82_FR_2968 82 FR 2962 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 2962 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 6 (January 10, 2017)

Page Range2962-2963
FR Document2017-00276

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2962-2963]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00276]


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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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Educational Partnership Program (EPP), Ernest F. Hollings 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship 
Program, Recruitment, Training, and Research Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0568.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision and extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,754.
    Average Hours per Response: Student Performance Achievement 
Reporting

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(SPAR) database form, 8; undergraduate application form, 600; reference 
forms, 1200; alumni update form, 200.
    Burden Hours: 7,822.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for revision and extension of a 
current information collection.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office 
of Education (OEd) collects, evaluates and analyzes student data for 
the purpose of selecting successful candidates, and for generating 
reports and news articles to communicate the success of its program. 
The OEd requires applicants to its undergraduate scholarship programs 
to complete an application in order to be considered. The application 
package requires two faculty and/or academic advisors to complete a 
NOAA student scholar reference form in support of the scholarship 
application. NOAA OEd student scholar alumni are also requested to 
provide information to NOAA for internal tracking purposes. NOAA OEd 
grant recipients are required to update the student tracker database 
with the required student information. There is also a revised alumni 
form whose use has extended to two more of the programs. The collected 
student data supports NOAA OEd's program performance measures. The Dr. 
Nancy Foster Scholarship Program and the NMFS Recruiting, Training, and 
Research Program also collect student data for their programs and are 
also covered by this notice.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    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 [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: January 5, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00276 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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2962 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 10, 2017 / Notices deter marine mammals, target species, similar U.S. fisheries and gear types RFMO or intergovernmental agreement seasons and areas fished, qualitative interacting with similar marine mammal documents, reports, and statistical data from logbooks or fisher reports, stocks using readily available document programs; appropriate catch stranding data, and the species and information or available observer or certification programs; and published distribution of marine mammals in the logbook information per the procedures literature and reports on commercial area, or other factors at the discretion of outlined in 50 CFR 229.2. Where no fishing operations with intentional or the Assistant Administrator that may information or analogous fishery or incidental mortality and serious injury inform whether the likelihood of fishery information exists, NMFS will of marine mammals. incidental mortality and serious injury classify the commercial fishing NMFS will consider all available of marine mammals caused by the operation as an export fishery until such information, as appropriate, when commercial fishing operation is more time as the harvesting nation provides making a classification. Information than ‘‘remote.’’ reliable information to classify the should be as specific as possible as this Commercial fishing operations not fishery or such information is readily will assist NMFS in its review. NMFS specifically identified in the current List available to the Assistant Administrator will consider several criteria when of Foreign Fisheries as either exempt or in the course of preparing the List of determining whether information is export fisheries are deemed to be export Foreign Fisheries. appropriate for use in making fisheries until the next List of Foreign In revising the list, NMFS may identifications, including: Fisheries is published unless the reclassify a fishery if new substantive • Corroboration of information; Assistant Administrator has reliable information indicates the need to re- • Whether multiple sources have information from the harvesting nation examine and possibly reclassify a been able to provide information in to classify the foreign commercial fishery. The List of Foreign Fisheries support of an identification; fishing operation. Additionally, the will be organized by harvesting nation • The methodology used to collect Assistant Administrator may request and other defining factors including the information; additional information from the geographic location of harvest, gear- • Specificity of the information harvesting nation and may consider type, target species or a combination provided; other relevant information about such thereof. Based upon the List of Foreign • Susceptibility of the information to commercial fishing operations and the Fisheries, the Assistant Administrator falsification and alteration; and frequency of incidental mortality and will consult with harvesting nations, • Credibility of the individuals or serious injury of marine mammals, to informing them of the regulatory organization providing the information. properly classify the foreign commercial requirements for exempt and export Dated: January 4, 2017. fishing operation. fisheries to import fish and fish NMFS will publish in the Federal John Henderschedt, products into the United States. More Director, Office for International Affairs and Register a List of Foreign Fisheries by information regarding this process can harvesting nation, their fisheries, and Seafood Inspection, National Marine be found in the regulations codified at Fisheries Service. their classifications. NMFS will publish 50 CFR 216.24. a proposed List of Foreign Fisheries for [FR Doc. 2017–00201 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am] NMFS is soliciting information from public comment and a subsequent final harvesting nations; other foreign, BILLING CODE 3510–22–P List. To develop this list, NMFS has regional, and local governments; notified each harvesting nation with regional fishery management fisheries that export to the United States DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE organizations; nongovernmental and requested that within 90 days of organizations; industry organizations; National Oceanic and Atmospheric notification the harvesting nation academic institutions; and citizens and Administration submit reliable information about the citizen groups to identify commercial commercial fishing operations fishing operations with intentional or Submission for OMB Review; identified, including the number of incidental mortality and serious injury Comment Request participants, number of vessels, gear of marine mammals. For each item we type, target species, area of operation, The Department of Commerce will are requesting you identify the fishing season, and any information submit to the Office of Management and exporting nation as the harvesting regarding the frequency of marine Budget (OMB) for clearance the nation, the processing or intermediary mammal incidental mortality and following proposal for collection of nation, or both. For fisheries exporting serious injury, including programs to information under the provisions of the fish and fish products to the United assess marine mammal populations. Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Harvesting nations will also be States NMFS is requesting the following Chapter 35). requested to submit copies of any laws, information: • Number of participants, Agency: National Oceanic and decrees, regulations, or measures to • Number of vessels, Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). reduce incidental mortality and serious • Gear type, Title: Educational Partnership injury of marine mammals in those • Target species, Program (EPP), Ernest F. Hollings fisheries or prohibit the intentional • Area of operation, Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Dr. killing or injury of marine mammals. • Fishing season, and Nancy Foster Scholarship Program, NMFS will evaluate each harvesting • Information regarding the frequency Recruitment, Training, and Research nation’s submission, any readily of marine mammal incidental and Program. pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES available information, request intentional mortality and serious injury. OMB Control Number: 0648–0568. additional information from the Such information may include fishing Form Number(s): None. harvesting nations, as necessary, and vessel records; reports of on-board Type of Request: Regular (revision use this information to classify the fishery observers; information from off- and extension of a current information fisheries. In the absence of quantifiable loading facilities, port-side government collection). information or reliable information from officials, enforcement agents, Number of Respondents: 1,754. the harvesting nation, NMFS will transshipment vessel workers and fish Average Hours per Response: Student classify fisheries by analogy with importers; government vessel registries; Performance Achievement Reporting VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:59 Jan 09, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10JAN1.SGM 10JAN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 10, 2017 / Notices 2963 (SPAR) database form, 8; undergraduate COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING intended to ensure that the Commission application form, 600; reference forms, COMMISSION is aware of any existing conflict of 1200; alumni update form, 200. interest. The rule generally requires Agency Information Collection former members and employees who are Burden Hours: 7,822. Activities Under OMB Review employed or retained to represent any Needs and Uses: This request is for AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading person before the Commission within revision and extension of a current Commission. two years of the termination of their information collection. ACTION: Notice. CFTC employment, to file a brief written The National Oceanic and statement with the Commission’s Office Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) SUMMARY: In compliance with the of the General Counsel. The proposed Office of Education (OEd) collects, Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this rule was promulgated pursuant to the evaluates and analyzes student data for notice announces that the Information Commission’s rulemaking authority the purpose of selecting successful Collection Request (ICR) abstracted contained in Section 8a(5) of the candidates, and for generating reports below has been forwarded to the Office Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. and news articles to communicate the of Management and Budget (OMB) for 12a(5) (1994), as amended. success of its program. The OEd review and comment. The ICR describes An agency may not conduct or requires applicants to its undergraduate the nature of the information collection sponsor, and a person is not required to scholarship programs to complete an and its expected costs and burden. respond to, a collection of information application in order to be considered. DATES: Comments must be submitted on unless it displays a current valid OMB The application package requires two or before February 9, 2017. control number. The OMB control faculty and/or academic advisors to ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the numbers for the CFTC’s regulations complete a NOAA student scholar burden estimated or any other aspect of were published on December 30, 1981. reference form in support of the the information collection, including See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The scholarship application. NOAA OEd suggestions for reducing the burden, Federal Register notice with a 60-day student scholar alumni are also may be submitted directly to the Office comment period soliciting comments on requested to provide information to of Information and Regulatory Affairs this collection of information was NOAA for internal tracking purposes. (OIRA) to OMB within 30 days of the published on December 11, 2013 (78 FR NOAA OEd grant recipients are required notice’s publication, by email at OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov. Please 75333). to update the student tracker database with the required student information. identify comments by OMB Control No. Burden statement: The respondent There is also a revised alumni form 3038–0025. Please provide the burden for this collection is estimated to whose use has extended to two more of Commission with a copy of all average 0.10 hours per response to file the programs. The collected student submitted comments at the address the brief written statement. This data supports NOAA OEd’s program listed below. Please refer to OMB estimate includes the time needed to performance measures. The Dr. Nancy Reference No. 3038–0025 found on review instructions; develop, acquire, Foster Scholarship Program and the http://reginfo.gov. Comments also may install, and utilize technology and be mailed to the Office of Information systems for the purposes of collecting, NMFS Recruiting, Training, and and Regulatory Affairs, Office of validating, and verifying information, Research Program also collect student Management and Budget, Attention: processing and maintaining information data for their programs and are also Desk Officer for the Commodity Futures and disclosing and providing covered by this notice. Trading Commission, 725 17th Street information; adjust the existing ways to Affected Public: Individuals or NW., Washington, DC 20503 and to comply with any previously applicable households; business or other for-profit; Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the instructions and requirements; train not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Commission, Commodity Futures personnel to be able to respond to a Tribal Government. Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street collection of information; and transmit Frequency: Annually and on occasion. NW., Washington, DC 20581, or by or otherwise disclose the information. Hand Deliver/Courier at the same Respondent’s Obligation: Required to address; or through the Agency’s Web Respondents/Affected Entities: obtain or retain benefits. site at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow Former Employees and their employers. This information collection request the instructions for submitting Estimated number of respondents: 30. may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow comments through the Web site. Estimated annual burden hours per the instructions to view Department of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: respondent: 0.10 hours. Commerce collections currently under Bianca Gomez, Counsel, Office of the review by OMB. General Counsel, Commodity Futures Estimated total annual responses: 30. Written comments and Trading Commission, (202) 418–5627; Estimated total annual burden on recommendations for the proposed email: bgomez@cftc.gov, and refer to respondents: 3 hours. information collection should be sent OMB Control No. 3038–0025. Frequency of collection: On occasion. within 30 days of publication of this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) notice to OIRA_Submission@ Title: Practice by Former Members pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. and Employees of the Commission Dated: January 5, 2017. (OMB Control No. 3038–0025). This is Robert N. Sidman, Dated: January 5, 2017. a request for an extension of a currently Deputy Secretary of the Commission. Sarah Brabson, approved information collection. [FR Doc. 2017–00281 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am] NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. Abstract: Commission Rule 140.735–6 BILLING CODE 6351–01–P [FR Doc. 2017–00276 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am] governs the practice before the BILLING CODE 3510–00–P Commission of former members and employees of the Commission and is VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:59 Jan 09, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\10JAN1.SGM 10JAN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 2962 
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