New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 17974-17975 [2017-07583]
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acres of water bottoms adjacent to the
newly acquired land, totaling 2,723
acres. These parcels have high
ecological value and provide increased
opportunities for research, education,
and restoration. The revised
management plan will serve as the
guiding document for the 9,317-acre
Weeks Bay Reserve for the next five
years.
On December 29, 2016, NOAA issued
notice of a public meeting and a thirtyday public comment period for the
Weeks Bay Reserve Management Plan
revision (81 FR 94964). The Weeks Bay,
Alabama Reserve Management Plan
revision is available at: (https://
www.outdooralabama.com/weeks-bayreserve), and at https://coast.noaa.gov/
nerrs/reserves/weeks-bay.html.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.420,
Coastal Zone Management Program
Administration.
Dated: April 7, 2017.
Donna Rivelli,
Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services
and Coastal Zone Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System
Stewardship Division, Office
for Coastal Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period for the South Slough, Oregon
National Estuarine Research Reserve
management plan revision.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Stewardship Division, Office for
Coastal Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce is announcing
a thirty (30) day public comment period
for the revised management plan for
South Slough, Oregon National
Estuarine Research Reserve management
plan revision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree
Turner at (206) 526–4641 or Erica
Seiden at (240) 533–0781 of NOAA’s
National Ocean Service, Stewardship
Division, Office for Coastal
Management, 1305 East-West Highway,
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Pursuant
to 15 CFR 921.33(c), the revised plan
will bring the reserve into compliance.
The South Slough Reserve revised plan
will replace the plan previously
approved in 2006.
The revised management plan
outlines a strategic plan; administrative
structure; science, education, public
involvement, and training programs of
the reserve; resource protection and
public access plans; strategies for future
land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve
operations.
The South Slough Reserve takes an
integrated approach to management,
linking research, education, coastal
training, and resource management
functions. The reserve has outlined how
it will manage administration and its
core programs, providing detailed
actions that will enable it to accomplish
specific goals and objectives. Since the
last Management Plan, the reserve has
built out its core programs and
monitoring infrastructure; compiled a
comprehensive report on environmental
and socio-economic conditions of the
Coos estuary; and conducted an
educational market analysis and needs
assessment to understand current needs
of teachers and underserved audiences.
Additionally, the reserve has developed
a disaster response plan, restoration
action plan, and improved public access
to the reserve through construction of a
new non-motorized boat launch areas
and enhanced trails.
There will be no boundary change
with the approval of the revised
management plan. The management
plan will serve as the guiding document
for the 4,771-acre South Slough Reserve.
View the South Slough Reserve
management plan revision on their Web
site, at https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/SS/
Pages/About.aspx, and provide
comments to Hannah Schrager,
hannah.schrager@state.or.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 7, 2017.
Donna Rivelli,
Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services
and Coastal Zone Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint
Scallop Plan Development Team and
Scallop Advisory Panel Committee 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.
SUMMARY:
This meeting will be held on
Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan
Airport, 100 Boardman Street, Boston,
MA 02128; phone: (617) 571–5478.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Agenda
The Plan Development Team (PDT)
and Advisory Panel (AP) will receive
status updates and summary of
preliminary findings from the recipients
of recent Scallop Research Set-Aside
(RSA) awards. Presentations will
include RSA projects that have not yet
been used directly in the scallop
management process. This meeting is
not a formal review of the methods or
results of these projects. Instead, this
meeting is only an overview to better
inform the PDT and AP of current
research status and help identify future
research priority recommendations. The
PDT and AP will also review current
RSA research priorities and discuss
potential recommended changes for the
2017/18 Scallop RSA funding
announcement. The PDT and AP may
discuss progress on 2017 work
priorities. Other issues may be
discussed, time permitting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
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issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 11, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice of Availability of the Alabama
Trustee Implementation Group Final
Recreational Use Restoration Plan I
and Final Environmental Impact
Statement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
Final Recreational Use Restoration Plan
I and Final Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon Federal
and State natural resource trustee
agencies for the Alabama Trustee
Implementation Group (Alabama TIG)
have prepared a Final Restoration Plan
I and Environmental Impact Statement:
Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities (Final RP/EIS). The Final
RP/EIS describes the restoration project
alternatives considered by the Alabama
TIG to compensate for recreational
shoreline use lost as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
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Alabama TIG evaluated these
alternatives under criteria set forth in
the OPA natural resource damage
assessment (NRDA) regulations, and
also evaluated the environmental
consequences of the restoration
alternatives in accordance with NEPA.
The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public of the availability of the Final
RP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download the Final RP/EIS at
https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of
the Final RP/EIS (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also
view the document at any of the public
facilities listed at https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• NOAA—Dan Van Nostrand,
ALTIG.RecUsePlanComments@
noaa.gov.
• AL—Amy Hunter, amy.hunter@
dcnr.alabama.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On April 20, 2010, the mobile
offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill
a well for BP Exploration and
Production Inc. (BP), in the Macondo
prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252–
MC252), exploded, caught fire and
subsequently sank in the Gulf of
Mexico, resulting in an unprecedented
volume of oil and other discharges from
the rig and from the wellhead on the
seabed. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill
is the largest oil spill in U.S. history,
discharging millions of barrels of oil
over a period of 87 days. In addition,
well over one million gallons of
dispersants were applied to the waters
of the spill area in an attempt to
disperse the spilled oil. An
undetermined amount of natural gas
was also released to the environment as
a result of the spill.
The Deepwater Horizon State and
Federal natural resource trustees (DWH
Trustees) conducted NRDA for the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the
Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA; 33 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Federal
and State agencies act as trustees on
behalf of the public to assess natural
resource injuries and losses and to
determine the actions required to
compensate the public for those injuries
and losses. OPA further instructs the
designated trustees to develop and
implement a plan for the restoration,
rehabilitation, replacement, or
acquisition of the equivalent of the
injured natural resources under their
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trusteeship, including the loss of use
and services from those resources from
the time of injury until the time of
restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred) is
complete.
The DWH Trustees are:
• U.S. Department of the Interior, as
represented by the National Park
Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, on behalf of the U.S.
Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture;
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency;
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority,
Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
and Department of Natural Resources;
• State of Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality;
• State of Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and
Geological Survey of Alabama;
• State of Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
• For the State of Texas, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department, Texas General
Land Office, and Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
Upon completion of the NRDA, the
DWH Trustees reached and finalized a
settlement of their natural resource
damage claims with BP in a Consent
Decree 1 approved by the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent
Decree, restoration projects in Alabama
are now chosen and managed by the
Alabama TIG. The Alabama TIG is
composed of the following Trustees:
• U.S. Department of the Interior, as
represented by the National Park
Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, on behalf of the U.S.
Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture;
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency;
• State of Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources;
and
• Geological Survey of Alabama.
This restoration planning activity is
proceeding in accordance with the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Final
Programmatic Damage Assessment and
Restoration Plan and Final
1 https://www.justice.gov/enrd/file/838066/
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF357
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint Scallop Plan Development Team
and Scallop Advisory Panel Committee 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 meeting will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Boston
Logan Airport, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; phone: (617) 571-
5478.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Plan Development Team (PDT) and Advisory Panel (AP) will
receive status updates and summary of preliminary findings from the
recipients of recent Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) awards.
Presentations will include RSA projects that have not yet been used
directly in the scallop management process. This meeting is not a
formal review of the methods or results of these projects. Instead,
this meeting is only an overview to better inform the PDT and AP of
current research status and help identify future research priority
recommendations. The PDT and AP will also review current RSA research
priorities and discuss potential recommended changes for the 2017/18
Scallop RSA funding announcement. The PDT and AP may discuss progress
on 2017 work priorities. Other issues may be discussed, time
permitting.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
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issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting.
Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this
notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that
require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 11, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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