Filed 4-26-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 27, 2016 / Notices 24797 the programs would operate. The RMPs and predation) are unsubstantial. The ROD documents NMFS’s decision, provide the framework through which RMPs include provisions for annual identifies all alternatives considered in the State of Washington and the Tribes reports that will assess compliance with reaching the decision, specifies the can jointly manage early winter performance standards established in alternative considered to be steelhead hatchery, monitoring, and the plans. Review of the RMPs and environmentally preferable, and evaluation activities while meeting reports by NMFS, Washington State, identifies and discusses relevant factors requirements specified under the ESA. and the Tribes will occur annually to which were balanced by NMFS in The proposed action covers continued evaluate whether assumptions regarding making its decision. operation of the five hatchery programs hatchery plan effects and analyses to produce steelhead for harvest, while remain valid, and whether the Authority minimizing any impacts on the genetic objectives of the plans are being Under section 4 of the ESA, the integrity of natural steelhead accomplished. NMFS’ evaluation is Secretary of Commerce is required to populations, and ecological and available on the NMFS West Coast adopt such regulations as she deems demographic impacts on natural ESA- Region Web site (see ADDRESSES). necessary and advisable for the listed Chinook salmon, chum salmon, conservation of species listed as Summary of Comments Received in and steelhead. threatened. The ESA salmon and All steelhead produced through the Response to the Proposed Evaluation steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422, July five programs are derived from and Pending Determination 10, 2000) specifies categories of broodstock native to Puget Sound but NMFS published two notices of its activities that contribute to the not native to the watersheds where the proposed evaluation and pending conservation of listed salmonids and fish would be planted. The early-winter determinations for public review and sets out the criteria for such activities. steelhead stock released through the comment on March 26, 2015 (80 FR The rule further provides that the programs is not included as part of the 15984), and February 23, 2016 (81 FR prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the rule listed Puget Sound Steelhead Distinct 8941). The proposed evaluation and do not apply to actions undertaken in Population Segment (DPS). Operational pending determination was available for compliance with an RMP developed protocols applied through the five public review and comment for 39 days. jointly by the State of Washington and hatchery programs would minimize During the public comment period, the Tribes and determined by NMFS to potential risks to associated listed NMFS received substantive comments be in accordance with the salmon and natural-origin steelhead, Chinook specifically addressing the proposed steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422, July salmon, and (for the Dungeness River evaluation and pending determination 10, 2000). program) summer chum salmon from two non-governmental We also apply this notice in populations in each of the watersheds organizations. None of the comments accordance with the requirements of where the programs are located. raised issues that required changes to NEPA as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et Particular emphasis is placed on the RMPs, or substantive modification seq.) and its implementing regulations ensuring that returning adult hatchery of the NMFS proposed evaluation and (40 CFR 1500 part 1506.6), and other early-winter steelhead do not interact to pending determination document. In appropriate Federal laws and a substantial degree with natural-origin response to the comments, minor regulations, and policies and procedures steelhead populations in natural revisions were made in the NMFS of NMFS for compliance with those spawning areas. Hatchery management document to clarify language included regulations. measures are applied to reduce the risk in the hatchery plan action description of spatial and temporal overlap, and effects evaluation sections. A Dated: April 21, 2016. straying, and interbreeding between detailed summary of the comments and Angela Somma, early-winter steelhead and natural- NMFS’ responses is also available on Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office origin steelhead. The five HGMPs share the NMFS West Coast Region Web site. of Protected Resources, National Marine very low genetic effects on natural- Based on its evaluation and Fisheries Service. origin steelhead—essentially no recommended determination and taking [FR Doc. 2016–09766 Filed 4–26–16; 8:45 am] estimated hatchery fish contribution or into account the public comments, BILLING CODE 3510–22–P gene flow—demonstrated by DNA NMFS issued its final determination on sampling results and other analyses of the early-winter steelhead hatchery genetic introgression. RMPs. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE As part of the proposed hatchery Record of Decision—FEIS on Puget National Oceanic and Atmospheric programs, monitoring and evaluation Sound Early-Winter Steelhead Programs Administration would be implemented to assess their effects on ESA-listed natural-origin NMFS has decided to select Alternative 5 from the FEIS. Alternative Proposed Information Collection; steelhead, Chinook salmon, and summer Comment Request; chum salmon, and program performance 5 was the agency’s preferred alternative in the FEIS. Under the selected Papahānaumokuākea Marine National in meeting harvest augmentation alternative, NMFS would make a Monument Permit Application and objectives. The hatchery plans determination that the HGMPs Reports for Permits (fka Northwestern emphasize monitoring and evaluation of submitted by the co-managers, Hawaiian Islands Marine National genetic effects as a key objective to including a revised HGMP for the Monument) validate that effects are, and will asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES remain, low and within levels identified Skykomish early-winter steelhead AGENCY: National Oceanic and as posing unsubstantial risks to listed program, meet requirements of the ESA Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), natural-origin steelhead. Information 4(d) rule. The early-winter steelhead Commerce. gained through monitoring and hatchery programs proposed in the ACTION: Notice. evaluation will also be used to assess Dungeness, Nooksack, Stillaguamish, whether levels for other hatchery- Skykomish, and Snoqualmie River SUMMARY: The Department of related program impacts on listed fish watersheds would be implemented as Commerce, as part of its continuing (e.g., hatchery facilities, competition, described in the submitted HGMPs. The effort to reduce paperwork and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Apr 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27APN1.SGM 27APN1

24798 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 27, 2016 / Notices respondent burden, invites the general III. Data DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on OMB Control Number: 0648–0548. United States Patent and Trademark proposed and/or continuing information Form Number: None. Office collections, as required by the Type of Review: Regular submission Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Intellectual Property Education (revision and extension of a currently Outreach Council Survey DATES: Written comments must be approved information collection). submitted on or before June 27, 2016. ACTION: Proposed collection; comment Affected Public: Individuals, not for ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments profit institutions; Federal, State, local, request. to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental government, Native Hawaiian SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Paperwork Clearance Officer, organizations; business or other for- Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its Department of Commerce, Room 6616, profit organizations. continuing effort to reduce paperwork 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Estimated Number of Respondents: and respondent burden, invites the Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 411. general public and other Federal Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). agencies to comment on the proposed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Estimated Time per Response: information collection as required by Requests for additional information or Research, Conservation and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, copies of the information collection Management and Education (‘‘general’’ Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. instrument and instructions should be permits), 5 hours; Special Ocean Use 3506(c)(2)(A)). directed to Tia Brown, (808) 397–2660 permits, 10 hours; Native Hawaiian DATES: Written comments must be or Tia.Brown@noaa.gov. Practices permits, 8 hours; Recreation submitted on or before June 27, 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: permits, 6 hours; modification requests ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and final reports, 10 hours; annual I. Abstract by any of the following methods: reports, 5 hours. • Email: InformationCollection@ This request is for revision and Estimated Total Annual Burden uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–00XX extension of a currently approved Hours: 1,794. comment’’ in the subject line of the information collection. There will be message. Estimated Total Annual Cost to minor changes to the forms and Public: $61,783 in recordkeeping/ • Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// instructions. www.regulations.gov. reporting costs and vessel monitoring On June 15, 2006, President Bush • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records system installation and maintenance. established the Papahānaumokuākea Management Division Director, Office of Marine National Monument by issuing IV. Request for Comments the Chief Information Officer, United Presidential Proclamation 8031 (71 FR States Patent and Trademark Office, 36443, June 26, 2006) under the Comments are invited on: (a) Whether P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– authority of the Antiquities Act (16 the proposed collection of information 1450. U.S.C. 431). The proclamation includes is necessary for the proper performance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: restrictions and prohibitions regarding of the functions of the agency, including Requests for additional information activities in the monument consistent whether the information shall have should be directed to Anthony Knight, with the authority provided by the act. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Director, Office of Stakeholder Specifically, the proclamation prohibits agency’s estimate of the burden Outreach, United States Patent and access to the monument except when (including hours and cost) of the Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, passing through without interruption or proposed collection of information; (c) Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by as allowed under a permit issued by ways to enhance the quality, utility, and telephone at 571–272–3687; or by email NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife clarity of the information to be to Anthony.Knight@uspto.gov with Service (FWS). Vessels passing through collected; and (d) ways to minimize the ‘‘0651–00XX comment’’ in the subject the monument without interruption are burden of the collection of information line. Additional information about this required to notify NOAA and FWS upon on respondents, including through the collection is also available at http:// entering into and leaving the use of automated collection techniques www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information monument. Individuals wishing to or other forms of information Collection Review.’’ access the monument to conduct certain SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: technology. regulated activities must first apply for and be granted a permit issued by Comments submitted in response to I. Abstract NOAA and FWS to certify compliance this notice will be summarized and/or The United States Patent and with vessel monitoring system included in the request for OMB Trademark Office (USPTO) Intellectual requirements, monument regulations approval of this information collection; Property Education Outreach Council is and best management practices. On they also will become a matter of public responsible for conducting training for August 29, 2006, NOAA and FWS record. parties external to the USPTO. The published a final rule codifying the Dated: April 23, 2016. Council is conducting a new survey to provisions of the proclamation (71 FR gather public feedback regarding their asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Sarah Brabson, 51134). satisfaction with USPTO lectures and NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. other outreach efforts. II. Method of Collection [FR Doc. 2016–09922 Filed 4–26–16; 8:45 am] Collecting feedback will allow for the Respondents have a choice of either BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P Agency to have a pulse on customer electronic or paper forms. Methods of satisfaction and adjust where necessary submittal include email of electronic to meet and exceed expectations. This forms, and mail and facsimile feedback collection will provide for transmission of paper forms. ongoing, collaborative, and actionable VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Apr 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27APN1.SGM 27APN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be submitted on or before June 27, 2016.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Tia Brown, (808) 397-2660 or [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 24797 
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