Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has begun its annual preseason management process for the 2021 ocean salmon fisheries off the U.S. West Coast. This notice informs the public of opportunities to provide comments on the development of 2021 ocean salmon management measures.

North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Social Science Planning Team (SSPT) will meet March 4, 2021.

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

Notice is hereby given of a virtual meeting of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]) Advisory Committee (Committee).

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) will hold an online meeting, which is open to the public.

Implementation in the Export Administration Regulations of the United States' Rescission of Sudan's Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

by the Industry and Security Bureau on 01/19/2021.

In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the rescission of Sudan's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT). The Secretary of State rescinded this designation effective December 14, 2020 in accordance with established statutory procedures, including...

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/19/2021.

NMFS, upon request from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to geophysical survey activities conducted by oil and gas industry operators, and those persons authorized to conduct activities on their behalf (collectively ``industry operators''), in...

Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

by the Commerce Department on 01/19/2021.

The Department of Commerce is promulgating regulations to implement provisions of Executive Order 13873, ``Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain'' (May 15, 2019). These regulations create the processes and procedures that the Secretary of Commerce will use to identify, assess, and...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Small Business Pulse Survey

by the Census Bureau on 01/15/2021.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Quarterly Summary of State & Local Government Tax Revenues

by the Census Bureau on 01/15/2021.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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 public's reporting burden. The purpose of this...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Miscellaneous Short Supply Activities

by the Industry and Security Bureau on 01/15/2021.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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 public's reporting burden. The purpose of this...

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

This notice announces NMFS' receipt of an application and the public comment period for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Alaska Seafood Cooperative. If issued, this permit would allow the applicant to test methods to minimize bycatch of halibut using an excluder device in the North Pacific's Amendment 80 flatfish fishery. The objective...

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

The SEDAR 73 assessment of the South Atlantic stock of red snapper will consist of a data scoping webinar, a workshop, and a series of assessment webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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 public's reporting burden. The purpose of this...

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council.

Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2021, the quota is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other...

Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic, and Ladoga Subspecies of the Ringed Seal; Extension of Information Request Period

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

NMFS hereby extends the information request period on the notice of initiation of a 5-year review of the Arctic (Pusa hispida hispida), Okhotsk (Pusa hispida ochotensis), Baltic (Pusa hispida botnica), and Ladoga (Pusa hispida ladogensis) subspecies of the ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Technical Advisory Panel (EBFM TAP) will hold a two- day public virtual meeting each, to address the items contained in the tentative agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The SSC and TAP will...

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/15/2021.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Private Recreational Reporting Workgroup evaluating reporting alternatives for the private recreational sector in the snapper grouper fishery.

Addition of Entity to the Entity List, and Addition of Entity to the Military End-User (MEU) List and Removals From the MEU List

by the Industry and Security Bureau on 01/15/2021.

In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding one entity to the Entity List. This one entity has been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. This entity will be listed on the Entity...