Federal Consistency Appeal by Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, 14225-14226 [E8-5247]

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AGENCY: SUMMARY: This announcement provides notice that Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) has filed an administrative appeal with the Department of Commerce asking that the Secretary override the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) objection to TCA’s construction of an extension to California State Route 241 in northern San Diego and southern Orange Counties, California. ADDRESSES: Materials from the appeal record will be available at the NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and on the following Web site: https:// www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Street, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 301–713–2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov or Stephanie Campbell, AttorneyAdvisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 301–713–2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Notice of Appeal On February 15, 2008, TCA filed notice of an appeal with the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and implementing regulations found at 15 CFR Part 930, Subpart H. TCA appealed an objection to its construction of an extension to California State Route 241 in northern San Diego and southern Orange Counties, California. Under the CZMA, the Secretary may override CCC’s objection on grounds that the project is consistent with the objectives or purposes of the CZMA or otherwise necessary in the interest of national security. To make the E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM 17MRN1 14226 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 52 / Monday, March 17, 2008 / Notices determination that the proposed activity is ‘‘consistent with the objectives or purposes’’ of the CZMA, the Secretary must find that: (1) The proposed activity furthers the national interest as articulated in sections 302 or 303 of the CZMA, in a significant or substantial manner; (2) the adverse effects of the proposed activity do not outweigh its contribution to the national interest, when those effects are considered separately or cumulatively; and (3) no reasonable alternative is available that would permit the activity to be conducted in a manner consistent with enforceable policies of the CCC’s coastal management program. 15 CFR 930.121. II. Opportunity for Federal Agency and Public Comment and Public Hearing Pursuant to regulation, the public and interested Federal agencies may submit any comments on this appeal from April 28, 2008—May 28, 2008. All comments should be directed in writing to the NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or via e-mail to gcos.comments@noaa.gov. Federal regulations also allow for a public hearing for this appeal, occurring at the Secretary’s own initiative or upon request. A request for a public hearing must be filed with the Secretary within 30 days of the date of this notice’s publication in the Federal Register. Such requests should be directed in writing to the Secretary at the following address: Thomas Street, staff attorney, NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910. pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES III. Appeal Documents NOAA intends to provide the public with access to all publicly available materials and related documents comprising the appeal record during business hours, at the NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services. For additional information about this appeal, please contact Thomas Street, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 301–713–2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov or Stephanie Campbell, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 301–713– 2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov. Dated: March 11, 2008. Joel La Bissonniere, Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services. [Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program Assistance.] [FR Doc. E8–5247 Filed 3–14–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–08–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Mar 14, 2008 Jkt 214001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG26 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Alaska Groundfish Databank. If granted, this permit would allow the applicant to continue the development and testing of an electronic monitoring system designed to quantify the amount of halibut caught and discarded at sea. This activity is intended to promote the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) by potentially allowing for an alternative cost effective estimation of halibut bycatch in the rockfish fishery. Comments will be accepted at the April 1–7, 2008, North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) meeting in Anchorage, AK. DATES: Interested persons may comment on the EFP application and on the environmental assessment during the Council’s April 1–7, 2008, meeting in Anchorage, AK. ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Ave., Anchorage, AK. Copies of the EFP application and the basis for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act are available by writing to the Alaska Region, NMFS, P. O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, Attn: Ellen Sebastian. The application also is available from the Alaska Region, NMFS website at https:// www.fakr.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennfier Watson, 907–586–7537 or jennifer.watson@noaa.gov. NMFS manages the domestic groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) under the FMP. The Council prepared the FMP under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing the groundfish fisheries of the BSAI appear at 50 CFR parts 600 and 679. The FMP and the implementing regulations at §§ 600.745(b) and 679.6 authorize issuance of EFPs to allow fishing that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 would otherwise be prohibited. Procedures for issuing EFPs are contained in the implementing regulations. NMFS received an application for an EFP from the Alaska Groundfish Databank on March 3, 2008. The purposes of the EFP project are to continue testing a video-based electronic monitoring (EM) system that is designed to quantify the amount of halibut discarded at sea; to investigate mechanisms for implementing regulations for such a system; and to investigate how EM data can be integrated into the NMFS catch accounting system. Background NMFS issued a final rule to implement the Central GOA rockfish pilot program on November 20, 2006 (71 FR 67210). This program established a quota based fishery organized around fishing cooperatives for vessels and processors with historic participation in the Central GOA rockfish fisheries. Participating cooperatives are given quotas of various rockfish and nonrockfish species as well as sufficient halibut prohibited species quota (PSC) to conduct those fisheries. With the exception of halibut PSC, all quota harvested by catcher vessels must be landed at a participating processor where quota accounting takes place. Halibut PSC must be discarded at-sea and halibut catch is estimated by at-sea observers. In order to credibly account for halibut discard, and to ensure that the discard of other quota species does not occur, NMFS required that observer coverage be increased from 30 to 100% when the program was implemented. Industry is concerned that costs associated with full observer coverage are high relative to the increased revenue of the program. Further, NMFS believes that wherever possible quota catch should be accounted for based on a full census of catch. This is not possible for halibut PSC under the current system. To address these concerns Alaska Groundfish Databank developed, in conjunction with NMFS staff, an alternative approach to manage shoreside rockfish fisheries that could include the use of EM to replace a portion of the required observer coverage. The EM system is designed to ensure that nothing other than halibut is discarded at sea, and to quantify the amount of halibut discarded. Cameras designed to give an overview of the entire deck are installed to ensure that discard only occurs in a single specified location. Other cameras, focused on the specified location, photograph each halibut as it is discarded. All data from E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM 17MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 52 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14225-14226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Federal Consistency Appeal by Foothill/Eastern Transportation 
Corridor Agency

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (Commerce).

ACTION: Notice of appeal.

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SUMMARY: This announcement provides notice that Foothill/Eastern 
Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) has filed an administrative appeal 
with the Department of Commerce asking that the Secretary override the 
California Coastal Commission's (CCC) objection to TCA's construction 
of an extension to California State Route 241 in northern San Diego and 
southern Orange Counties, California.

ADDRESSES: Materials from the appeal record will be available at the 
NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West 
Highway, Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and on the following Web 
site: https://www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Street, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA 
Office of the General Counsel, 301-713-2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov or 
Stephanie Campbell, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the General 
Counsel, 301-713-2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Appeal

    On February 15, 2008, TCA filed notice of an appeal with the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), pursuant to the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and implementing 
regulations found at 15 CFR Part 930, Subpart H. TCA appealed an 
objection to its construction of an extension to California State Route 
241 in northern San Diego and southern Orange Counties, California.
    Under the CZMA, the Secretary may override CCC's objection on 
grounds that the project is consistent with the objectives or purposes 
of the CZMA or otherwise necessary in the interest of national 
security. To make the

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determination that the proposed activity is ``consistent with the 
objectives or purposes'' of the CZMA, the Secretary must find that: (1) 
The proposed activity furthers the national interest as articulated in 
sections 302 or 303 of the CZMA, in a significant or substantial 
manner; (2) the adverse effects of the proposed activity do not 
outweigh its contribution to the national interest, when those effects 
are considered separately or cumulatively; and (3) no reasonable 
alternative is available that would permit the activity to be conducted 
in a manner consistent with enforceable policies of the CCC's coastal 
management program. 15 CFR 930.121.

II. Opportunity for Federal Agency and Public Comment and Public 
Hearing

    Pursuant to regulation, the public and interested Federal agencies 
may submit any comments on this appeal from April 28, 2008--May 28, 
2008. All comments should be directed in writing to the NOAA Office of 
General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, Room 6111, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910 or via e-mail to gcos.comments@noaa.gov.
    Federal regulations also allow for a public hearing for this 
appeal, occurring at the Secretary's own initiative or upon request. A 
request for a public hearing must be filed with the Secretary within 30 
days of the date of this notice's publication in the Federal Register. 
Such requests should be directed in writing to the Secretary at the 
following address: Thomas Street, staff attorney, NOAA Office of 
General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, Room 6111, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910.

III. Appeal Documents

    NOAA intends to provide the public with access to all publicly 
available materials and related documents comprising the appeal record 
during business hours, at the NOAA Office of General Counsel for Ocean 
Services. For additional information about this appeal, please contact 
Thomas Street, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 
301-713-2967, gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov or Stephanie Campbell, Attorney-
Advisor, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, 301-713-2967, 
gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov.

    Dated: March 11, 2008.
Joel La Bissonniere,
Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services.
[Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Assistance.]

[FR Doc. E8-5247 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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