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Number of Respondents: 1,000 per Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On year. Commerce. November 27, 2020, NMFS proposed to Average Hours per Response: 5 ACTION: Notice; extension of comment designate critical habitat for seven Indo- minutes. period. Pacific listed as threatened under Burden Hours: 84 hours. the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Needs and Uses: The information SUMMARY: We, NMFS, are extending the within U.S. waters in Guam, the requested will allow NIST to fill new public comment period by 60 days for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana positions created within the our proposed rule to designate critical Islands (CNMI), American Samoa, and Organization of Scientific Area habitat for seven threatened corals in the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA). Committees for Forensic Science U.S. waters in the Indo-Pacific The seven species are (OSAC) and to replace positions vacated (Acropora globiceps, Acropora globiceps, A. jacquelineae, A. retusa, A. by resignation or rotation. Over 550 jacquelineae, Acropora retusa, Acropora speciosa, paradivisa, Isopora OSAC Members participate in the OSAC speciosa, Euphyllia paradivisa, Isopora crateriformis, and Seriatopora aculeata. with up to 1⁄3 of them being eligible for crateriformis, and Seriatopora aculeata) Proposed critical habitat consists reappointment or replacement each under the Endangered Species Act. The of substrate and water column habitat year. This effort provides a coordinated end of the public comment period is characteristics essential for the U.S. approach to the development of extended from March 27, 2021, to May reproduction, recruitment, growth, and scientifically sound forensic science 26, 2021. maturation of the listed corals. standards and ensures broad Proposed critical habitat consists of DATES: The public comment period is participation from forensic science 17 separate units, each of which extended by 60 days to May 26, 2021. contains all ESA-listed corals that occur practitioners, researchers, metrologists, Comments must be received by May 26, quality assurance experts, defense, and there: There are four units in American 2021, as specified under ADDRESSES. Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, Ta‘u, Rose prosecution. Comments received after this date may Affected Public: Individuals and ); seven in CNMI (Rota, Aguijan, not be accepted. Households. Tinian, Saipan, Anatahan, Pagan, and Frequency: Once a year. ADDRESSES: You may submit public Maug Islands); five in the PRIA Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. comments in writing by any of the (Howland, Palmyra, Kingman, Johnston, Legal Authority: This information following methods. Comments must be and Jarvis Islands); and one unit collection request may be viewed at received by May 26, 2021: encompassing all proposed designations www.reginfo.gov. Follow the • Electronic Submissions: Submit all in Guam. Between one and six listed instructions to view the Department of electronic public comments via the corals occur in each unit. The following Commerce collections currently under Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to areas are either ineligible for proposed review by OMB. www.regulations.gov/ critical habitat, or excluded because of Written comments and #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016- national security impacts: A complex of recommendations for the proposed 0131 click the ‘‘Comment Now’’ icon, overlapping Navy Surface Danger Zones information collection should be complete the required fields, and enter off of Ritidian Point in Guam, other submitted within 30 days of the or attach your comments. parts of Guam, parts of Tinian, a group publication of this notice on the • Mail: Lance Smith, Protected of six Navy anchorage berths on following website www.reginfo.gov/ Resources Division, NMFS, Pacific Garapan Bank in Saipan, all of Farallon public/do/PRAMain. Find this Islands Regional Office, NOAA Inouye de Medinilla, and all of Wake Atoll. particular information collection by Regional Center, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. Critical habitat protections apply only selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 176, Honolulu, HI 96818. to Federal actions under Section 7 of the Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or Instructions: You must submit ESA; activities that are not funded, by using the search function and comments by one of the previously authorized, or carried out by a Federal entering either the title of the collection described methods to ensure that we agency are not subject to these or the OMB Control Number 0693–0070. receive, document, and consider them. protections. The proposed rule and Comments sent by any other method, to other materials prepared in support of Sheleen Dumas, any other address or individual, or this action, including maps showing the Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of received after the end of the comment proposed critical habitat, are available the Chief Information Officer, Commerce at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ Department. period, may not be considered. All comments received are a part of the action/proposed-rule-designate-critical- [FR Doc. 2021–06440 Filed 3–26–21; 8:45 am] public record and will generally be habitat-threatened-indo-pacific-corals. BILLING CODE 3510–13–P posted to http://www.regulations.gov The original public comment period without change. All Personal Identifying for this proposed rule was scheduled to Information (for example, name, close on January 26, 2021. In response DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE to public input, we extended the public address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by comment period by 30 days to February the commenter may be publicly National Oceanic and Atmospheric 25, 2021, and held two online public accessible. Do not submit confidential Administration hearings on January 19 and January 21, business information or otherwise 2021. At the public hearings, we [Docket No: 200918–0249] sensitive or protected information. received several requests to again NMFS will accept anonymous RIN 0648–BJ52 extend the public comment period, to comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required allow the public to adequately review Endangered and Threatened Species; fields if you wish to remain the extensive supporting materials for Critical Habitat for the Threatened anonymous). Indo-Pacific Corals, Extension of the proposed rule in order to formulate Public Comment Period FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: public comments. Similarly, on January Lance Smith, NMFS Pacific Islands 26, 2021, we received a letter from the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Region, [email protected] or 808– Governors of CNMI, Guam, and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 725–5131. American Samoa requesting extension

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of the public comment period for the your information no later than May 28, website at: https:// same reason. In response, we extended 2021. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/ the public comment period by another ADDRESSES: You may submit banggai-cardinalfish. 30 days to March 27, 2021. information on this document, Public Solicitation of New Information On March 12, 2021, we received a identified by NOAA–NMFS–2021–0031, letter from the Directors of the American by the following method: To ensure that the 5-year review is Samoa Department of Marine and • Electronic Submission: Submit complete and based on the best Wildlife Resources, Commonwealth of electronic information via the Federal e- available scientific and commercial the Northern Mariana Islands Rulemaking Portal. Go to information, we are soliciting new Department of Lands and Natural www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– information from the public, Resources, and Guam Department of NMFS–2021–0031. Click on the governmental agencies, Tribes, the Agriculture requesting additional time ‘‘Comment’’ icon and complete the scientific community, industry, for public comments to provide the required fields. Enter or attach your environmental entities, and any other Territories and NMFS time to gather the comments. interested parties concerning the status best available scientific information on Instructions: Comments sent by any of Pterapogon kauderni. Categories of the listed corals to inform the final coral other method or received after the end requested information include: (1) critical habitat rule. In response, we are of the specified period, may not be Species biology including, but not extending the public comment period considered. All comments received are limited to, population trends, by another 60 days, and are accepting a part of the public record and will distribution, abundance, demographics, public comments for the proposed rule generally be posted for public viewing and genetics; (2) habitat conditions through May 26, 2021. Public comments on www.regulations.gov without change. including, but not limited to, amount, can be submitted as described under All personal identifying information distribution, and important features for ADDRESSES. (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential conservation; (3) status and trends of (Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) business information, or otherwise threats to the species and its habitats; (4) sensitive or protected information conservation measures that have been Dated: March 23, 2021. submitted voluntarily by the sender will implemented that benefit the species, Samuel D. Rauch, III, be publicly accessible. NMFS will including monitoring data Deputy Assistant Administrator for accept anonymous submissions (enter demonstrating effectiveness of such Regulatory Programs, National Marine ‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish measures; and (5) other new Fisheries Service. to remain anonymous). information, data, or corrections [FR Doc. 2021–06343 Filed 3–26–21; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin including, but not limited to, taxonomic BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Markin, by phone at (301) 427–8416 or or nomenclatural changes and improved [email protected]. analytical methods for evaluating extinction risk. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces our review of the If you wish to provide information for the review, you may submit your National Oceanic and Atmospheric Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon information and materials Administration kauderni) listed as threatened under the ESA. Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA electronically. We request that all information be accompanied by [RTID 0648–XA960] requires that we conduct a review of listed species at least once every 5 years. supporting documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, or Endangered and Threatened Species; This will be the first review of this reprints of pertinent publications. We Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review species since it was listed in 2016 (81 also would appreciate the submitter’s of the Banggai Cardinalfish FR 3023, January 20, 2016). The regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require name, address, and any association, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries that we publish a notice in the Federal institution, or business that the person Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Register announcing species currently represents; however, anonymous Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under active review. On the basis of submissions will also be accepted. Commerce. such reviews under section 4(c)(2)(B), Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ACTION: Notice; request for information. we determine whether any species Dated: March 24, 2021. should be delisted or reclassified from Angela Somma, SUMMARY: NMFS announces the endangered to threatened or from Chief, Endangered Species Conservation initiation of a 5-year review for the threatened to endangered (16 U.S.C. Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon Division, Office of Protected Resources, 1533(c)(2)(B)). As described by the National Marine Fisheries Service. kauderni). NMFS is required by the regulations in 50 CFR 424.11(e), the [FR Doc. 2021–06406 Filed 3–26–21; 8:45 am] Endangered Species Act (ESA) to Secretary shall delist a species if the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that Secretary finds that, after conducting a the listing classifications of species are status review based on the best accurate. The 5-year review must be scientific and commercial data DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE based on the best scientific and available: (1) The species is extinct; (2) commercial data available at the time of the species does not meet the definition National Oceanic and Atmospheric the review. We request submission of of an endangered species or a threatened Administration any such information on the Banggai species; and/or (3) the listed entity does [RTID 0648–XA972] cardinalfish, particularly information on not meet the statutory definition of a the status, threats, and recovery of the species. Any change in Federal species that has become available since Western Pacific Fishery Management classification would require a separate Council (Council); Public Meeting its listing, effective February 19, 2016. rulemaking process. DATES: To allow us adequate time to Background information on the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries conduct this review, we must receive species is available on the NMFS Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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