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comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Mia
Logan, 1315 East West Hwy., Bldg.
SSMC3, Rm. 15107, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3282, tel. 202–365–1052, or
mia.logan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a renewal of a
currently approved information
collection through the Environmental
Compliance Questionnaire for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Federal Funding
Opportunity Applicants
(Questionnaire). This Questionnaire is
used by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to
collect information about proposed
activities for the purpose of complying
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (‘‘NEPA,’’ 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
and other environmental compliance
requirements associated with proposed
activities. NEPA requires federal
agencies to complete an environmental
analysis for all major federal actions,
including funding non-federal activities
through federal financial assistance
awards where federal participation in
the funded activity is expected to be
significant. The Questionnaire is used in
conjunction with NOAA Notices of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The NOFO will indicate the specific
questions to which an applicant must
respond in one of three ways: (1) the
applicable questions are inserted
directly into the NOFO with reference to
the OMB Approval Number (0648–0538)
for this form; (2) the NOFO will specify
which questions (e.g., 1, 2) an applicant
must answer, with the entire OMBapproved Questionnaire attached to the
NOFO; or (3) applicants to be
recommended for funding will be
required to answer relevant questions
from the Questionnaire. The federal
program officer will determine which
questions are relevant to each specific
applicant. Answers must be provided
before the application can be submitted
for final funding approval. This
Questionnaire has been not revised
since 2021.
II. Method of Collection
Submissions are collected
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III. Data

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OMB Control Number: 0648–0538.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
736.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,208.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Southeast Region Logbook Family of
Forms
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Commerce
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), which helps us assess the impact
of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
by October 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at noaa.pra@noaa.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 0648–0016 in the
subject line of your comments. All
comments received are part of the
public record and will generally be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov
without change. Do not submit
confidential business information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information or questions related to
collection activities described in this
notice to Rich Malinowski, NMFS
Southeast Regional Office, Sustainable
Fisheries Division, 263 13th Ave South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701, telephone:
727–824–5305, email: rich.malinowski@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The NMFS Southeast Region proposes
to revise parts of the information
collections currently approved under
OMB Control Number 0648–0016 to
comply with a court order from the U.S.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which
effectively invalidated previous
regulations implemented by NMFS. The

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NMFS Southeast Region manages
commercial and recreational fisheries in
Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf), South Atlantic, and Caribbean
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., through
regulations implemented at 50 CFR part
622. Participants in most of these
federally managed fisheries are required
to keep and submit logbooks of their
fishing effort and catch from their
fishing trips. Some fishermen on these
vessels also provide information on the
species and quantities of fish, shellfish,
marine turtles, and marine mammals
that are caught and discarded or have
interacted with the fishing gear. These
fishermen may also provide information
about dockside prices, trip operating
costs, and annual fixed costs.
NMFS is developing a final rule to
remove the regulations for the Gulf
electronic reporting program applicable
to an owner or operator of a recreational
charter vessel or headboat (for-hire
vessel) with such a recreational permit
to fish for federally managed Gulf reef
fish or Gulf coastal migratory pelagic
species. The final rule will reinstate
regulations for recordkeeping and
reporting that were in effect on January
4, 2021, before the effective dates of the
invalidated rules. Those historical
regulations can be viewed at this
website: https://www.ecfr.gov/on/202101-04/title-50/chapter-VI/part622?toc=1. See subparts B and Q to part
622.
Because the rulemaking action results
from a court order, NMFS does not have
discretion to change the recordkeeping
and reporting regulations from those in
effect on January 4, 2021, which
consisted of the information collection
requirements previously approved by
OMB and implemented by NMFS.
Therefore, this revision would: 1.
remove from the approved information
collections all components associated
with the Gulf for-hire electronic
reporting program, and 2. reinstate those
previously approved recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, the number of
respondents, responses, and the time
and cost burdens for which were at a
much smaller scale, without changes to
other information collections under
OMB Control Number 0648–0016,
Southeast Region Logbook Family of
Forms.
II. Method of Collection
The information is submitted on
paper forms and electronic
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0016.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission—
revision of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,499.
Estimated Time per Response: Annual
fixed-cost report, 45 minutes; Discard
logbook, 15 minutes; headboat, charter
vessel, golden crab, reef fish-mackerel,
economic cost per trip, and wreckfish,
10 minutes; No-fishing report for golden
crab, reef fish-mackerel, charter vessels,
and wreckfish, 2 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 42,797.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $148,400 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory,
required to obtain or retain benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we

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do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its OnDemand Fishing Gear Conflict Working
Group via webinar to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This webinar will be held on
Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Webinar registration URL
information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/
meeting/register/tJckd-gqTsoEtWD6CgYnBDX5Acwn4FZ5Sye.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Agenda
The On-Demand Fishing Gear Conflict
Working Group (ODWG) will meet to
address Terms of Reference 3a and 6 by
continuing to develop recommendations
to the Council, including draft gear
marking regulations. The Working
Group will receive updates on other ondemand gear related activity. Other
business will be discussed, if necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this 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

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